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A Prayer For the Victims of Turkey

God in heaven, I pray for the hundreds of thousands of Kurds, Alevis, Hizmet movement participants and minority...

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Macron Explains His Tense Handshake With Trump

French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that there was indeed a deeper significance to the prolonged handshake he...

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Macron Says Was Ready To Out-Trump Trump In Handshake

France's new President Emmanuel Macron says he was ready for his "moment of truth" with US counterpart Donald Trump --...

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Turkey Seeks Arrest of NBA Star Kanter

Turkey issued an arrest warrant on Friday for Turkish NBA star Enes Kanter, accusing him of being a member of a "terror...

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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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Kanter Reveals Death Threats, To Seek US Passport

Oklahoma City Thunder's Turkish star Enes Kanter said Monday he plans to seek US citizenship and has been receiving...

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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...

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Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kanter Back In USA After Passport Issue

Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter arrived in the United States on Sunday, a day after being stopped from...

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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...

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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...

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Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kanter Says Detained ‘for Anti-Erdogan’ Views

Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter was detained and released Saturday at a Romanian airport after being told his...

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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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US Capital Slams

The city of Washington on Wednesday condemned a "brutal attack on peaceful protesters" after President Recep Tayyip...

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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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China Hosts Summit On New Silk Road

China opens on Sunday a summit to promote its massive global trade infrastructure project, highlighting Beijing's...

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Bus Crash Near Turkey’s Marmaris Kills 23 People

The cause of the crash remains unclear At least 23 people have been killed and 11 wounded when a bus carrying Turkish...

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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...