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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.
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Turkish forces arrest 5 suspected Gulenists near border with Greece
Aug 26, 2018 02:49Turkish police forces have arrested five people on suspicion of affiliation to a movement led by the 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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Erdogan urges all Turks to demonstrate commitment to combat attack on economy
Aug 26, 2018 02:43Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on his nation to demonstrate “commitment and determination” as firm guarantees needed to combat “attacks” on Turkey’s economy amid the country’s deepening financial crisis triggered by an array of sanctions imposed by the United States over the detention of an American pastor.
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Sanctions, sanctions, sanctions – the final demise of Dollar hegemony?
Aug 25, 2018 18:07Sanctions left and sanctions right. Financial mostly, taxes, tariffs, visas, travel bans – confiscation of foreign assets, import and export prohibitions and limitations; and also punishing those who do not respect sanctions dished out by Trump, alias the US of A, against friends of their enemies.
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UN invites Iran, Russia, Turkey to Syria talks in Geneva next month
Aug 25, 2018 00:36United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited Iran, Russia and Turkey to talks due to be held in Geneva next month on forming Syria's Constitutional Committee, a UN spokeswoman says.
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Turkey: Bolton's remarks prove US waging economic war on NATO ally
Aug 23, 2018 08:00Ankara has censured US National Security Adviser John Bolton’s latest comments about the Turkish financial crisis, saying the remarks prove that Washington is waging an economic war against its NATO ally.
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Most wanted PKK terrorist killed in northern Turkey
Aug 23, 2018 01:21Turkish security forces have killed a high-ranking member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group during a counter-terrorism operation, supported by fighter jets, in the country’s northern province of Gumushane.
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Turkish foreign minister says Trump's Turkey policy self-defeating
Aug 21, 2018 23:06Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has described US President Donald Trump's recent sanctions policy targeting Ankara as "self-defeating."