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All posts tagged "Turkey"
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82WorldTurkey extradites officer behind leaked military secrets to Algeria
Algeria’s president phoned his Turkish counterpart last month to secure the return of a fugitive military official who fled Algeria days after...
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87PoliticsTunisia-President Kais Saied exchanges Eid al-Adha congratulations with Turkey’s Erdoğan
President Kais Saied and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan exchanged Eid al-Adha greetings at a phone call on Friday. They wished the...
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85WorldTurkey passes law to regulate social media content
Turkey’s parliament passed a law regulating social media on Wednesday, that critics said will increase censorship and help authorities silence dissent. President...
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90Non classéTurkey- Muslim prayers in Hagia Sophia for first time
Muslim prayers are being held on Friday from Hagia Sophia in Istanbul for the first time in 86 years after its reconversion...
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133PoliticsTurkey suspends flights to Iran, Afghanistan due to coronavirus outbreak
Turkey has halted flights to Iran and Afghanistan as part of actions against the coronavirus outbreak, the Transport Ministry declared on Sunday....
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90World7 killed after reconnaissance plane crashes in eastern Turkey
Seven Turkish security personnel were killed when a reconnaissance plane crashed in eastern Van province, state-owned Anadolu news agency quoted the interior...
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121WorldGreece says Turkey is being ‘petty’ over Hagia Sophia
Greece on Tuesday described Turkey’s decision to convert the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to a mosque as “unnecessary and petty” and called...
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134WorldPope ‘very pained’ by decision to turn Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum into mosque
Pope Francis said on Sunday he was hurt by Turkey’s decision to make Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum a mosque, the latest religious...
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121WorldUNESCO says World Heritage Committee to review Hagia Sophia
UNESCO said on Friday its World Heritage Committee would review Hagia Sophia’s status after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared the ancient monument...
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132World
Breaking news: Turkish court rules in favour of converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque
A court in Turkey has just ruled to convert the nearly 1500 year old Hagia Sophia (a church under the Byzantines, a...
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164WorldFrance-Reuters: Turkey tensions mount after NATO naval incident
For France, it was the final straw. For Turkey, it was a misunderstanding. For NATO, it could be a turning point....
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110WorldTurkish court tries Saudis in absentia for Jamal Khashoggi killing
A Turkish court put 20 Saudi officials on trial in absentia on Friday for the gruesome killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi which...
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153WorldTurkey-2 dead, 73 injured in blast at fireworks factory
A blast at a fireworks factory in northwestern Turkey on Friday has killed two people and wounded at least 73 others people,...
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151WorldTurkish President Erdogan arrives to Qatar
Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed in Qatar on Thursday. Anadolu agency previously reported that Erdogan will meet Qatari Emir Tamim bin...
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112WorldTurkey delays decision on turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque
A Turkish court has postponed a verdict on whether the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul can be turned into a mosque. The Council...
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99SocietyTunisia- Defence Minister and Turkish Ambassador discuss Military cooperation
The military cooperation between Tunisia and Turkey was the centre of a meeting on Wednesday in Tunis between Defence Minister Imed Hazgui...
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198WorldRussia, Iran, Turkey denounce seizure of Syria’s oil
The presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey – Vladimir Putin, Hassan Rouhani and Recep Tayyip Erdogan – published a collective statement following...
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128WorldTurkey-Up to 60 migrants feared dead after boat sinks
A boat that sank on Lake Van in eastern Turkey is assumed to have been carrying 55-60 migrants, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu...
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152WorldPutin, Erdogan and Rouhani to discuss Syria during video conference
The presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey – Vladimir Putin, Hassan Rouhani and Recep Tayyip Erdogan – will hold a trilateral videoconference...
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117WorldVideo: Surprised by Air raid while playing with his daughter
A Turkish air raid targeted children paddling in a pool near a popular tourist resort in Iraqi Kurdistan. Footage showed families splashing...
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123PoliticsTunisia-Rached Ghannouchi and Erdogan friendship is personal , says Turkish ambassador to Tunis
Turkish ambassador to Tunisia, Ali Onaner asserted that a personal friendship brings together Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and House speaker Rached...
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159WorldIraq-Turkey, Iran summoned over bombing of Kurdish rebels in Iraq
Baghdad on Thursday summoned ambassadors from Turkey and Iran over their countries’ separate military operations this week targeting Kurdish rebels in northern...
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99Non classéFrance slams Turkey over Libya interference
PARIS: France said on Monday it denounced any continuous foreign intervention in Libya, singling out the intensification of Turkish support. “This is...
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112WorldTurkish jets strike Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq
Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq on Sunday night, a security source reported to Reuters, and Turkey’s Defence Ministry...
