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Turkish warplanes 'neutralize' over dozen PKK militants in northern Iraq
Sep 30, 2018 14:24Turkey’s military says more than a dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group have been killed as Turkish military aircraft conducted a series of airstrikes against terrorist hideouts in Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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Turkey arrests 14 bankers over affiliation to Gulen movement
Sep 29, 2018 14:23Turkish security forces have arrested more than a dozen bankers on suspicion of affiliation to a movement led by the US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the Ankara government accuses of having masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Erdogan disputes with Merkel remain after Berlin visit
Sep 29, 2018 10:07Speculations are growing that Friday talks between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel led to little progress as their disputes over key issues such as extraditing anti-Ankara elements by Berlin and the jailing of journalists by the Turkish government remained unchanged.
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Erdogan accuses US of breaking promises on Syria’s Manbij
Sep 28, 2018 16:33Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has censured the United States over its non-compliance with a deal reached in June on the withdrawal of Washington-backed Kurdish militants from Syria’s northern city of Manbij.
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At UN, Iran, Russia, Turkey FMs exchange views on Syria crisis, Idlib situation
Sep 27, 2018 10:15Top diplomats of Iran, Russia and Turkey – which serve as guarantors of the Syria peace process – have sat down for talks in New York on the latest developments in the country’s Idlib Province, amid efforts to peacefully rid the area of terrorists.
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Turkish President slams use of economic sanctions as ‘weapons’
Sep 26, 2018 10:17Turkish President Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan has used his address to the United Nations General Assembly to criticize the use of sanctions as “weapons” against countries in an implicit reference to the United States.
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Turkish authorities order to arrest 61 soldiers over affiliation to Gulen movement
Sep 24, 2018 14:47Turkish authorities have ordered the arrest of 61 soldiers from the navy and land forces, including senior officers, on suspicion of affiliation to a movement led by US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of having masterminded and orchestrated the mid-July 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Turkey invites Venezuela to trade in local currencies
Sep 23, 2018 16:32Turkey has invited Venezuela to use national currencies instead of the dollar in mutual trade in a joint campaign to bolster their economies in face of pressures by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
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Iraq not allowing Turkish troops back to Bashiqa
Sep 23, 2018 13:42Iraq has refused to allow Turkish troops back into the Arab country following a leave from their bases, a government-affiliated think tank in Baghdad has reported.
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Turkish-backed militants accept Idlib deal, but reject disarmament
Sep 23, 2018 13:36Turkish-backed militants reject laying down arms or surrendering territory under their control in Syria’s Idlib Province after Russia and Turkey said they had agreed to set up a buffer zone in the region.