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Turkey launches naval exercises in eastern Mediterranean amidst tensions
Dec 21, 2020 09:13Turkey has staged naval drills in the eastern Mediterranean amidst tensions with the European Union over the announcement of sanctions against Ankara earlier this month.
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Turkey denounces detention of consular official in Greece
Dec 19, 2020 00:17Police in Greece has detained a Turkish consular official on suspicion of spying, with Ankara saying that the individual’s rights have been violated.
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Turkish military forces pull out from seven military posts in northwest Syria: Source
Dec 18, 2020 11:48The Turkish military has evacuated from seven military observation posts in the northwestern part of Syria, withdrawing troops from territory liberated by Syrian forces to areas held by allied Takfiri terrorists.
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Turkey not to turn back on S-400 deal with Russia despite US sanctions
Dec 17, 2020 09:39Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says his country is resolved to buy advanced S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia, and Ankara will take reciprocal steps after evaluating the sanctions imposed by the United States over the purchase deal.
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Erdogan denounces US sanctions as ‘hostile attack’ on Turkey's sovereign rights
Dec 17, 2020 03:44Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced the US sanctions imposed on Ankara over its purchase of advanced Russian S-400 missile defense systems as a “hostile attack” on the sovereign rights of his country.
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Syria condemns Turkey’s 'systematic policy' of cutting off drinking water in Hasakah
Dec 15, 2020 11:48Syria has condemned in the strongest terms the Turkish military forces’ “systematic policy” of depriving more than one million people in the country’s northeastern province of Hasakah of drinking water by cutting off the supply to the population.
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Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange prisoners of war
Dec 15, 2020 09:43Armenia and Azerbaijan have started a prisoner swap, under a ceasefire deal that was brokered by Russia last month to put an end to weeks-long fighting between the two countries over the Karabakh region.
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Turkey to send ambassador to Occupied Palestine for first time in two years: Paper
Dec 14, 2020 10:04Turkey has selected a new ambassador to send to the Occupied Palestine after Ankara recalled its envoy in 2018 over the martyring of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip at the hands of Israeli forces, media reports say.
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Turkish-backed militants attack areas in northeastern Syria
Dec 14, 2020 05:33Turkish-backed Takfiri militants have launched a series of artillery attacks in the northwestern Syrian city of Raqqah.
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Iranian MPs decry Turkish president’s divisive comments
Dec 13, 2020 07:09Iran’s lawmakers issued a statement in condemnation of the “unacceptable and divisive” remarks from the president of Turkey who created controversy after reciting a poem in Baku.