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Erdogan defends plan for offering Syrians Turkish citizenship
Devlet Bahceli warns that Erdogan's plan would cheapen Turkish citizenship and cause ethnic conflict
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Kurdish militant bomb attack on Turkish army outpost kills two
Sources say 10 soldiers and five village guards were also wounded in attack by PKK guerrillas
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Kurdish militant car bomb attack wounds 11 soldiers in southeast Turkey
According to security sources attack targeted the Cevizpinar village outpost, near the border with Syria
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First Russian tourist flight since crisis lands in Turkish resort
The Boeing 737-800 plane, flying from Moscow's Vnukovo airport, was carrying 189 tourists, NTV television said.
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At least 5 dead in Turkey military chopper crash: PM
"There have been deaths and injuries," Binali Yildirim told journalists
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Turkey's Erdogan rules out Egypt thaw despite diplomatic blitz
Ties between Turkey and Egypt ruptured in 2013 after the military ousted elected extremist president Mohamed Morsi
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Seventeen jailed pending trial over Istanbul airport attack
According to an official, the attackers were Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals
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Istanbul nearly a ghost town as tourists stay away
Nineteen foreigners were among the 45 people killed at Ataturk airport by suspected Islamic State militants
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Trump asks Turkish man: 'friend or foe?'
US Republican candidate says he would like to see Turkey fight Islamic State
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Here's the tragic, last Facebook post of an Istanbul terror victim
'War is futile. There would be no winners in any war, only losers'
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Organiser of Ankara suicide attack killed
A splinter group of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) had claimed the suicide attack in Ankara that left 28 people dead
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Putin officially lifts Turkey tourism ban
The move signals a rapid reversal after seven months of acrimony between Moscow and Ankara
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UEFA refuses minute of silence for Turkey's bomb victims at Euro 2016
Three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers opened fire and blew themselves up in Istanbul’s main airport killing 41
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Rumi wasn't yours: Afghan fury as Iran, Turkey claim Sufi poet
Rumi is one of the best-selling poets in the US, and his works have been translated into more than 23 languages
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The Turkish bombing
There are at least 41 dead and reportedly 140 injured in a gun-and-bomb attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport
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US condemns 'heinous' Istanbul attack, pledges support for Turkey
'Americans stand united with the people of Turkey against this campaign of hatred and violence', Hillary Clinton
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Major bomb attacks in Turkey
List of the worst bomb attacks in Turkey since 1986
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Turkey blames IS for Istanbul airport carnage that killed 41
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for an international "joint fight" against terror
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Young Turks: e-commerce start-ups bet on enviable demographics
Turkey is home to 79 million people with a median age of just over 30, younger than anywhere else in Europe
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Turkey ready to pay Russia compensation for shooting down jet: PM
Turkey had previously refused to apologise over the incident, insisting the Russian plane strayed into its airspace
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Five wounded in bomb attack on police in Turkey's southeast
The blast occurred near a state hospital in the district of Dicle, north of the region's largest city Diyarbakir.
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Israel, Turkey agree deal ending years of acrimony
Reports in recent days described a compromise on the issue
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Turkey detains 28 people over alleged financial links to cleric Gulen
The raids were the latest police operations targeting thousands of supporters of the US-based cleric
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Turkey's Erdogan says Brexit is 'start of new era'
He warned that new breakups would be "inevitable" unless the EU renewed its policies toward migrants
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Erdogan meets Hamas leader amid reports of Israel deal
Israel and Turkey could hold final talks on normalising ties on Sunday
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Islamic State suspects held in Turkey over transgender attack plot -Dogan
The reported arrests came after police confiscated suicide vests during raids in two Istanbul suburbs
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Turkey, Israel to agree deal for normalising ties: report
Israel will allow completion of hospital in Gaza and construction of a new power station, sea water distillation plant
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Turkish border guards fire on fleeing Syrians, 8 dead
Turkey has repeatedly denied accusations of its security forces firing on Syrians trying to cross the frontier
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Istanbul bans gay pride march on security grounds
"We urge our dear Istanbul residents not to heed calls to take part and to comply with warnings by security forces"
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Turkey PM wants 'no permanent enmity' with neighbours
Some analysts have suggested that Davutoglu made way for Yildirim to allow a more reconciliatory foreign policy
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Degree of uncertainty? Turkish row over Erdogan academic record
He studied at an institution that only became part of Marmara University two years after Erdogan says he graduated
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Car bomb in eastern Turkey wounds at least five
The car bomb exploded in front of the courthouse in the town of Ovacik
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Modric stunner sees Croatia past Turkey
Modric's 41st-minute strike separates the teams at the final whistle
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One dead in mystery blast inside Istanbul flat: media
Investigators are looking into the possibility of a gas leak
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Militant Kurdish group TAK claims Istanbul bombing
Says the attack on Tuesday was revenge for operations by the Turkish army in the Kurdish-dominated southeast
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Ex-boyfriend given 15 years for shooting Turkish talent singer
Mutlu Kaya had been receiving death threats for appearing in the show, Sesi Cok Guzel
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Car bomb hits Turkey police station in Kurdish southeast
Several people were injured and ambulances were dispatched to the scene after the powerful explosion
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At least 14 killed as Turkish bus plunges into canal
The bus was bringing pupils back from an excursion to a well-known archaeological site of Karatepe
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Have 'at least 3 kids', Erdogan tells Turkish women
The president emphasised that women's career should not be an "obstacle" to having children
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Turkey sinks Airbus jet to boost dive tourism
Turkey is looking for new ways to promote its key tourism industry which suffered a battering due to security
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Erdogan says Armenian genocide charges 'blackmail' of Turkey
Says Turkey will never accept the accusations of genocide
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Turk gets 108 years for refugee sex assaults
Turkish man sentenced to 108 years in jail for sexually assaulting Syrian children at a refugee camp
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The contraception problem
No Muslim family should engage in birth control: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Erdogan lauds Pakistan’s role in regional stability
Gen Raheel witnesses military exercise with Turkish president
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Erdogan praises Pakistan Army's contributions for regional peace, stability
Army chief witnesses multinational military exercise EFES in Turkey
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Turkey officially designates Gulen religious group as terrorists
The move puts the organisation on par with Kurdish militants currently fighting the army in Turkey's southeast
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Turkey's Erdogan: No Muslim family should engage in birth control
'We will multiply our descendants' he said in a speech in Istanbul broadcast live on television
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Turkey's Erdogan accuses Russia of arming PKK militants
The latest comments appear to be the first time Erdogan has accused Moscow of supplying arms to the PKK
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Turkish EU minister to visit Brussels for visa-free travel deal talks
Turkey says reformation of anti-terror laws is out of the question
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Turkey offers US joint Syria operation, without the Kurds
'We are completely ready. Not us, but the US is responsible for the delay' Cavasoglu says
 
    
















































