Turkey conducts ground raid against Kurd militants in Northern Iraq: TV
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish ground forces carried out a two-day cross-border operation targeting Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on November 5-6, Turkish media reported on Wednesday. … Read More
View ArticleTurkey in cross-border raid on Kurd militants in Northern Iraq
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish ground forces carried out a two-day cross-border operation targeting Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on November 5-6, Turkish media reported on Wednesday. … Read More
View ArticleTurkish air strike kills two Iraqis: Kurdistan official
BAGHDAD/ANKARA (Reuters) - Two Iraqi civilians were killed and three wounded in a Turkish air strike in Iraqi Kurdistan during the latest operation targeting Kurdish PKK separatist rebels sheltering...
View ArticleTurkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles: report
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will imminently lodge an official request with NATO asking the military alliance to deploy Patriot missiles along its border with Syria to guard against violence spilling...
View ArticleTurkey says 8,000 Syrians flee in past 24 hours
ANKARA (Reuters) - About 8,000 refugees fleeing violence in Syria have crossed into Turkey in the last 24 hours, a Turkish foreign ministry official said on Friday, following a rebel offensive along...
View ArticleThousands flee Syria in major refugee exodus
ANKARA/DOHA (Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians fled their country on Friday in one of the biggest refugee exoduses of the 20 month war after rebels seized a border town. … Read More
View ArticleThousands flee Syria in exodus, millions more need aid
ANKARA/DOHA (Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians fled their country on Friday in one of the biggest refugee exoduses of the 20-month civil war after rebels seized a border town, and the United Nations...
View ArticleTurkey Helicopter Crash Kills 17 Soldiers
ANKARA, Turkey -- A Turkish military helicopter carrying soldiers on a mission against Kurdish rebels crashed because of bad weather on Saturday, killing all 17 troops onboard, officials said.Thirteen...
View ArticleNATO ‘ready’ to help Turkey deal with Syria
Secretary-general says Ankara can rely on alliance, as Assad's troops try to regain control of rebel-held Ras al-Ain. … Read More
View ArticleResidents flee air strikes on Syria border town
CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (Reuters) - A Syrian warplane struck homes in the town of Ras al-Ain on Tuesday within sight of the Turkish border, pursuing an aerial bombardment to force out rebels and drawing a...
View ArticleTurkey to hold fresh talks with Kurdish militants: minister
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will hold talks with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin told reporters on Monday after the end of a hunger strike by the...
View ArticlePutin to talk Syria in Turkey
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin (RIA Novosti/Mikhail Klimentyev)Russia’s president is set to visit Ankara to discuss the Syrian crisis – months after the countries’ relations were shaken by the...
View ArticleEscobar: Chemical hype behind Patriot games on Syria border
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View ArticleAnkara says Assad should resign by 2013 – Ynetnews
The GuardianAnkara says Assad should resign by 2013YnetnewsA Turkish newspaper reported that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a recommendation to Russian President Vladimir Putin on how to...
View ArticlePatriot missiles in Turkey: Targeting Syria or Iran? (Op-Ed)
Soldiers of the Air Defence Missile Squadron 2 stand guard with Patriot missile launchers in the background in Bad Suelze, northern Germany on December 4, 2012. (AFP Photo / Bernd Wustneck)Turkey, a...
View ArticleTurkey lifts veto on Israel’s NATO activities despite frictions – report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen shake hands as they deliver a joint statement after their meeting on February 09, 2011 in Jerusalem. (AFP...
View ArticleSyrian Generals Defect, Turkish Officials Say
ANKARA, Turkey -- Officials at Turkey's Foreign Ministry say two Syrian air force generals have defected and crossed the border.The defection comes as rebels besiege the military air base of Mannagh...
View ArticleUS Patriot missile battery crews arrive in Turkey
The "Patriot" surface-to-air missile system is presented during a media day by the German Armed Forces in Warbelow, northern Germany, on December 18, 2012. (AFP Photo / Bernd Wustneck)A group of 27 US...
View ArticleExplosion outside US embassy in Ankara
Suicide bomber strikes US Embassy in Ankara – reportsA suicide bomber has reportedly struck the US Embassy in Ankara, local media reports. Several people have reportedly been injured, as dozens of...
View ArticleExplosion hits US embassy in Turkey
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View ArticleUS Embassy bomber in Ankara had terror conviction, brain disorder
People stand outside the entrance of the US Embassy in Ankara just after a blast killed two security guards and wounded several other people on February 1, 2013 (AFP Photo / Yavuz Ozden / Milliyet...
View ArticleTurkish Marxist group ‘claims U.S. embassy attack’
A radical Turkish Marxist group has claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack at the US embassy in Ankara, according to a statement posted on the Internet on Saturday. The Revolutionary...
View ArticleMarxist terrorism is alive and well in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey — When a suicide bomber blew himself up at the US Embassy here on Friday, many suspected Al Qaeda or another militant group. After all, it’s been only five months since Islamists killed...
View ArticleErdogan vs Army: ’15% of Turkish top brass on trial, hundreds resign’
Turkish officers are resigning en masse to avoid arrest and sentencing for conspiracy against the government. The cabinet of PM Erdogan is winning the decade-long battle with country’s once almighty...
