News: Turkey

We have started to collect the most important news related to Turkey in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Turkey: news

Arrests in Turkey coup plot probe

Monday, April 13th 2009, 12:59

Turkish police detain at least 12 people, including a university president, in connection with an alleged coup plot.
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North Cyprus 'link to Turkish plot'

Friday, April 10th 2009, 14:55
related countries: Cyprus

A Turkish Cypriot leader calls for a probe into alleged links between suspected Turkish coup plotters and northern Cyprus.
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Obama reaches out to Muslim world

Monday, April 6th 2009, 16:08
related countries: United States
related places: Ankara

Barack Obama says the US "is not at war with Islam", during his first visit as president to a mainly Muslim state.
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Digging for truth

Thursday, April 2nd 2009, 6:49

Kurds seek bodies and justice over Turkey's 'dirty war'
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Key Afghan-Pakistan talks due

Wednesday, April 1st 2009, 5:02
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan

The Afghan president meets his Pakistani counterpart in Turkey for talks on ways to combat Islamic militants.
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Turkish PM's party slips in polls

Monday, March 30th 2009, 9:00

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party wins local elections - but with a significant fall in support.
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Turkish politician in air crash

Thursday, March 26th 2009, 11:50

The leader of an ultra nationalist party in Turkey is missing after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed on Wednesday.
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Iraqi leader gives PKK ultimatum

Monday, March 23rd 2009, 16:16
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

Iraq's president tells Kurdish guerrillas using north Iraq as a base for attacks on Turkey to lay down their arms or leave.
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'Propaganda'

Saturday, March 21st 2009, 4:32

Turkish film about 1915 'genocide' revives old dispute
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Obama trip to Turkey within weeks

Saturday, March 7th 2009, 14:01
related countries: United States

President Barack Obama will visit Turkey "in a month or so", says US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a visit to Ankara.
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Weapons 'rife in Turkish schools'

Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 17:13

More than one in 10 Turkish children takes a weapon to school, according to a survey by a parliamentary commission.
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Kurdish 'grave sites' to be dug

Friday, February 27th 2009, 22:00

Excavations are ordered at sites in Turkey where bodies of Kurds killed in the 1990s may have been dumped.
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Jet had repairs days before crash

Friday, February 27th 2009, 10:46

The Turkish Airlines jet that crashed near Amsterdam's Schiphol airport had been repaired on Monday.
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Deadly Turkish plane crash probed

Thursday, February 26th 2009, 11:23

Investigations continue into what caused a Turkish Airlines plane to crash land at Amsterdam airport, killing nine people and injuring 86.
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Turkish plane crash in Amsterdam

Wednesday, February 25th 2009, 19:02

A Turkish Airlines plane breaks up after landing short of the runway at Amsterdam airport, killing nine people and injuring 84.
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MP breaks language law in Turkey

Wednesday, February 25th 2009, 3:19

A leading Kurdish MP breaks Turkish law by giving a speech in parliament in Kurdish, and a live TV relay is cut.
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Turkey's Kurdish clashes continue

Sunday, February 15th 2009, 17:22

Demonstrators marking 10 years since the arrest of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan clash with Turkish police for a second day.
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Clashes at Turkish Ocalan rally

Saturday, February 14th 2009, 22:46

Police in Turkey break up a demonstration marking the tenth anniversary of the arrest of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.
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Arabic press praises Erdogan

Saturday, January 31st 2009, 10:17
related places: Erdogan

There was criticism in some Turkish papers of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan after he stormed off stage during a Davos debate.
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Turkish PM given hero's welcome

Friday, January 30th 2009, 5:01
related places: Istanbul

Thousands cheer Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his return to Istanbul after storming out of a Gaza debate in Davos.
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Turkish PM storms off in Gaza row

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 23:52
related countries: Israel

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan storms off the stage at Davos after a heated debate with Israel's president over Gaza.
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Ten killed in Turkish avalanche

Sunday, January 25th 2009, 15:37

Ten climbers are killed and seven others survive an avalanche on a mountain in north-east Turkey, officials say.
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More arrests in Turkey coup probe

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 16:33

Turkish police arrest as many as 30 people over the ongoing investigation into an alleged coup plot.
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Turkey tries to revive EU drive

Monday, January 19th 2009, 17:46
related countries: Belgium
related places: Brussels

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Brussels for talks on his country's flagging bid to join the EU.
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Allies at odds

Friday, January 16th 2009, 6:43
related countries: Gaza Strip, Israel

Turkey outraged by Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip
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Turkey holds 30 over 'coup plot'

Wednesday, January 7th 2009, 16:00

More than 30 people are detained in Turkey in a widening inquiry into an alleged ultra-nationalist coup plot.
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Turkey 'hits PKK targets in Iraq'

Sunday, December 28th 2008, 15:56
related countries: Iraq

Turkish fighter planes bomb suspected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, Turkish military sources say.
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Insurers halt work on Turkish dam

Wednesday, December 24th 2008, 12:13

Insurers halt their support for a dam project in Turkey amid concern about its environmental and cultural impact.
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Olmert Turkey talks tackle Syria

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008, 9:55
related countries: Israel, Syria

Outgoing Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has held "intensive and fruitful" talks on Syria and Gaza with Turkey's PM, his office says.
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Firm claiming to make shoes thrown at President Bush sees orders surge

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 16:26
related countries: United States

A Turkish shoe firm which claims to have made the shoe thrown at US President Bush says it has seen a surge in orders.
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Flightless Turkey?

Friday, December 19th 2008, 8:08

Vital Turkish bird haven under growing threat
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Britons in fight for Cyprus home

Thursday, December 18th 2008, 11:50
related countries: Cyprus, United Kingdom

An adviser to the EU's top court says a ruling against the British owners of a villa in Turkish-held northern Cyprus should be recognised.
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Turkish PM scorns Armenia apology

Wednesday, December 17th 2008, 17:24
related countries: Armenia

Turkey's PM Erdogan denounces an online petition by Turkish writers apologising for the mass deaths of Armenians in 1915.
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Turkish thinkers' Armenia apology

Monday, December 15th 2008, 17:55
related countries: Armenia

An online petition launches in Turkey, apologising for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Ottoman Armenians in 1915.
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'Torture death'

Friday, December 5th 2008, 13:01

Case throws spotlight on Turkish police brutality
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