Middle East
Iraq Says Liberation of Mosul From ISIS Is Almost Over
A military campaign to drive out Islamic State militants from Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, will finish in a few...
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Erdogan’s Guards, Involved In Washington Brawl, Are Unwelcome In Germany
As Hamburg prepares for the high-profile G20 summit, German authorities expressed disapproval and intention to block certain figures from President...
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Bahrain Blames Qatar For Escalating Dispute In Military Terms
Bahrain has blamed its neighbor Qatar for escalating the dispute in the Gulf in military terms by inviting Turkish troops...
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Turkish Court Rejects Releasing Journalists In Media Trial
An Istanbul court refused to release 17 journalists, including novelist Ahmet Altan, his brother Mehmet Altan, Nazli Ilicak, despite demands...
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In Historic Defense, Novelist Denounces Indictment As ‘Judicial Porn’
"The AKP will lose its position of power and stand trial." So said Ahmet Altan, a critically acclaimed novelist and...
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Arab States Ask Qatar To Close Al Jazeera, Cut Ties With Iran, Turkey
Four Arab nations asked Qatar to shut down its international Al Jazeera TV channel, cut ties with Iran and close...
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In High-Profile Media Trial, Turkish Journalists Deny Coup Charges
Turkey has currently dozens of media trials in place, a factor that speaks for itself for the state of media...
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Qatar Embargo Came After Trump’s Blessing
Just a week after President Donald J. Trump’s first foreign trip, Persian Gulf is in an unprecedented regional crisis. Last...
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Turkish Journalist, Imprisoned For 11 Months, Is In Critical Condition
Two Brussels-based media organizations have called on Turkish authorities to provide urgent medical care for Tuncer Cetinkaya, former regional representative...
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Turkish TV Reporters Briefly Detained During FM’s Visit To Saudi Arabia
Two television reporters with Turkish TRT World were briefly detained by Saudi police during Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's visit...
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Smelling Danger, Erdogan Likens Opposition March To Coup
In a sign of brewing anxiety over the potential political ramifications of a 250-mile long protest march by Turkey's main...
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Western Sahara’s Hidden Democratic Promise
On the western coast of Northern Africa are a territory, a conflict, and a people that the world has mostly...
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Russia Claims Its Jets Killed ISIS Leader Baghdadi
There is a $25 million bounty for his head. 66 countries are fighting together for 3 years to capture him....
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Opposition March Becomes Rare Protest Stage For Turkey’s Purge Victims
Uncle Veysel, as known by the Turkish public, had spent 11 months in front of Caglayan Courthouse in a desperate...
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Egypt Parliament Approves Transferring Two Islands To Saudis
A 67 years old historical dispute has come to an end in the Red Sea after the Egyptian government unanimously...
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Turkey’s Opposition Launch 250-Mile March In Protest Over MP Arrest
After the imprisonment of a prominent lawmaker from main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Wednesday, CHP leader and thousands...
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Erdogan Slams US Over Arrest Decision For His Bodyguards
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sharply criticized the U.S. authorities for seeking arrest of members of his security team for...
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Turkey Steps Up Gulf Diplomacy When Nerves Have Calmed
Turkey has stepped up its flurry of diplomacy to bury hostilities in the Gulf region at a time when the...
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CHP Backed Lifting Immunity For MPs. Today Its Lawmaker Jailed
In May 2016, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) introduced a bill in Parliament to lift immunity for Kurdish...
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Erdogan’s False Promises To Africa
In April last year, gunmen raided a school bus in Somalia's troubled capital Mogadishu, killing two Turkish teachers. The killing...
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