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Turkish Police Arrest Ruling Party Member, Eight Others after Opposition Chief Attack

Turkish police on Monday arrested nine people, including a member of the ruling AKP party, after a mob attack on opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu that sparked widespread criticism. Kilicdaroglu, 70, of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) was assaulted on Sunday in a crowd as he attended a funeral in Ankara ...

14 hours ago

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Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy

Turkey Blasts French President for Meeting Syria’s Kurdish Militants

Turkey has censured French President Emmanuel Macron for hosting a delegation of Syrian Kurdish militants, accusing Paris of attempting to give legitimacy to a “terrorist” group. Macron hosted representatives of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed anti-Damascus alliance of mainly Kurdish militants, in Paris on Friday. This is ...

3 days ago

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Turkey May Buy More Russia’s S-400 if US Won’t Sell Patriots: FM

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not ruled out that the delivery of Russian-made S-400 missile systems to Turkey may start ahead of schedule. “We tell them [journalists] ‘this is a job completed, all is ready’. The delivery of the S-400 missile defence systems was supposed to be in July, it ...

2 weeks ago

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Erdogan’s Party Wants Rerun of Istanbul Election: Official

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party said Tuesday it wants the Istanbul election to be repeated after the Supreme Electoral Council rejected a demand for a recount of all ballots cast in the city. The AKP appealed after results showed the party’s Istanbul candidate narrowly lost in last week’s ...

2 weeks ago

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Erdogan: Turkey will Purchase Russian S-400 Missile Systems

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey continues to make payments under a deal with Russia to purchase advanced S-400 air defense missile systems, which Washington has warned could put Ankara at risk of US sanctions. “The S-400 holds an important place in our talks. The United States’ arguments ...

2 weeks ago

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu

Turkey Rejects Stepping back from Russia Arms Deal

Turkey will not turn back from a major arms deal with Russia despite the US suspension of Ankara from the F-35 fighter-jet program, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday. “The S-400 deal is a done deal and we will not step back from this,” he told a think-tank forum ...

3 weeks ago

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Erdogan’s AKP Suffers Upset in Turkey’s Two Main Cities

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party suffered a major upset on Monday after local election results showed it lost the capital Ankara and Istanbul after a decade and half in power. Losing the country’s two major cities would be a stunning defeat for Erdogan, a former Istanbul mayor himself, ...

3 weeks ago

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Erdogan’s Ruling AKP Suffers Setback in Turkey’s Local Election

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP suffered a blow in Sunday’s local election with the ruling party set to lose the capital Ankara and risking defeat in the country’s economic hub Istanbul. Losing Turkey’s two major cities would be a clear setback for Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party ...

3 weeks ago

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Erdogan Claims Early Vote Tallies Show AK Party Leading across Turkey: Reports

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was currently leading in municipal elections across the country. Erdogan noted Sunday that despite showing a solid advantage, the AK party had lost some cities, declaring that the results are a “necessity of democracies”, ...

3 weeks ago

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Turkey Rejects US Pressure over Russian Missile Deal

Turkey’s government on Friday rejected US pressure over its disputed deal to purchase Russian missiles, saying Ankara was already in talks over delivery of the S-400 defense system. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has riled Turkey’s NATO allies, especially the US, by purchasing the Russian arms system and by drawing closer ...

4 weeks ago