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Turkey car bomb attack kills two police, wounds 35: security sources
There was no immediate claim of responsibility
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Two women stage gun and grenade attack on police station in Istanbul suburb
Police returned fire, injuring one of the women, before tracking them to a nearby building
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Turkey says has hit only Islamic State targets since ceasefire started
Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Syrian government and Russia have been carrying out bombardments since the truce
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Istanbul's venerable Grand Bazaar to get much-needed facelift
Over 500 years old, surviving fire and earthquakes, the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul welcomes up to 400,000 people a day
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Turkey's Erdogan says 'has no respect' for court decision to release journalists
The pair, who were kept in jail for over 90 days, are still set to stand trial on the charges on March 25
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Greece says up to 70,000 migrants may be 'trapped' next month
Some 6,500 people were stuck at the Idomeni camp on Greece's northern border with Macedonia on Sunday
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Imprisoned Turkish journalists released from jail in Istanbul
Pen International said the development was positive in the "current dire situation for freedom of expression in Turkey
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Turkish-Saudi ground operation in Syria not on agenda: Cavusoglu
He says Syrian opposition has agreed to the 'possibility' of a temporary truce, and would meet in Riyadh on Tuesday
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Three journalists from Turkish state news agency kidnapped by PKK: media
The journalists were kidnapped while in the southeastern city of Mardin more than 48 hours ago
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Turkey announces new security measures following Ankara attack: PM
Davutoglu says 22 suspects have been detained over Ankara bombing
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Turkey frees detained Syrian journalist
Rami Jarrah said he had been released but said he was given no explanation as to why he was arrested
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France's Hollande warns of risk of Turkey-Russia war over Syria
Hollande said negotiations must resume, bombardments must stop, and aid must come
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Turkey's Erdogan says saddened by US arming of Syrian Kurdish militia
Turkish government have said the PYD's armed wing, the YPG, was responsible for a suicide bombing in the capital
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Turkey detains 3 more over Ankara attack, case 'almost solved': prosecutor
A total of 17 suspects have now been detained after nationwide raids in the wake of the attack
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Turkish minister says US making conflicting statements over Syrian Kurdish YPG
The United States has said it does not consider the YPG a terrorist group
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Turkey's Erdogan says despite denials, Syrian Kurdish PYD behind Ankara attacks
The head of the PYD has denied that his group carried out the attack in the Turkish capital of Ankara
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Turkish police fire tear gas on gold mine protestors
There has been a growing standoff over plans by the Cengiz Holding conglomerate to build a mine on the Black Sea
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Istanbul cop on trial for killing woman in 'anti-terror' raid
She died of her wounds in hospital on October 25
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Pakistan wins big at international culinary festival in Turkey
Pakistan won 15 gold, 13 silver, 1 bronze medal, 4 trophies and 30 certificates at the event
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Turkey's Erdogan, Saudi King Salman discuss Syria in telephone conversation
They said the attacks were making the humanitarian situation in the region worse
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Turkey favours Syria ground operation with its allies
Turkish artillery struck Kurdish militia targets in Syria, putting Ankara at odds with the US supporting Syrian Kurds
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Turkey vows "harsh reaction" as missiles hit Syria town
Almost 50 civilians were killed when missiles hit five medical facilities, two schools in rebel-held areas of Syria
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Turkey PM accuses Russia of acting as 'terrorist organisation'
Ahmet Davutoglu they will deliver an extremely decisive response if Russia continues behaving like a terrorist outfit
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Saudi deploys jets in Turkey for anti-Islamic State fight
Syrian foreign minister warned that ground intervention would amount to aggression that must be resisted
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Saudi Arabia confirms will send deployment to Turkey base
Saudi Arabia has resumed its participation in air strikes against Islamic State in recent weeks
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Two buildings collapse in central Istanbul, no one injured
One of the buildings shook before collapsing, giving those inside a chance to run outside, says police official
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Travel: A mystical experience at the Eyüp Sultan Mosque in Istanbul
A trip to Istanbul is incomplete without a visit to the burial site of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
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NATO to take refugee crisis aid requests 'very seriously'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Turkey and Germany would ask NATO to help police the Turkish coast
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Turkey to open its border to Syrian refugees 'if necessary': Erdogan
Thousands of Syrians, mostly women and children, have fled toward the Turkish border since Friday
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Turkey charges suspected tycoon killer after 20 years at large
Akkol has been wanted for 20 years over killing of Ozdemir Sabanci, head of one of Turkey's largest industrial empires
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Turkey confirms it blocked Russian plane: foreign ministry
The foreign ministry's statement comes a day after Russia accused Turkey of breaching the Open Skies treaty
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Nine migrants, including two babies drowned off Turkish coast
Two people were rescued swimming to the shore, says Turkish coast guard
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Russia's military says Turkey's airspace violation claim a 'provocation'
Statement says Russia awaiting explanation from NATO, Pentagon and Turkish armed forces on a village shelling incident
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Turkey says Russian jet violated its airspace, envoy summoned
Turkey shot down a Russian warplane in November in an incident that wrecked relations between the two countries
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Almost 40 dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkey
More than one million refugees and migrants arrived in European Union last year and some 3,600 died or went missing
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Turkey police recover stolen Picasso in Istanbul
The operation targeted alleged art thieves attempting to sell the painting "Woman Dressing Her Hair"
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Russian tourism in Turkey crumbles after plane downing
Arrivals from Russia for 2015 dropped to 3.65 million in 2015 from around 4.5 million in the previous year
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Curfew widened in southeast Turkey after clashes kill 23
The southeast has endured the worst violence since a ceasefire between the state and PKK militants collapsed
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Islamic State 'enjoyed Turkish money for oil': Israeli minister
The statement could hinder attempts to mend fences between the two countries after years of estrangement
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US says prepared for military solution against Islamic State in Syria
Biden and Davutoglu discussed how to further support Sunni Arab rebel forces fighting to oust Assad
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One wounded in Turkey as rocket hits house near Syria border: media
The rocket struck a house in the city center of Kilis, 10 km north of the border, Sabah Daily reported
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Turkey 'watching closely' Russian troop movements on border
Russia's reported move into Qamishli comes as Ankara and Moscow are experiencing their biggest crisis in years
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Five children hurt in school attack in southeast Turkey blamed on PKK
Sources say PKK members tossed a homemade explosive into the yard of the middle school
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US offers Turkey technology to block Islamic State at Syria border
The 98-kilometer-long border has served as a thruway for IS fighters, black-market goods and war materiel
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Turkish teacher to serve year in prison for insulting President Erdogan
Critics see Turkish president as intolerant of dissent and quick to take legal action over perceived slurs
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World tourism numbers hit record 1.18 billion in 2015: UN
Global tourism figures were hard hit by the global financial crisis, declining 4.0 percent in 2009
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Turkish imam opens up mosque for stray cats
Describing the cats as 'our mosque’s Friday guests', the imam lets the cats stay throughout the winter months
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Blast hits health centre near Syria border, several wounded: Turkish official
Some local media reports say two people were killed
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High winds force Turkish Airlines to cancel 95 flights
Domestic and international flights in and out of Istanbul's Ataturk Airport were affected, says statement
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600 British militants stopped from entering Syria: Hammond
'The number of Britons stopped in Turkey has gone up in the past eight months' Philip Hammond