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Erdogan slams Western media outlets over negative coverage of Turkish economy
Apr 18, 2019 12:22The Turkish president has lashed out at Western media outlets for launching a "smear campaign" aimed at painting a gloomy picture of Turkey's economy, which is in the throes of currency fluctuations, vowing that his country will stand firm in the face of such attacks.
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Iran’s Zarif, Turkey’s Erdogan slam US sanctions, IRGC blacklisting as they urge enhanced ties
Apr 18, 2019 01:20Tehran and Ankara have voiced opposition to the US sanctions against Iran as well as Washington’s terror blacklisting of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps while reaffirming the need to bolster bilateral ties.
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Turkey ‘will keep telling US Iran sanctions are wrong’
Apr 17, 2019 08:58Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says his country has told and will continue to tell the United States that the sanctions against Iran are “wrong.”
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Iran’s top diplomat in Turkey to discuss Syria, Libya
Apr 17, 2019 01:30Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has traveled to Ankara to hold talks with Turkish officials on bilateral ties, the restoration of peace in Syria, and the latest developments in North Africa.
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Turkey says purchasing Russian S-400 should not trigger US sanctions
Apr 16, 2019 01:21Turkey says the purchase of advanced S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia should not unleash US sanctions since Ankara is not an adversary of Washington and remains committed to NATO.
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Khashoggi’s family denies settlement with Saudi Arabia
Apr 11, 2019 01:04The children of murdered dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi say they have not discussed any sort of settlement related to his brutal killing by Saudi agents in the Turkish city of Istanbul last year.
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‘Russia ready to expand military cooperation with Turkey on new S-400 supplies’
Apr 11, 2019 00:56A high-ranking Russian official says his country is interested in expanding military and technical cooperation with other states, and is ready to consider signing new contracts on delivering advanced S-400 air defense missile systems to Turkey.
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Erdogan demands annulment of Istanbul election results
Apr 10, 2019 07:55Turkey’s president has called on electoral authorities to annul the results of local elections in Istanbul -- the country’s economic heartland and his home city -- due to alleged irregularities.
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Turkey: Delivery of Russian S-400 may be brought forward
Apr 10, 2019 07:39Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s purchase of Russia's S-400 is a “done” deal, and that the delivery of the missile defense system may happen sooner than the date set.
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Turkey, Qatar, China, Iraq denounce US blacklisting of IRGC
Apr 10, 2019 00:19Turkey, Qatar, China, and Iraq have separately denounced US President Donald Trump’s recent move to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group.