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Russia lifts ban on charter flights to Turkey
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug. 29 (ANI): Russia has signed a decree lifting restrictions on charter flights to Turkey after an eight-month ban introduced due to tensions between the two countries arising from the downing of a Russian warplane by Ankara in November 2015.
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Turkey jails three senior diplomats for links with failed coup attempt
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Aug. 27 (ANI): Turkey on Saturday arrested three former top Turkish diplomats on charges related to the recent failed coup attempt by a section of the military.
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Islamabad asks Ankara to take over schools run by Gulen in Pak
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 3 (ANI): Pakistan has offered Turkey to take over a chain of schools allegedly run by Fateullah Gulen, a U.S. based cleric accused of being behind the recent failed coup in a move aimed at allaying Ankara's concerns over the presence of institutions in the country.
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Turkey declares three-month state of Emergency post failed coup
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ankara (Turkey), July 21 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared a three-month state of emergency after a failed military coup.
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Lankan nationals safe in Turkey coup: Foreign Ministry
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo, July 16 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Foreign Affairs Ministry has said that its citizens in Turkey are safe and not harmed by the events unfolding in the Turkish capital of Ankara and Istanbul.
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Turkish PM says situation `largely` under control as military attempts cou
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ankara (Turkey)/New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the "situation in the country is largely under control" after elements of the Turkish military backed, by tanks, staged an attempted coup against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan o
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