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US demands Turkey release philanthropist Osman Kavala
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US demands Turkey release philanthropist Osman Kavala

Turkey hit back at the United States on Thursday, after Washington called for Ankara to release jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala. Kavala has…
Turkey aims to reach moon in 2023, Erdogan says
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Turkey aims to reach moon in 2023, Erdogan says

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey aims to achieve first contact with the moon as part of its national space program in…
Turkey Uighurs fear sellout to China in exchange for vaccine
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Turkey Uighurs fear sellout to China in exchange for vaccine

BEIJING (AP) — Abdullah Metseydi, a Uighur in Turkey, was readying for bed last month when he heard commotion, then…
Twitter says Turkish minister’s LGBT comments about protesters “hateful conduct”
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Twitter says Turkish minister’s LGBT comments about protesters “hateful conduct”

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s interior minister on Tuesday condemned protesters at a top Istanbul university as “LGBT deviants” in a…
Thirteen killed in car bombs, shooting in northern Syria
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Thirteen killed in car bombs, shooting in northern Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — One Syrian was killed on Sunday and four injured after Kurdish security forces opened fire at pro-government…
Turkey’s Erdogan fails to get double-digit inflation under control
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Turkey’s Erdogan fails to get double-digit inflation under control

Turkey’s economic woes are nothing new. The country’s official currency, the lira, has been on a downward slide for the past two…
Outcry, arrests in Turkey over Mecca poster with LGBT flags
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Outcry, arrests in Turkey over Mecca poster with LGBT flags

ISTANBUL (AP) — Two students have been arrested in Turkey on charges of inciting hatred and insulting religious values for…
Tentative start to Turkey-Greece talks after year of strife
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Tentative start to Turkey-Greece talks after year of strife

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The first high-level talks aimed at reducing tensions between Turkey and Greece in five years took…
Syria: Are water supplies being weaponized by Turkey?
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Syria: Are water supplies being weaponized by Turkey?

Around one million people in the Kurdish-governed region of Al-Hasakah in Syria’s northeast have again had their water supply cut…
Analysis: Foreigners suspend disbelief, edge back into Turkish markets
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Analysis: Foreigners suspend disbelief, edge back into Turkish markets

ANKARA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Foreign investors who for years saw Turkey as a lost cause of economic mismanagement are edging…
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