View ArticleTurkish police fire teargas at Syrian refugees in camp protest
The fire broke out allegedly because of an electrical fault, which set a tent on fire early on Wednesday morning, killing a child and injuring three others from the same family. They are currently in...
View ArticleTurkish artillery fired into north Iraq: sources
Turkish forces fired artillery shells into north Iraq, apparently in a bid to intimidate Kurdish rebels with whom Ankara is in peace talks, security sources and rebels told AFP on Thursday. The...
View ArticleListening Post Feauture – The Turkish muzzle
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View ArticleTurkish police prevent ‘Al-Qaeda U.S. embassy plot’
Turkish police have uncovered and foiled an alleged plot by Al-Qaeda to bomb the US embassy in Ankara, as well as a synagogue and other targets in Istanbul, Turkish media reported on Friday. As a...
View ArticleTurkey protests spread from Istanbul to Ankara
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View Article‘Why were police so angry?’: Turkish protesters slam police brutality, return...
Follow RT's LIVE UPDATES on the protests Most of the injuries were sustained near Taksim Square in Istanbul, the focal point of the recent protest. Massive demonstrations from last night are...
View ArticleLive Update: Police and protesters clash in Ankara
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View ArticleStudents call for Turkish PM to quit in fourth day of protests
The political violence in Turkey has seriously unsettled investors, creating worries about the effect it could have on the economy . On Monday, the main stock market index in Istanbul ended the day...
View ArticleClashes continue in Turkey
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View ArticleA fifth night of unrest in Turkey
||RelatedTurkey’s top figures see-saw for power 04/06/2013 19:33 CET Turkey protests a trigger for economic downturn? 04/06/2013 20:28 CET Calm returns to Istanbul suburbs 04/06/2013 21:23 CET Turkey:...
View Article‘Muslim Anti-Capitalists’ defy government portrayal of Turkey protesters
||RelatedA fifth night of unrest in Turkey 05/06/2013 05:45 CET ‘What they did is wrong’, Erdogan supporters in… 05/06/2013 19:41 CET Turkey: From Ankara to Istanbul, riots continue 03/06/2013 23:05...
View ArticleCalls for police sackings in Turkey as Erdogan returns
||Related‘Muslim Anti-Capitalists’ defy government portrayal… 06/06/2013 01:35 CET ‘What they did is wrong’, Erdogan supporters in… 05/06/2013 19:41 CET Turkey: peace by day, clashes by night...
View ArticleErdogan returns home with call to end protests
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View ArticleAnkara police disperse Turkish anti-govt rally with tear gas as officials say...
Now it's confirmed by multiple Ankara tweeps that the demos were indeed met w/Ankara police forces, gas, water cannons. Gezi Park — ilhan tanir (@WashingtonPoint) June 8, 2013 DETAILS TO FOLLOW … Read...
View ArticleTurkey’s protesters should be ‘taught a lesson’– PM Erdogan
||RelatedTurkey: early elections ruled out 09/06/2013 01:36 CET Turkish government and protesters lock horns 09/06/2013 17:07 CET Calls for police sackings in Turkey as Erdogan returns 06/06/2013 05:05...
View ArticleTurkish protesters set up tent camp in Ankara
||RelatedDefiant Erdogan to hold counter-rallies next weekend 10/06/2013 03:06 CET Turkey: early elections ruled out 09/06/2013 01:36 CET ‘No early elections’ – Turkish ruling party 08/06/2013 21:35...
View ArticleTurkish police use water cannons, tear gas to oust protesters from Taksim Square
Hundreds of security troops have arrived at the scene early morning. The square itself is mostly empty of protesters at the moment. The few protesters present at the square when police arrived were...
View ArticleSporadic over night clashes as Turkey’s unions call a general strike
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View ArticleVideo: Turkish police water-cannons RT reporter in Ankara
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View ArticleIt is a proxy-war in Syria for a long time
RT: We are seeing such a sharp change of rhetoric from Turkey after accusations the flotilla attack back in 2010 was a massacre. How did it all change so quickly, because only four months ago Ankara...
View Article‘Turkish-Israeli military cooperation would open up a can of worms in the...
RT: If Ankara is involved in this and it is confirmed to be the case, what do you make of this certainly unlikely alliance between Turkey and Israel? Chris Bambery: Prior to Erdogan taking office a...
View ArticleMultiple rockets fired at Ankara police facilities, no casualties reported
The Turkish Health Ministry reported no casualties, though the rockets damaged the police facility. An unexploded rocket was also reported to be found near the site of the attack, which occurred in...
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Turkey blocks Google service used to sidestep Twitter ban
#OccupyTwitterpic.twitter.com/jKu6T2kF5o — ece (@ecezereycan) March 21, 2014 The measure has come as Erdogan starts a final electoral push to stifle rivals who he has described as an “alliance of...
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Turkey sprawl: Only real model of democratic Islam is rapidly crumbling
The local elections March 30 will decide not only the new mayors of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, among others: after the current season of scandals and rampant authoritarianism, it will be a crucial...
View ArticleMineulykke er den værste i Tyrkiets historie
Mineulykke er den værste i Tyrkiets historie 15. maj 2014 08.50 Udland ; Dødstallet efter mineulykken tirsdag stiger og er nu oppe på 282 dræbte. Det gør det til den værste mineulykke i Tyrkiets...
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