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Turkey Hosts Meeting of Pan-Islamic Group Over Jerusalem Tensions

Turkey on Tuesday hosted a meeting of the main grouping of the world's Muslim nations to discuss the crisis that...

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Muslim States Slam ‘provocative’ Israel Actions In Jerusalem

The main grouping of the world's Muslim nations on Tuesday accused Israel of staging provocative actions and inflaming...

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Pentagon Alarm Over Turkey Plan To Buy Russian Missiles

The Pentagon on Monday criticized Turkey's plans to purchase a Russian air-defense system instead of investing in NATO...

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Turkey Arrests 3 Soldiers ‘who Beat Syrians On Border’

A Turkish court arrested three soldiers allegedly filmed beating up and verbally abusing four young Syrians who...

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Israeli Removal of Holy Site Metal Detectors Not Enough

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday welcomed Israel's removal of metal detectors from a highly...

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Erdogan Urges All Muslims To ‘visit’ and ‘protect’ Jerusalem

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday urged all Muslims to visit and protect Jerusalem after violence broke...

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Erdogan Sees Progress In Qatar Crisis, Says More Time Needed

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said his visit to the Gulf region made a contribution to easing the...

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UN ‘not Giving Up’ On Cyprus After Talks Collapse

The United Nations is "not giving up" on efforts to seal a Cyprus reunification deal despite the failure of an...

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Erdogan In Qatar For Talks On Gulf Crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Doha ON Monday as part of a Gulf tour aimed at defusing a dispute...

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Erdogan Visits Gulf In Hope of Easing Qatar Crisis

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began on Sunday a key visit to the Gulf region aimed at defusing the standoff around...

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Erdogan Says Prolonging Gulf Crisis ‘not In Anyone’s Interest’

Prolonging the crisis in the Gulf sparked by the isolation of Qatar is not in the interest of anyone, Turkish President...

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Trump Taps New Ambassador To Afghanistan

John Bass has been posted in Turkey since 2014, and has steered US-Turkey relations through an unsuccessful coup...

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Turkey Slams ‘dangerous’ Cyprus Plans After Talks Failure

Turkey on Thursday accused Cyprus of taking "dangerous" steps in its search for energy resources in the Mediterranean,...

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Gulen ‘not Worried’ About Extradition To Turkey

US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for a failed coup attempt a year ago, told French TV Tuesday...

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Rebel-Kurd Clashes Kill 11 In North Syria

Nearly a dozen Syrian rebels have been killed in hit-and-run clashes with a US-backed alliance dominated by Kurdish...

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Erdogan To Visit Qatar and Saudi Amid Gulf Crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will this month visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are locked in a deep...

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Erdogan Hails ‘defenders of Nation’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given emotional speeches to tens of thousands of people a year after a coup...

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Gulen Blasts ‘despicable’ 2016 Turkey Coup Bid, Subsequent ‘witch…

US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, the man blamed by Turkey for a failed coup attempt a year ago, on Friday again...

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Ankara, Doha Insist Turkish Base Will Stay In Qatar

Turkey and Qatar on Friday insisted Ankara would keep a new military base in the emirate, rejecting demands from other...