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Turkey summons the US ambassador to Ankara
Feb 10, 2016 05:11Turkey has summoned the US envoy to the country over Washington’s assertion that Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) is not a terrorist group.
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‘Turkey's Erdogan threatened EU with flood of refugees’
Feb 09, 2016 03:32A newly leaked report has revealed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had threatened EU leaders with a flood of refugees unless Ankara was offered better funding to deal with the ongoing crisis.
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Turkey to open border to Syrians ‘if necessary’: Erdogan
Feb 07, 2016 11:40Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced the country’s readiness to let in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who have massed along its border “if necessary.”
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Turkey must keep border open to Syrian refugees: EU
Feb 06, 2016 15:20The European Union (EU) has called on Turkey to fulfill its international obligations to keep its frontiers open to the Syrian refugees who are fleeing the nearly five-year foreign-backed militancy in their country.
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Turkey has no plan for military incursion in Syria: Official
Feb 05, 2016 13:30A Turkish official denies secret preparations for a military intervention in Syria, saying Ankara has no plan for such an “incursion” in the Arab state.
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US drone crashes near Turkey’s Incirlik air base
Feb 04, 2016 03:23A US drone has crashed near Turkey’s Incirlik air base with officials blaming a mechanical failure for the rare incident.
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Hundreds of people leave conflict-ridden area in southeast Turkey
Feb 04, 2016 03:09Hundreds of people have escaped their homes in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, which has been the scene of deadly clashes between the army and militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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Turkey to try professor for PKK exam question
Feb 03, 2016 11:15A Turkish professor has been accused of spreading “terrorist propaganda” by devising an exam question about imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.
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Five Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attacks
Feb 02, 2016 03:11At least five members of the Turkish army forces have been killed in two separate attacks carried out by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in the country’s volatile southeast.
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Turkey shelling Syrian territory: Video
Feb 02, 2016 02:51The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video footage which it says is “irrefutable proof” that Turkish troops shell Syria with heavy artillery.