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US Assures Turkey Over Arming Kurds In IS Fight

The US military offered assurances to Turkey on Thursday over supplying arms to Kurdish fighters against the Islamic...

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US Begins Sending Arms To Kurdish Fighters In Syria

The United States on Tuesday began providing small arms to Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State group in...

Sports

Ghanaian Wins Turkish Amputee Football Super League

Captain of the Ghana Amputee Football National team, the Black Challenge, Richard Arthur Opentil, has won the Turkish...

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Myanmar To Deport Turkish Family Amid Crackdown Fears

Myanmar authorities have detained a Turkish family and are trying to deport them to Turkey, where activists fear they...

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Turkey Summons US Envoy Over ‘security Lapses’ In Erdogan Visit

Turkey summoned the US ambassador on Monday to protest "aggressive behaviour" by American security personnel and...

International

Erdogan Elected Leader of Turkey’s Ruling Party

Erdogan, founded the AKP in 2001 and led it to victory in an election a year later President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

International

Turkey Canceled My Passport Over My Political Views

Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter said he was stopped at an airport in Romania on Saturday after his travel documents were...

News

Turkey Wants US Envoy To Leave

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has accused a senior US diplomat of backing Kurdish militants and said he...

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Turkey Says Will ‘not Beg’ Germany To Stay At NATO Base

Turkey on Thursday hit back at German threats to pull its troops out of a key NATO base on its soil, saying it would...

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Turkey Calls For Ouster of US Envoy For Anti-IS Coalition

Turkey called Thursday for the removal of the US diplomat coordinating the international coalition fighting the Islamic...

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Germany Slams Turkey’s Refusal To Let MPs Visit NATO Base

Germany on Monday slammed Turkey's refusal to allow its lawmakers to visit a NATO base near Syria and warned it could...

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US-Backed Forces Prepare For Final Push On IS-Held Raqa

US-backed fighters said Friday they were preparing for a final assault on the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion...

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Malaysia Deports Turks Wanted Over Alleged Gulen Links

Malaysia has deported three Turkish nationals wanted by Ankara for alleged links to a US-based preacher accused of...

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US-Backed Fighters Hunt For IS Holdouts In Syria’s Tabqa

US-backed fighters hunted for jihadist holdouts in Syria's Tabqa on Thursday after overrunning the city and nearby dam...

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US To Arm Syrias Kurds ‘very Quickly’

The United States will soon start delivering weapons to Syria's Kurdish fighters, despite furious Turkish objections, a...

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Ex-Qaeda Branch Threatens Syria Rebels On Safe Zone Deal

An alliance dominated by Al-Qaeda's former Syrian branch has warned rebel groups against implementing a deal on safe...

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Turkey Says US Arming Kurdish Syria Fighters ‘unacceptable’

Turkey on Wednesday slammed as "unacceptable" a US announcement that Washington would supply arms and military...

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Third Turk Arrested In Malaysia For Security Reasons

A third Turkish national has been arrested in Malaysia, his lawyer said Friday, after two others were taken into...

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Russia, Turkey, Iran Ink Deal On Safe Zones In Syria

Syrian regime allies Russia and Iran and rebel supporter Turkey on Thursday signed a memorandum on a Moscow-backed plan...