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A Turkish court has convicted the country's former Chief of the General Staff to life imprisonment. Retired General Mehmet İlker Başbuğ was sentenced for his role in the "Ergenekon...
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Turkey's ambassador to Cairo, Huseyin Avni Botsali, has been recalled to Ankara for consultations on developments in Egypt following the violent crackdown by the security forces on supporters of...
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that accepting the military coup in Egypt means that people will not be able to speak up in the future...
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has brushed aside criticism that his foreign policy has isolated Turkey by insisting that "God and the people are with us." Speaking from...
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Turkey's prime minister has questioned why it is the Americans, and not the Israelis, who have responded to his criticism of the State of Israel. "Why would the United...
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An informed source in Palestine has claimed that former Fatah leader Mohamed Dahlan, who is currently a senior government advisor in the UAE, has visited Turkey and met opposition...
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Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned that backing off from a military strike against Syria "signals a green light to the Syrian regime to commit more massacres." He pointed...
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Turkey is taking the necessary measures to avoid future tragedies like the recent incident involving Turkish pilots being kidnapped in...
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According to Turkish newspaper, Yeni Shafaq, close to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the head of the Turkish Intelligence Service (MIT), Hakan Fidan, is expected to submit a...
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Turkish newspaper, Hurriyet, reported that Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will meet Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow at the end of November, when discussions will focus on...
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A former Israeli official demanded that Turkey be expelled from NATO following media reports which accused the Turkish intelligence service of leaking the names of 10 Iranian agents who...
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Turkey's military chief of staff has revealed that two F-16 aircrafts took off from the Amasya Merzifon Airport in western Turkey and headed to the Syrian border, following reports...
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The Turkish Parliament has approved the renewal of a mandate that allows the Turkish government and Armed Forces to carry out military operations outside Turkey's borders when necessary. This...
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Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay has denied rumours that the government intends to build a fence along the border with Syria. He insisted that all security procedures have...
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A report in the Washington Post claims that, last year, the Turkish government passed to the government in Tehran a list of ten Mossad agents active in Iran. The...
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In a rare incident, two Turkish F16 fighter jets have intercepted a Russian military spy plane above the international waters between the two countries in the Black Sea, the...
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Sources in the Turkish army have revealed that Turkish authorities seized three truckloads of chemical materials at its border with Syria. In a statement, Turkish chief of staff said...
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The trial of six former military officers charged with killing six Kurdish villagers in 1993 has begun in Hernak in south-eastern Turkey. The former military officers, who include generals,...
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Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Iran next week to participate in an international meeting that would address the Syrian crisis; a Turkish diplomatic source said on Monday....
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British police held Israel's former intelligence chief Amos Yadlin for 45 minutes at London's Heathrow airport in response to a Turkish arrest warrant against him over his responsibility in...
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Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to Egypt's decision to expel his country's ambassador from Cairo by raising the Rabia Al Adawiya four fingers symbol in front of...
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Since 1925, when Egypt and Turkey exchanged diplomatic representatives, relations between the two countries have gone back and forth between apathy and warmth. The relationship, which began at the...
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Spokesperson of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Levent Gümrükçü indicated that his country has reached a complete agreement with Iran to develop bilateral relations, according to the London-based newspaper Al-Sharq...
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Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has affirmed his country's respect for and friendship with the people of Egypt despite the current diplomatic crisis. Commenting on the quarrel between Ankara...
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Turkish authorities have decided to allocate homes for homeless Syrian refugees before the start of the winter season. The Director General of Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Dr...
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Amnesty International (AI) has denounced the reaction of the European Union (EU) to the growing Syrian refugee crisis. So far, EU member states have only opened their doors to...
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Turkey has decided not to attend the inaugural event for the tenth session of an international conference convened at the level of senior officials in Cairo. The G8's Broader...
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he would agree to the retrials of hundreds of army officers who were jailed for plotting a coup against...
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January 28, 2014
Mohammad Al-Shinqeeti
In 1980, General Kenan Evren led a military coup against the Turkish government. American President Jimmy Carter was at a musical concert when he received a phone call from...
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January 28, 2014
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Samira Shackle
The protests in Turkey have dominated international media coverage for several weeks now. Starting with a local protest over plans to bulldoze a park to make way for a...
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During its early renaissance stages, modern Turkey was subjected to violent shocks, some of which were neither justifiable nor understandable. However, the Turks' only option was to deal with...
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On the heels of the British parliament's refusal to sanction a military attack on Syria, US President Barack Obama drove the issue of a possible intervention to a dead-end...