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Turkey raids Syrian army outpost in northern SyriaF

Turkish raids in northern Syria on Sunday struck outposts operated by the Syrian army and Kurdish-led forces, killing three, a Britain-based war monitor said. The raids near the Kurdish-held border town of Kobane targeted positions of the Syrian army and the Syrian...

Turkey: Anti-LGBTQ rally held in IstanbulF

Hundreds of people attended an anti-LGBTQ rally Sunday in Istanbul, answering a call from dozens of conservative associations, an AFP photographer reported. Bearing banners with slogans such as "protect your family and your generation", participants urged a ban on...

Turkey: Two road accidents in Turkey claim dozens of livesF

At least 34 people were killed and dozens injured in two separate road accidents Saturday, each in places where collisions had taken place shortly before, local media reported. A first crash involving a bus and an ambulance killed 15 people and injured 31 more on a...

Spy story: Israeli businessman saved by Turkish spiesF

Turkish spies thwarted a plot orchestrated by Iran to kill an Israeli-Turkish businessman based in Istanbul, a pro-government daily reported Friday. Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) discovered a network of nine operatives dubbed an "Iran assassination...

New restrictions on the Internet and social media in TurkeyF

Turkey on Thursday enters a new era of tight social media restrictions that threaten to erase the local presence of Facebook and Twitter should they fail to take down contentious posts. The legislation was rammed through parliament by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's...

European leaders struggle to unify their positions on Turkey and other issuesF

European leaders meet on Thursday to tackle disputes that threaten their huge coronavirus recovery package and weaken their ability to respond to crises on their borders with Turkey and Belarus. The first night of the extraordinary two-day European Union summit will...

Turkey insists on Armenian withdrawal for a Karabakh ceasefireF

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that a ceasefire in Nagorny Karabakh was only possible if Armenian-backed forces withdrew from the separatist region and the rest of Azerbaijan. "The way for a lasting ceasefire in this region depends on...

Turkey demands end to Armenia’s “occupation” of KarabakhF

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday demanded Armenia put an end to its "occupation" of Nagorny Karabakh after deadly clashes broke out along the border of Azerbaijan's breakaway region. "The time has come for the crisis in the region that started with the...

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