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Are you ‘brain-dead’? Turkey’s Erdogan raps Macron before NATO summit
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Are you ‘brain-dead’? Turkey’s Erdogan raps Macron before NATO summit

ISTANBUL/PARIS (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Emmanuel Macron’s warning that NATO was dying reflects a…
Turkey signs maritime boundaries deal with Libya amid exploration row
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Turkey signs maritime boundaries deal with Libya amid exploration row

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) — Libya’s internationally recognized government and Turkey have signed an agreement on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea…
Russia hopes to agree on new S-400 missile deal with Turkey next year
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Russia hopes to agree on new S-400 missile deal with Turkey next year

MOSCOW/ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Russia hopes to seal a deal to supply Turkey with more S-400 missile systems in the first…
Erdogan says Qatar backs Turkey’s plans to settle Syrian refugees: NTV
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Erdogan says Qatar backs Turkey’s plans to settle Syrian refugees: NTV

ANKARA (Reuters) — Qatar could support Turkey’s plans to settle more than a million Syrian refugees in northeast Syria after…
Mayor says Turkish state banks shut out Istanbul after poll win
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Mayor says Turkish state banks shut out Istanbul after poll win

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Istanbul’s new mayor has said Turkey’s state banks stopped making routine loans to the city after a…
Turkey to test Russian S-400 systems despite U.S. pressure: media
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Turkey to test Russian S-400 systems despite U.S. pressure: media

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkish F-16 warplanes will fly over the country’s capital Ankara on Monday to test its new Russian…
Pence works to reassure Kurdish allies in surprise Iraq trip
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Pence works to reassure Kurdish allies in surprise Iraq trip

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence worked to reassure the United States’ Kurdish allies in an unannounced trip…
Syria’s ‘camps metalsmith’ welds shelter for displaced
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Syria’s ‘camps metalsmith’ welds shelter for displaced

Crouched between olive trees in northwest Syria, Jumaa al-Mustayf cuts long metal tubes with an electric saw to make tent…
Russia balks at Turkish idea of new Syrian military operation
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Russia balks at Turkish idea of new Syrian military operation

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia said on Tuesday it was bewildered by a Turkish pledge to conduct a new military operation…
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party mulls pulling MPs from parliament
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Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party mulls pulling MPs from parliament

ANKARA (Reuters) — A pro-Kurdish opposition party is considering withdrawing lawmakers from Turkey’s parliament due to mounting pressure it is…
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