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.

World news related to Turkey – overview

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• December 29th 2009 – October 10th 2009
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• April 27th 2009 – January 31st 2009
• January 30th 2009 – October 31st 2008
• October 31st 2008 – August 25th 2008
• August 19th 2008 – July 10th 2008
• July 9th 2008 – June 5th 2008
• June 5th 2008 – April 2nd 2008
• March 31st 2008 – February 23rd 2008
• February 22nd 2008 – December 18th 2007
• December 18th 2007 – November 1st 2007
• October 29th 2007 – October 11th 2007
• October 11th 2007 – August 25th 2007
• August 24th 2007 – June 30th 2007
• June 28th 2007 – May 10th 2007
• May 7th 2007 – April 14th 2007
• April 13th 2007 – January 30th 2007
• January 30th 2007 – November 28th 2006
• November 28th 2006 – October 16th 2006
• October 12th 2006 – August 30th 2006
• August 29th 2006 – June 12th 2006
• June 12th 2006 – April 16th 2006
• April 13th 2006 – January 20th 2006
• January 17th 2006 – November 18th 2005
• November 17th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Turkey: news

EU agrees to start Turkey talks

Monday, June 12th 2006, 12:09
related countries: Cyprus

EU ministers reach a joint stance to start membership talks with Turkey, overcoming Cypriot objections.
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Cyprus row hits EU-Turkey talks

Monday, June 12th 2006, 8:59
related countries: Luxembourg

A long-running dispute over Cyprus jeopardises the first step in Turkey's tough EU accession talks.
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Turkish writer in call-up trial

Wednesday, June 7th 2006, 9:48
related places: Istanbul

Perihan Magden goes on trial in Istanbul accused of trying to turn Turks against compulsory military service.
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Blast rocks Turkish military base

Monday, June 5th 2006, 15:49

An explosion rocks a military base in north-western Turkey, causing casualties, reports say.
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Turkish mine gas blast kills 17

Friday, June 2nd 2006, 10:22

Seventeen people die in a gas explosion deep underground at a coalmine in western Turkey.
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'Stray shot' causes Turkey blast

Thursday, June 1st 2006, 14:10
related places: Istanbul

A stray bullet causes an explosion in a five-storey building in Istanbul, Turkey, injuring at least 14 people, reports say.
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Turkey cracks 'plot' to kill PM

Thursday, June 1st 2006, 11:23

Anti-terror police in Turkey are reported to have foiled a plot to kill Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Croesus riches replaced by fakes

Monday, May 29th 2006, 12:21

Two artefacts from treasure of ancient ruler King Croesus are stolen in Turkey and replaced with fakes.
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First cargo from Caspian pipeline

Friday, May 26th 2006, 14:57
related countries: Azerbaijan

The first oil from a $4bn pipeline between Azerbaijan and Turkey is set to be loaded onto a tanker this weekend.
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Greece, Turkey show restraint over crash

Thursday, May 25th 2006, 11:10
related countries: Greece

Richard Galpin says that despite a mid-air collision between a Greek and Turkish fighter jet, both countries have too much to lose to allow relations to deteriorate.
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Turkey airport fire under control

Wednesday, May 24th 2006, 20:46
related places: Istanbul

A fire that engulfed the cargo area of Istanbul international airport is under control, Turkish officials say.
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UN probes Turkey 'forced suicide'

Wednesday, May 24th 2006, 10:30

A UN envoy investigates whether a rise in women suicides in Turkey is linked to laws on honour killings.
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Greece, Turkey defuse crash row

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 23:13
related countries: Greece

Greece and Turkey move to defuse tensions following a mid-air collision involving two of their fighter jets.
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Greek and Turkish planes collide

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 17:29
related countries: Greece

Fighter jets from Greece and Turkey collide over the Aegean Sea, killing the Greek pilot, Turkish officials say.
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Judge bars 'Guantanamo suit'

Monday, May 22nd 2006, 19:54

An al-Qaeda suspect is barred from a Turkish court for wearing orange clothes similar to those worn in Guantanamo Bay.
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Turkish PM attacks army chief

Saturday, May 20th 2006, 17:04

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises the army chief for encouraging protests against Islamic militancy.
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Turkish general in secular plea

Friday, May 19th 2006, 16:43

Turkey's top general calls for more demonstrations in defence of secularism after a judge's murder.
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Many dead in Turkey lorry crash

Friday, May 19th 2006, 15:20

A lorry collision in southern Turkey is reported to have killed at least 40 people, including Afghans.
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Turkey's ex-PM Ecevit has stroke

Friday, May 19th 2006, 8:46

Veteran Turkish politician Bulent Ecevit suffers a stroke after attending the funeral of a murdered judge.
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Turks protest over judge shooting

Thursday, May 18th 2006, 16:53
related places: Ankara

Tens of thousands of Turks turn the funeral of a judge into a mass show of support for their secularist state.
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Judge dies in Turkey court attack

Wednesday, May 17th 2006, 15:17
related places: Ankara

A gunman opens fire inside Turkey's highest court, killing one judge and wounding a number of others.
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Museum remarks spark Turk row

Wednesday, May 10th 2006, 15:47
related countries: Greece

A row erupts in Turkey over comments about the prime minister written in a visitors' book in a museum in Greece.
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Police on trial for Kurd attack

Thursday, May 4th 2006, 8:58

Two Turkish paramilitaries are tried over an attack on the shop of a supporter of an outlawed Kurdish group.
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Istanbul blast leaves 31 injured

Sunday, April 16th 2006, 20:34
related places: Istanbul

Thirty-one people are injured in a suspected bomb blast in a suburb of Istanbul, Turkish police say.
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'Many hurt' in Turkey explosion

Sunday, April 16th 2006, 17:47
related places: Istanbul

Thirty people are injured in an explosion near a cafe in a suburb of Istanbul, Turkish police say.
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