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Police in Turkey detain more than 200 people defying May Day protest ban in Istanbul
May 02, 2021 02:08Turkish police detained more than 200 people who were trying to hold a May Day rally in Istanbul on Saturday in defiance of a ban related to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Group warns over 'expansionist' Turkish plan to build base in Iraq
May 01, 2021 09:32An Iraqi parliamentary faction has expressed opposition to a plan by Turkey to build a military base in the northern part of the Arab country, calling the move "provocative" and a "violation of Iraqi sovereignty."
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Turkey plans to build base in northern Iraq as it did in Syria: Report
May 01, 2021 01:31Turkey reportedly plans to build a new military base in Iraq’s northern border areas, where the Turkish military has been engaged in an operation against Kurdish militants, despite harsh criticism from the Baghdad government.
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Turkish military base in northern Syria hit by unknown aircraft, report says
Apr 30, 2021 07:14An unidentified aircraft has reportedly bombarded a base belonging to Turkish military forces in Syria’s northern province of Raqqah as the troops are conducting a military campaign in the area against US-sponsored Kurdish militants from the so-called People's Protection Units (YPG).
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Iran, Turkey to revise preferential trade agreement signed in 2015
Apr 27, 2021 00:51Iran and Turkey are negotiating to revise a major trade deal signed six years ago as the neighbors seek to offset trade losses suffered in recent years because of the US sanctions on Iran and the spread of coronavirus pandemic.
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Syria urges intl. pressure on Turkish forces to stop cutting off water supply to Hasakah city
Apr 26, 2021 02:20Damascus has called for international pressure on the Turkish forces to stop cutting off access to drinking water through the Alouk water pumping station in Hasakah city and its suburbs.
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Turkey vows to respond in time to Biden’s ‘outrageous’ recognition of Armenian genocide
Apr 26, 2021 01:54Turkey vows to respond in time to Biden’s ‘outrageous’ recognition of Armenian genocide.
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Turkey summons US ambassador over Biden's Armenian 'genocide' recognition
Apr 25, 2021 03:47Turkey has summoned the US ambassador to Ankara over President Joe Biden's recognition of the alleged massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during the First World War as “genocide.”
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Biden becomes first US pres. to recognize ‘Armenian genocide,’ irking Turkey
Apr 25, 2021 03:11US President Joe Biden has emerged as the first American president to proclaim formal recognition of the politically-motivated “Armenian genocide,” which has long become an annual ritual for successive US presidents and lawmakers to promote the anti-Turkey stance more than a century after the carnage, blamed on Ottoman troops but never officially sanctioned.
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Afghanistan peace talks postponed until mid-May: Turkey
Apr 21, 2021 02:57Turkey said Tuesday an international peace conference on Afghanistan scheduled for April 24 in Istanbul has been postponed until mid-May.