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U.S. slams arrest of Istanbul consulate staff

TheUnitedStatesEmbassyinTurkeyonThursdayslammedthearrestbyTurkishauthoritiesofIstanbulconsulatestaff,sayingthatWashington"isdeeplydisturbedbythearrest."Theemplo

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Turkey detains over 2,500 illegal border passers

Turkishsecurityforceshavedetainedatotalof2,553peopleoverillegalborderpassing,themilitarysaidonSaturday.TheTurkishGeneralStaffsaidinastatementthat2,488peoplewere

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Turkey's response to Iraqi Kurdish independence vote limited

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Turkish parliament extends mandate for troop deployment in Iraq, Syria

TheTurkishparliamentonSaturdayapprovedtheextensionofamandatefortroopdeploymentinIraqandSyriaforanotheryear.TurkishparliamentholdsanextraordinarysessioninAnkara,

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Turkey may take risks while monitoring truce in Syria's Idlib: expert

ISTANBUL,Sept.22-AsTurkeypreparestogetmilitarilyinvolvedinSyria'sIdlibtomonitortruce,itrisksconfrontationwithradicalgroups,terroristattacksonitssoilaswellasflee

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Turkish army deploys 80 military vehicles to Syrian border

Atotalof80trackedmilitaryvehiclesweresenttotheSyrian-TurkishbordernearTurkey'ssouthernprovinceofHataySunday,localDailySabahreported.Themilitaryvehicles,includin

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Merkel, other German leaders dismiss Turkish travel warning

ChancellorAngelaMerkelandotherseniorGermanpoliticiansonSundaydismissedatravelwarningfortheircountryissuedbyTurkeyamidpersistenttensionsbetweenthetwonations.Turk

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Ankara-Berlin row hardly dies down as Germany's elections loom

ContrarytotheTurkishpresident'sexpectations,theongoingrowbetweenTurkeyandGermanyisnottodiedownfollowingtheGermanelectionsnextmonth,analyststoldXinhua."President

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Turkey's threat to scrap refugee deal may fail: analysts

TurkishForeignMinister'srecentveiledthreatthatTurkeycouldgiveupblockingtheflowofmigrantsintoEuropeiftheEUfailstohonortherefugeedealisunlikelytobearanyfruit,anal

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Turkish President Erdogan claims Germany abetting terrorists

TurkishPresidentTayyipErdoganaccusedGermanyonMondayofassistingterroristsbynotrespondingtothousandsoffilessenttoBerlinorhandingoversuspectswantedbyTurkishauthori

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Turkey names new army commanders one year after coup attempt

TurkeyonWednesdayreplaceditstopthreemilitarycommanders-thearmy,navyandairforcechiefs,ayearafteracoupattemptthatshockedtheNATOcountry.Thechangesweremadeduringame

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Erdogan’s visit: Expanding Turkish influence in name of mediation

ByAPDWriterWangPengRecepTayyipErdogan,currentPresidentofTurkey,hasaccomplishedhistwo-dayKissingerian‘shuttlediplomacy’amongthreerivalGulfcountries,SaudiArabia,K

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Spotlight: Turks view U.S. as number one threat: survey

Turkish people perceive the United States as the number one country that poses threat to Turkey, while regarding Azerbaijan as Turkey's closest friend, according to local research.

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Erdogan fails to break Gulf impasse but helps protect Turkey's interests

ThoughTurkishPresidentRecepTayyipErdogan'sjust-concludedGulftourfailedtobreaktheimpassethere,ithasatleasthelpedprotectTurkey'sinterestsintheregion.ErdoganonMond

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Spotlight: Turkey president urges immediate action to end Al-Aqsa crisis

Turkey's President Erdogan called for an immediate action to end Israel's new restrictions at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, said a recent written statement.

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Turkish president visits Gulf nations to mediate Qatar crisis

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will start a two-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar on Sunday, in the latest effort to resolve the Qatar crisis.

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Strong earthquake kills two on Greek island of Kos

AstrongearthquakeintheAegeanSeahaskilledatleasttwopeopleontheGreekislandofKos,officialssay.The6.7-magnitudequakehit12km(sevenmiles)north-eastofKos,neartheTurkis