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War in Ukraine: Russia backs Ukraine grain exports but wants sanctions off

YoopyaJune 8, 2022April 10, 2023

by YoopyaJune 8, 2022April 10, 20230404

Russia and Turkey on Wednesday voiced support for the creation of a safe maritime corridor in the Black Sea so Ukraine can export grain to...

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Erdogan aims to turn Turkey into major defense industry power

YoopyaMay 27, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaMay 27, 2015July 1, 202301

For years Turkey has boasted NATO’s largest army, bar only the United States, and now President Tayyip Erdogan wants a defense industry to match. Erdogan’s...

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Erdogan says women are not equal to men

YoopyaNovember 25, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 25, 2014July 15, 202308

Turkey’s president told a women’s rights meeting that feminists don’t recognize value of motherhood, and that women can’t work same jobs as men as they...

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Islamic State closes in on Syrian town, refugees flood into Turkey

YoopyaSeptember 22, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 22, 2014July 16, 202307

(Reuters) – Islamic State militants tightened their noose on a northern Syrian border town on Sunday as the United Nations said the number of Syrian...

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World:Turkey PM: Obama Relations Strained by Syria

YoopyaJuly 23, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 23, 2014July 25, 202302

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggests his relations with U.S. President Barack Obama have diminished, saying he is disappointed about not getting direct results...

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World: Turkey turns inwards as war spreads from Syria to Iraq

YoopyaJuly 4, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 4, 2014July 25, 202305

(Reuters) – As al Qaeda-inspired Sunni militants spread right along Turkey’s southeastern border last month from Syria through Iraq, seizing Turkish hostages as they went,...

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Al Qaeda’s rise in northern Syria leaves Turkey with dilemma

YoopyaOctober 17, 2013March 17, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 17, 2013March 17, 202407

(Reuters) – The rise of al Qaeda in parts of Syria’s north has left Turkey facing a new security threat on its already vulnerable border and raised...

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Unions prepare strikes to support Turkey protests

YoopyaJune 17, 2013August 4, 2024

by YoopyaJune 17, 2013August 4, 2024011

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish trade unions urged their members to walk out of work Monday and join demonstrations in response to a widespread police crackdown...

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Turkish PM urges protesters to leave Gezi Park

YoopyaJune 14, 2013August 11, 2024

by YoopyaJune 14, 2013August 11, 2024012

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he has asked a small delegation of protesters to persuade the hundreds of...

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Turkish PM vows to rid ‘lawbreakers’ from park

YoopyaJune 13, 2013August 18, 2024

by YoopyaJune 13, 2013August 18, 202403

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — “Lawbreakers” will be removed from Istanbul’s Taksim Square, Turkey’s prime minister declared Thursday, rejecting the European Parliament’s resolution condemning the excessive...