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Erdogan says Kurdish issue has been ‘resolved’ completely
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) had “solved” the Kurdish issue with “all of its dimensions from rights and freedoms to development.”
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Erdogan and Putin discuss Syria in Wednesday meeting
Peace in Syria is dependent on relations between Ankara and Moscow, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday during a summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
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Erdogan blames U.S. support for Syrian Kurdish forces
Daily Sabah cited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying the United States is supporting Kurdish forces in Syria “much more than expected."
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Turkey faces gathering storm in Syria
Erdogan’s choices limited as Russian-backed Syrian forces increase attacks, weigh final assault on Idlib
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Erdogan to visit Russia in late September
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia later this month to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and discuss the violence in northwestern Syria, Reuters reported on Friday.
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Turkish opposition courts Kurds in trip to Erbil / Amberin Zaman
The Republican People’s Party, Turkey’s main opposition party, has sent a senior delegation to Iraq's Kurdistan Region, perhaps because popular elections have become difficult to win without Kurdish votes.
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Is Moscow using the S-400 against Turkey? / Semih Idiz
Ankara denies the suggestion from Moscow that a second batch of S-400s is headed for Turkey and says it is an effort to stall Turkey’s talks with the United States and Europe.
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Turkey will present new constitution to public early next year: Erdogan
Turkey ruling party is determined to present a new constitution to the public early in 2022, the Diken news website quoted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying.
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Turkey’s ruling alliance to ease election threshold, but opponents smell trap / Andrew Wilks
An agreement between the AKP and the MHP to cut the vote baseline to enter parliament from 10% is seen as a bid to undermine the opposition.
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Erdogan: Turkey not to hesitate about buying more S-400 missiles
Turkey is not pulling back from buying more S-400 air defense missiles from Russia, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, according to the Aksam newspaper.
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Turkey is not ready to buy more S-400s from Russia
Turkey is not ready to sign a deal with Russia to purchase a second battery of S-400 air defense missiles, the Middle East Eye reported on Tuesday.
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While Turkey burned / Robert Ellis
When it comes to the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it looks as though it has made little impact on Turkey’s leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
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Erdogan, al-Kadhimi discuss Turkey air raid on clinic in Shingal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denied on Saturday that an air raid in Shingal had targeted a clinic, insisting the facility housed members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
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Turkey welcomes 'positive messages' from Taliban / Nazlan Ertan
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Turkey is now focused on safe evacuations from Kabul airport as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg praises Turkey's role in the effort.
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Wildfires inflamed anti-Kurdish sentiment in Turkey / Alin Ozinian
Last week’s forest fires sweeping across the eastern Mediterranean not only showed Turkey’s vulnerability in the fight against global warming and in its climate policies but also the growing tendency to embrace nationalist conspiracy theories.
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Iraqi FM to visit Iran in days
News sources reported the Iraqi Foreign Minister will travel to Tehran soon to invite the Iranian President to attend a security meeting attended by some countries in the region, including Turkey, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.
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Why a Turkish dictator let himself lose an election / Nicholas Danforth
Turkey's second president Ismet Inonu surprised the world by stepping down in 1950. Could Erdogan do the same after the 2023 elections?
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Erdogan's anti-Kurdish pogroms – a call for international solidarity
Last Friday afternoon, in the district of Konya in south-central Turkey, seven members of a family were murdered by anti-Kurdish racists in the neighborhood where they had lived for twenty-four years. This, alone, should illicit international condemnation of the attack and solidarity with Kurds in Turkey.
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KCK denies Turkey allegation over setting forests on fire
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) on Wednesday, August 4, denied allegations that the group is responsible for starting the massive forest fires raging in Turkey, saying that the claim is "a complete lie.”