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Erdogan says US offered to sell F-16s to Turkey in return for investment i
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that the United States had offered to sell F-16 fighter jets to his country as a return for its investment in the F-35 program.
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Turkey's dubious commitment to Paris Climate Agreement
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 17 (ANI): The Turkish parliament ratified the Paris climate agreement earlier this month making it the last G20 country to do so, after holding off for years due to what it saw as injustices in its responsibilities as part of the agreement.
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Turkey reports 28,537 daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Saturday confirmed 28,537 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 7,630,163, according to its Health Ministry.
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Turkey sees Climate Change Agreement as financial opportunity: Report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 16 (ANI): Turkey is not a party to Climate Change Agreement despite being in it officially as it considers it as a financial opportunity to receive USD 3 billion loan, according to a media report.
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Erdogan, Merkel debate over shortcomings of coalition government
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel engaged in a debate over the shortcomings of a coalition government during the latter's farewell trip to Istanbul on Saturday.
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Turkey may take steps on running Kabul airport, says President Erdogan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 15 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that Ankara, which has previously run Kabul airport, can take similar steps in the future, along with Qatar and Afghanistan, if the three countries can reach a deal, reported Anadolu Agency.
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Turkish FM meets Taliban delegation, discusses importance of including eth
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 15 (ANI): Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday met with senior Taliban delegation in Ankara and talked about the importance of including people in the interim government in Afghanistan, from ethnic groups other than the Taliban.
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Turkey reports 30,709 new COVID-19 cases, 7,570,932 in total
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Thursday confirmed 30,709 new COVID-19 cases, raising its total tally of infections to 7,570,932, according to its health ministry.
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Turkey records highest daily COVID-19 cases since April
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey's number of new daily infections rose to a five-month high of 30,563 on Monday, new COVID-19 figures published by the Health Ministry showed.
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Six people arrested in Turkey for alleged spying, came from Russia's Chech
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The six people arrested in Turkey for alleged espionage and planning an attack on foreign citizens are from Russia's Chechen Republic, a police source told Sputnik on Monday.
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Six people with Russian passports detained in Turkey for alleged espionage
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkish police have detained six people with Russian passports who allegedly plotted an attack on foreigners and tried to obtain classified data, the CNN Turk broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing law enforcement sources.
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Turkish police detain 16 suspects over links to ISIS
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish security forces on Tuesday detained 16 foreign nationals for their suspected links to the Islamic State (ISIS) in the country's financial and cultural hub Istanbul.
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