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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...

EU and Turkey in a dispute over steel tarrifsF

Geneva, Aug 28, 2020 - The World Trade Organization agreed Friday to establish a panel to help settle a row between Turkey and the EU over tariffs which the bloc has slapped on certain steel products. The European Union first imposed the so-called safeguard measures...

Tension continues to rise in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea with all parties flexing the musclesF

Istanbul, Aug 27, 2020 - Turkey on Thursday extended its controversial Mediterranean gas exploration mission and scheduled new navy drills as its row with Greece and the EU over energy and borders threatened to spiral out of control. The Turkish navy said it was...

Turkey says it is keen on negotiating with GreeceF

Istanbul, Aug 25, 2020 - Turkey said on Tuesday it was ready for talks with Greece in their growing row over eastern Mediterranean natural gas without any preconditions. But the olive branch came as the two uneasy NATO allies' navies conducted separate exercises close...

Turkey accused of abusing population in northeast SyriaF

Hasakeh, Syria, Aug 25, 2020  - Outside her home in northeast Syria, Sheikha Majid said her life had become an endless quest for fresh water, three weeks into the latest supply cut by Turkish forces. "I spend the whole time running after water trucks," the 43-year-old...

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