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Turkey to devise rule to strip citizenship of terror supporters: Minister
Apr 06, 2016 10:37Turkey says it will devise a new rule enabling the revocation of the citizenship of those found to be supporting terrorism.
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Some refugees may have been wrongly returned by Greece to Turkey: UNHCR
Apr 06, 2016 10:34The UN says some people in the first batch of refugees returned from the Greece to Turkey as part of an agreement between Ankara and the EU may have been dispatched mistakenly.
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Turkish president says time for peace talks with PKK over
Apr 04, 2016 12:25Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to continue operations against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants, saying there remains no room for peace talks with the militant group.
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About 18 refugees drown in Aegean Sea off Turkey
Mar 06, 2016 14:54At least 18 refugees have lost their lives while attempting to cross from Turkey to Greece in the Aegean Sea, an official says.
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Turkey targets Women’s Day protesters
Mar 06, 2016 14:17Police in Turkey has fired rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of women staging a demonstration in Istanbul to mark International Women’s Day.
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Turkish PM: Iran a ‘hidden treasure’
Mar 06, 2016 11:24Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu calls Iran a “hidden treasure,” saying Tehran’s release from the “shackles of sanctions” has ushered in a “golden age” in relations between the two neighbors.
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1,250 PKK militants killed in SE Turkey since last July: Report
Mar 06, 2016 05:57The Turkish military says over 1,000 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been killed since operations against the militants started in the country’s troubled southeastern regions last July.
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EU urges Turkey to respect media freedom
Mar 06, 2016 02:50The European Union (EU) has called on Turkey to respect media freedom after Turkish police took control of the opposition newspaper Zaman.
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YPG says Turkish troops fired on it in northeast Syria
Mar 05, 2016 16:36A Syrian Kurdish group says the Turkish army has fired on its members in northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on the border with Turkey.
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President, Turkish PM hold key talks in Tehran
Mar 05, 2016 12:53President Hassan Rouhani and visiting Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu hold talks in Tehran on mutual relations and the latest developments in the Middle East, particularly the Syrian crisis.