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

Croatia contains cargo ship fire

Thursday, February 7th 2008, 14:48
related countries: Croatia

Croatian workers attach tow lines to a blazing Turkish ship laden with fuel oil in the Adriatic Sea.
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Turks move to ease headscarf ban

Thursday, February 7th 2008, 9:35

Turkey's parliament backs a constitutional change to ease the ban on Islamic headscarves in universities.
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Turkish jets in fresh Iraq raids

Monday, February 4th 2008, 14:32
related countries: Iraq

Turkish jets attack some 70 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, the Turkish military says.
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Turks protest over headscarf plan

Saturday, February 2nd 2008, 17:43
related places: Ankara

Thousands rally in Ankara to protest against a plan to allow women to wear the Islamic headscarf in universities.
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Turkish MPs plan headscarf reform

Wednesday, January 30th 2008, 7:06

Turkey's ruling AK Party and opposition MPs present a plan to ease the headscarf ban in universities.
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Turkey sentences academic

Monday, January 28th 2008, 16:33

A Turkish professor gets a 15-month suspended jail term for "insulting" state founder Kemal Ataturk.
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New move to lift Turkey scarf ban

Thursday, January 24th 2008, 15:58

Turkey's ruling party and a key opposition party agree to work to lift a ban on headscarves in universities.
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Greece calls for new Turkey start

Wednesday, January 23rd 2008, 22:22
related countries: Greece

Greece's prime minister urges a new start with Turkey, on the first visit by a Greek leader in nearly 50 years.
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Turks remember slain journalist

Saturday, January 19th 2008, 15:12
related countries: Armenia
related places: Istanbul

Thousands gather in Istanbul, Turkey, to mark one year since the murder of ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
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Turkish jets bomb rebels in Iraq

Tuesday, January 15th 2008, 14:22
related countries: Iraq
related places: Ankara

Turkish warplanes have attacked Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, the military in Ankara says.
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Four held over Turkish car blast

Friday, January 4th 2008, 14:47
related places: Diyarbakir

Turkish police hold four suspects over a deadly car bombing in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir.
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Turkey to have wide smoking ban

Friday, January 4th 2008, 10:30

Turkish MPs back a blanket ban on smoking in enclosed public places - but it may prove tough to enforce.
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Five killed in Turkish car blast

Thursday, January 3rd 2008, 20:06
related places: Diyarbakir

A car bomb kills five and injures dozens in the Kurdish-dominated Turkish city of Diyarbakir, officials say.
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Turkish jets in fresh Iraq strike

Wednesday, December 26th 2007, 10:00
related countries: Iraq

Turkish warplanes again launch strikes at Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, officials say.
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Turkish raids 'killed hundreds'

Tuesday, December 25th 2007, 18:43
related countries: Iraq

Turkish forces have killed hundreds of Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq in the past 10 days, Turkey's military says.
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Iraq Kurds warn Turkey on raids

Tuesday, December 25th 2007, 3:57
related countries: Iraq

The leader of Iraq's northern Kurdish region condemns Turkish air strikes, saying innocents have died.
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Turkey 'in new Iraq air strikes'

Sunday, December 23rd 2007, 21:56
related countries: Iraq

Turkish warplanes again bomb Kurdish rebels across the border in northern Iraq, according to local officials.
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Turkey in fresh Iraq air strikes

Saturday, December 22nd 2007, 23:12
related countries: Iraq

Turkey launches fresh air strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the Turkish military says.
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Turkey defends incursions in Iraq

Wednesday, December 19th 2007, 0:23
related countries: Iraq

The Turkish military defends air strikes and a ground incursion into Iraq to target alleged PKK rebel positions.
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Iraq's Kurdish leader snubs Rice

Tuesday, December 18th 2007, 18:35
related countries: United States
related places: Rice, Washington

Iraq's Kurdish leader refuses to meet the US secretary of state citing Washington's stance on raids by Turkey.
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Turkish soldiers cross into Iraq

Tuesday, December 18th 2007, 13:53
related countries: Iraq

Some 300 Turkish troops enter northern Iraq, local officials say, stepping up pressure on Kurdish rebels.
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EU concern at Turkish air strikes

Monday, December 17th 2007, 15:37
related countries: Iraq
related places: Ankara

The EU urges Ankara to exercise restraint and respect Iraq's territorial integrity after jets bomb Kurdish areas.
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US denies backing Turkish raids

Monday, December 17th 2007, 14:19
related countries: Iraq, United States

The US denies it gave permission for Turkish aircraft to carry out strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq.
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'US backed' Turkish raids on Iraq

Sunday, December 16th 2007, 23:55
related countries: Iraq, United States

Turkey's air strikes against Kurdish rebels in Iraq had advance approval from the US, Turkey's military says.
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Turkey planes bomb north Iraq

Sunday, December 16th 2007, 18:04
related countries: Iraq

Turkish warplanes are used for the first time to bomb suspected Kurdish rebel bases inside northern Iraq.
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Migrants drown off Turkish coast

Monday, December 10th 2007, 22:45
related countries: Greece

At least 40 suspected illegal immigrants drown in the Aegean Sea off the western coast of Turkey.
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Turkish army fires on PKK in Iraq

Saturday, December 1st 2007, 17:26
related countries: Iraq

The Turkish army says it has inflicted "heavy losses" on Kurdish PKK rebels across the border in Iraq.
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Turkey cabinet backs Iraq attack

Friday, November 30th 2007, 16:21
related countries: Iraq

Turkey's PM reveals that his cabinet has authorised military operations against Kurdish separatists in Iraq.
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Hunt for clues in Turkish crash

Friday, November 30th 2007, 15:58

Investigators of a deadly air crash in Turkey study the plane's flight recorders for clues about the cause.
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No survivors in Turkish jet crash

Friday, November 30th 2007, 7:48

A Turkish plane carrying 56 people crashes in south-western Turkey killing all on board, the airline says.
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Turkish Christian priest abducted

Thursday, November 29th 2007, 10:17

A priest from Turkey's Syriac Christian community is kidnapped in the country's south-east.
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Turkey police disperse Kurd rally

Sunday, November 25th 2007, 23:01
related places: Diyarbakir

Turkish police use water cannon to disperse a crowd of pro-Kurdish protestors in Diyarbakir, south-eastern Turkey.
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Turks in Christian murder trial

Friday, November 23rd 2007, 10:47

Five young men are to go on trial in eastern Turkey, accused of killing three Christians earlier this year.
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Kurdish rally dispersed in Turkey

Saturday, November 17th 2007, 18:01

Turkish police clash with hundreds of supporters of a pro-Kurdish party in the east of the country.
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Legal action to ban Kurdish party

Friday, November 16th 2007, 11:01

Turkish prosecutors move to ban a pro-Kurdish political party allegedly linked to PKK rebels, say reports.
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