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Turkey arrests 5 Kurdish mayors as crackdown continues
Mar 24, 2020 01:18Turkey has arrested five mayors of the Kurdish-majority areas as part of its ongoing crackdown against the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP).
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Turkey's coronavirus death toll up by 12 to 21, confirmed cases up 277 to 947
Mar 22, 2020 01:04Turkey imposed a curfew on Saturday for its senior citizens and banned restaurants from serving at tables, extending measures against the coronavirus outbreak as the death toll more than doubled to 21 from nine a day earlier.
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Turkey sends medical supplies to Iran
Mar 18, 2020 03:59Turkey has dispatched a cargo of medical supplies to Iran to help the country combat the outbreak of the new coronavirus based on an agreement reached between the two countries.
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Turkish-backed militants undermine Russia-Turkey joint patrols in Idlib
Mar 16, 2020 11:08Russia and Turkey have cut short their first joint patrol in Syria's Idlib after Turkish-based militants blocked a main roadway liberated by the Syrian army in January.
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Russia, Turkey launch patrol mission in Syria's Idlib
Mar 15, 2020 08:13Russia and Turkey have begun jointly patrolling the strategic M4 highway in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib as part of a ceasefire reached earlier this month.
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Turkey dispatches new reinforcements to Syria’s Idlib prior to joint patrols with Russia: SOHR
Mar 15, 2020 05:20The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says Turkey has dispatched a new military convoy to Syria’s embattled Northwestern Province of Idlib, a day ahead of the first joint patrol by Turkish and Russian troops on the strategic M4 highway and establishment of joint coordination centers in the region.
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Turkey, Russia flesh out Syria ceasefire deal: Ankara
Mar 13, 2020 11:43Turkey and Russia have agreed to begin joint patrols along a key highway in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib as part of a recent ceasefire agreement between the two sides, Turkey’s defense minister says.
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Turkey says its forces will remain in Syria’s Idlib despite truce
Mar 12, 2020 09:48Turkey says its military personnel will stay in Idlib Province despite a ceasefire deal with Russia, and that any withdrawal from the embattled Syrian region is “out of the question.”
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Turkey’s Erdogan says Greek authorities ‘acting like Nazis’ in treating refugees
Mar 11, 2020 10:31Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Greek authorities are acting like the Nazis as they resort to violence in preventing thousands of refugees from crossing the Turkish border into Greece.
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COVID-19: China reports new infections; Turkey, Bolivia confirm 1st cases
Mar 11, 2020 07:01China has reported an increase in its new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, reversing four consecutive days of decreases, and more countries are reporting their first infections.