Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister arrives in Baku

Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu has arrived in Baku for a working visit. During the visit, the Foreign Minister will attend an international conference on aid to the Palestinian people, which opens in the capital of Azerbaijan on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry of Turkey told Trend.

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Turkish police takes situation in Taksim under control

Turkish police took under control the situation in Taksim Square, TRT Haber TV channel reported on Tuesday. ...

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Earthquakes near Van city in Turkey

In the ministry of Emergency situations of the Republic of Armenia on June 10 at 20:00 o’clock was received information from Seismic protection service of Armenia that at 19:36 and 19:39 earthquakes were registered 30 km to earth from Van city in Turkey with magnitude of 4 and 3.6 accordingly....

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Turkish PM calls on to stop protests

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on protesters to stop the protests, Anadolu agency reported on Monday....

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Clashes occured between protestors and police in Ankara

Clashes occurred between the protesters on the Kizilagay square in Ankara and the police, CNN Turk TV channel reported....

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Age to get elected to be reduced to 18, says Turkish PM Erdogan

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Sunday that youth should be given a chance to make politics, and added that they were working on reducing the age of being elected to 18, "Anadolu" agency reported....

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Ankara has reacted angrily to the Vatican for Pope’s remarks on the Genocide of Armenians

Turkey has reacted angrily to the Vatican following a statement from Pope Francis describing the mass killings of Armenians during World War I as “the first genocide of the twentieth century” during a meeting with a delegation led by Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics on June 3....

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PM: Turkish government not to tolerate violence against its citizens

Turkish government will not tolerate violence in the country over its citizens, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Istanbul airport on Friday on his arrival from the international tour in countries of North Africa, Anadolu Agency reported....

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Anonymous hack Turkish govt networks, leak emails

Turkish government computer networks were hacked compromising private and rather sensitive information of PM Erdogan staffers, including the Prime Minister's. The Anonymous groups arranged the attack in support of the ongoing anti-government protests....

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