Turkey
Turkish TV preacher jailed for 1,000 years for sex crimes
Adnan Oktar preached creationism and conservative values while women in revealing outfits -- many of whom appeared to have had plastic surgery -- danced around...
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Turkey's latest Netflix series 'Ethos' interrogates the country's social divides
Enveloping its characters in empathy and attempting to demystify "otherness", the series has triggered online debates about prejudice in Turkey's booming digital community.
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Turkey says will retaliate against any attack by east Libya strongman
Turkey's defence minister Hulusi Akar's comments come days after Khalifa Haftar said his forces would ‘prepare to drive out the occupier by faith, will, and weapons,’ referring to Turkish troops operating in support of Libya's Government of National Accord.
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Erdogan calls US sanctions 'attack on sovereignty'
The United States made good on months of threats to punish Turkey for buying the S-400 system under a 2017 law known as CAATSA, which aims to limit Russia's military influence and punish it for its behaviour abroad.
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Dozens jailed for life over Turkey's 2016 coup
A total of 251 people died and more than 2,000 were injured in what has turned into the defining moment of Erdogan's rule and contemporary Turkish politics.
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Hundreds face life in prison in trial over Turkey's 2016 coup
In total, 251 people died and over 2,000 were injured in what has turned into the defining moment of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rule and Turkey's contemporary politics.
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Turkey's Erdogan says Cyprus made up of 'two separate states'
The Turkish president visited on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is recognised only by Ankara.
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Young girl rescued 91 hours after Turkey quake
The mayor initially said she was four years old, but Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca later clarified she was three.
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Erdogan blasts 'disgusting' 'Charlie Hebdo' cartoon
His office also vowed to take 'legal and diplomatic actions' over the depiction of the 66-year-old leader drinking a can of beer in his underpants and looking up a woman's skirt.
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Turkey denies shooting down Armenian warplane
Armenian defence ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said the Armenian SU-25 warplane was downed - and its pilot killed - during clashes over Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh.
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Turkey issues 82 arrest warrants over deadly protests
The Ankara chief public prosecutor's office said 20 people had already been detained in connection with the unrest, which spread to Turkey after Islamic State jihadists fought to capture the mainly Kurdish northern Syrian border town of Kobane.
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Turkey blasts Bolton's 'misleading, one-sided' book on Trump
In the book 'The Room Where It Happened', which is filled with damning allegations against Trump, Bolton contends that the US leader was inclined to offer 'personal favours to dictators he liked.'
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Turkey charges 20 Saudis over Khashoggi murder
Jamal Khashoggi, 59, a commentator who wrote for 'The Washington Post', was killed after he entered the Saudi consulate on 2 October 2018, to obtain paperwork for his wedding to Turkish fiancee Hatice Cengiz.
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Erdogan vows to keep border open for refugees until EU meets all demands
Turkey's decision at the end of February to re-open its border for refugees sparked a row with Brussels, as well as harsh exchanges with Greece.
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Turkey, Russia agree ceasefire in Syria's Idlib
After more than six hours of talks in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on the ceasefire to take effect from midnight on Friday.
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Could Russia go to war with Turkey in Syria?
The killing of 33 soldiers by fire from forces of Russia's ally the Syrian regime - the biggest Turkish military loss on the battlefield in recent years - raised fears of war between the two historic rivals.
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Turkey says 8 killed by quake on Iran border
It has been reported that three of the dead were children, adding that some other people were believed to be trapped under the rubble.
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Turkey, Russia trade accusations as Syria tensions rise
Turkey has shored up its positions in recent days in Idlib - the last rebel bastion in Syria - with hundreds of vehicles carrying artillery and soldiers.
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Erdogan threatens to attack Damascus forces 'everywhere'
The latest threat comes after more than a dozen Turkish soldiers were killed in regime shelling in the northwestern province of Idlib - the last rebel bastion in Syria.
