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Erdogan warns against missile strikes during upcoming Idlib liberation operation
Sep 05, 2018 03:17Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned against missile strikes during an upcoming military campaign by the Syrian army to liberate Idlib Province, the last major terrorists’ stronghold in the Arab country.
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Turkey says to start controversial drilling for gas in East Mediterranean
Sep 04, 2018 01:36Turkey says it may begin drilling for gas in the Eastern Mediterranean this fall in reaction to the Greek Cyprus’s “unilateral” drilling in the disputed region.
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Turkey will pursue non-dollar transactions in trade: Erdogan
Sep 03, 2018 00:25Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at the United States for behaving like "wild wolves," saying Ankara would pursue non-dollar transactions in trade with Russia and other countries.
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Turkey to acquire Russia’s S-400s ‘in shortest time’ despite US warnings
Aug 31, 2018 14:19Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will procure Russia's S-400 air defense missile system "in the shortest time," paying no heed to warnings issued by the US, a NATO partner.
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Turkey says working with Iran, Russia to avoid Idlib 'disaster'
Aug 31, 2018 03:07President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey is working with Iran and Russia as the Syrian army is preparing for a decisive battle to drive terrorists out of the Northern Idlib Province.
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Turkey detains over dozen Gulen-linked gendarmerie officers
Aug 30, 2018 01:37Turkish police forces have arrested more than a dozen gendarmerie officers on suspicion of affiliation to a movement led by 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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Pentagon chief: Ankara's decision to buy Russian S-400 concerns Washington
Aug 29, 2018 03:51US Secretary of Defense James Mattis says his country is concerned about Turkey’s intent to purchase Russian S-400 air defense systems and that Washington takes a dim view of such a move.
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US steps against Ankara politically-motivated, could destabilize region: Turkey’s finance minister
Aug 27, 2018 23:14Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak says recent unilateral steps taken by the United States to wage an economic war against Ankara are politically-motivated and could serve to ultimately bolster regional terrorism and the refugee crisis.
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President Rouhani to host Russian, Turkish counterpart for Syria talks
Aug 27, 2018 12:15The presidents of Iran, Russia, and Turkey will hold their third round of tripartite summit in Iran next week in an attempt to find ways to end the ongoing crisis in Syria, Turkish state television says.
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Turkish armed forces ‘neutralize’ over two dozen Kurdish PKK militants in one week
Aug 27, 2018 12:14Turkish ground forces have killed more than two dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group when they carried out a string of counter-terrorism operations in the country’s southeastern provinces near the border with Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in the past week.