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Turkish delegation in Baghdad talks ahead of Erdogan visit
A high-ranking Turkish delegation held talks in Baghdad on Thursday, discussing key security and energy issues ahead of an expected visit by Turkey's president, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said.
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Demirtas refuses prison visits due to ‘humiliating’ body search: lawyer
Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, who has been in prison for almost eight years, is refusing to see visitors because of a new requirement that he submit to a “humiliating body search” before the visits, his…
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Turkey vows to expand military op in Iraq till summer
Turkey is looking to expand its cross-border military operations against PKK in Iraq, Defense Minister Yasar Guler said.
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Opportunities for Turkish-American cooperation in Syria
There are three primary rationales for the United States to engage in substantive dialogue with Turkey on Syria, Mahmoud Allouch writes in Syria TV.
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Turkey's border corridor will extend to 40 kilometers: minister
Yashar Guler, the Minister of Defense of Turkey, announced the country's decision to create a 30 to 40-kilometer border corridor at the Iraq and Syria borders.
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Turkey spy chief Kalin to discuss Syria on first US visit
The head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency, Ibrahim Kalin, is making his first trip to the US since taking the position, and will meet this week the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William…
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Turkey rejects it committed abuses in Syria
Ankara has rejected allegations by Human Rights Watch that its forces committed war crimes and abuses against northern Syria's Kurdish residents.
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Turkey sentences 15 Kurdish politicians to more than 100 years in prison
A court in southeast Turkey has announced its verdict in the trial of 15 local Kurdish politicians accused of terrorism, handing down sentences totaling close to 104 years in prison in total, the Evrensel newspaper repor…
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Turkey pro-Kurdish party holds multilingual meeting in parliament
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) of Turkey held its weekly meeting in parliament on Tuesday in multiple languages in a bid to honor the use of mother tongues and celebrate International…
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Turkish soldier killed in PKK attack at a northern Iraq military base
A soldier was killed and another injured in an “attempted intrusion” of a Turkish military base in northern Iraq, Turkey’s defence ministry announced Saturday.
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Turkey’s Erdogan visits Egypt as ties are back in full swing after a decade of tensions
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks in Cairo on Wednesday with his Egyptian counterpart in efforts to rally support for growing demands in the region that Israel halt its war on Gaza.
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Turkish police fire rubber bullets on Kurdish protest march
Police in southeast Turkey fired rubber bullets on a Kurdish protest march and physically assaulted a group of protesters that included members of parliament, the Arti Gercek news website reported on Wednesday.