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Turkey suspends Mediterannean oil research plan as goodwill gesture to Greece
Jul 29, 2020 02:03Turkey says it has suspended plans for seismic research for oil in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as a goodwill gesture amid ongoing talks with neighboring Greece.
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5 soldiers killed, 27 injured in bus accident in southern Turkey
Jul 27, 2020 09:11Five Turkish soldiers and two drivers transporting them in turns died on Monday after their bus rolled over in the Southern Province of Mersin.
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Car bomb goes off in Turkish-controlled northern Syrian city, eight dead
Jul 26, 2020 10:31Eight people, including women and children, have been killed in a car bomb attack in the strategic border city of Ra’s al-Ayn in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah which Turkish forces and allied militants captured in an offensive against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in October.
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Hagia Sophia prayers ignites war of words between Turkey, Greece
Jul 25, 2020 13:36Neighboring Turkey and Greece have traded barbs over the disputed conversion into a mosque of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, a day after Friday prayers were held in the medieval spot for the first time in nearly nine decades.
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Thousands attend Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul for first time in 86 years
Jul 24, 2020 07:58Thousands of worshipers have participated at Muslim Friday prayers held in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque for the first time since the iconic structure was transformed into a museum.
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Turkey made no coordination with Iraq for military op in Kurdistan region: Foreign ministry
Jul 24, 2020 03:32The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has vehemently condemned an ongoing Turkish operation in the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region against hideouts of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group, saying the cross-border offensive is being carried out without any coordination with the Baghdad government.
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Turkey warns Egypt of ‘dangerous military adventure’ in Libya
Jul 23, 2020 08:27Turkey has warned that Egypt would embark on a “dangerous adventure” if it went ahead with a plan to deploy troops in the North African country.
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Turkey and Russia declare coordination for Libya truce
Jul 22, 2020 11:12Russia and Turkey have agreed to work harder for a sustainable ceasefire in Libya in coordination with the United Nations.
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Greece says Turkey encroaching on its territory, threatening NATO’s cohesion
Jul 22, 2020 03:09Greece says Turkey is attempting to encroach on its territorial waters and threatening the cohesion of NATO through “illegal and provocative behavior” in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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Erdogan in surprise visit to Hagia Sofia after its reconversion into mosque
Jul 20, 2020 03:17Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pays a flying visit to Hagia Sofia in Istanbul, the country’s most outstanding landmark and a UNESCO World Heritage site, after ordering revocation of the edifice’s nearly century-long status as a museum and its reconversion into a mosque.