Turkey
Erdogan visits Turkish flood victims as death toll hits 27
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sounded both mournful and hopeful as he led a prayer for the victims before a few hundred residents in the inundated city of...
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Flash floods kill 11 as Turkey reels from multiple disasters
Turkey has been grappling with drought and reeling from a rapid succession of natural disasters that world scientists believe are becoming more frequent and intense because of climate change.
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Turkey and Greece reel from raging wildfires during heatwave
Greece deployed large forces near Olympia to protect archaeological sites where the first Olympic Games were held in antiquity.
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EU sends help to Turkey as wildfire toll reaches eight
The Turkish leader came under especially strong criticism over the weekend for tossing bags of tea to locals while touring one of the most badly affected regions under heavy police escort.
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International community calls for 'urgent end' to Taliban offensive
Fighting, meanwhile, continued in Afghanistan, with both the Taliban and government claiming gains in various parts of the country.
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Erdogan says US can count on Turkey after Afghanistan troop pullout
The United States is in the final stages of completing a military drawdown, alongside NATO forces, by September 11 -- 20 years after they invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban.
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Erdogan accuses former admirals of 'political coup'
Turkish prosecutors detained 10 of the admirals on Monday and ordered four others to turn themselves in after they published an opened letter critical of the proposed Canal Istanbul over the weekend.
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Turkey, Egypt resume first diplomatic contacts since 2013
The two regional powers have sparred over a range of issues, including the war in Libya where they backed rival sides.
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Turkey's student protests turn increasingly violent
Turkey has been hit by weeks of rallies across major campuses against Erdogan's appointment of a party loyalist to head Istanbul's exclusive Bogazici University at the start of the year.
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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 him to upbeat music in the TV studio.
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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.
