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Turkey says oil deal between SDF, US firm amounts to ‘financing of terrorism’
Aug 03, 2020 11:05Turkey has denounced a deal recently signed between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and an American company aimed at stealing oil in northeastern Syria, describing it as equivalent to ‘financing of terrorism’.
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Top Iranian official hails Turkey's move on Hagia Sophia
Aug 03, 2020 00:50A senior Iranian official has hailed Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan decision to convert the Hagia Sophia museum back as a mosque after nine decades.
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Turkey, UAE clash over Libya conflict, trade accusations of interference
Aug 02, 2020 06:17A war of words has escalated between Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over Libya, where the two states support opposing sides in the African country’s long-running conflict.
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Iran resolved to develop all-out ties with Turkey: Rouhani
Aug 01, 2020 02:34President Hassan Rouhani has expressed Iran’s determination to enhance friendly relations with neighboring Turkey in all fields despite cruel US sanctions on the Iranian people.
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Turks hold first Eid prayers at Hagia Sophia mosque
Aug 01, 2020 01:19Turkey’s Muslim worshippers attended Eid al-Adha prayers in Hagia Sophia on Friday for the first time after the historic building back into a mosque.
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Turkey’s parliament approves law regulating social media
Jul 30, 2020 02:09The Turkish parliament has passed a law that imposes new requirements on social media companies with more than 1 million daily users and orders their local representatives to address government concerns over content.
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Turkey suspends Mediterannean oil research plan as goodwill gesture to Greece
Jul 29, 2020 02:03Turkey says it has suspended plans for seismic research for oil in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as a goodwill gesture amid ongoing talks with neighboring Greece.
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5 soldiers killed, 27 injured in bus accident in southern Turkey
Jul 27, 2020 09:11Five Turkish soldiers and two drivers transporting them in turns died on Monday after their bus rolled over in the Southern Province of Mersin.
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Car bomb goes off in Turkish-controlled northern Syrian city, eight dead
Jul 26, 2020 10:31Eight people, including women and children, have been killed in a car bomb attack in the strategic border city of Ra’s al-Ayn in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah which Turkish forces and allied militants captured in an offensive against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in October.
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Hagia Sophia prayers ignites war of words between Turkey, Greece
Jul 25, 2020 13:36Neighboring Turkey and Greece have traded barbs over the disputed conversion into a mosque of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, a day after Friday prayers were held in the medieval spot for the first time in nearly nine decades.