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Erdogan visits Hagia Sophia after reconversion to mosque
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], July 20 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday paid a surprise visit to Hagia Sophia just days before the first Muslim prayer is scheduled to be held at the Istanbul landmark since it was reconverted to a mosque last week.
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Turkey reports over 1,100 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], May 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Turkey confirmed over 1,100 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, while the death toll increased by more than 30 in that period, the country's health minister Fahrettin Koca said.
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Turkish President refuses to accept Interior Minister's resignation
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 13 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to accept Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu's resignation, according to the country's Presidential administration.
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Turkish institutions 'take steps in coordination' to combat COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ankara[Turkey], Mar 24 (ANI): Turkish authorities and institutions continue taking steps in coordination to stem the spread of the coronavirus in the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
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Erdogan assured Turkey wants to remain member of NATO: Merkel
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Mar 18 (Sputnik/ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday after a video conference with Turkish, French and UK leaders that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had assured that Ankara was eager to remain a NATO member.
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Erdogan sought to downplay coronavirus spread over fear of tourism industr
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 17 (ANI): Turkish Health Ministry remained in denial of the existing cases of coronavirus in the country despite evidence showing confirmed cases having travel history to Turkey, as authorities silenced whistleblowers and used media to push the narrative of the co
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Erdogan to discuss migrant issues with EU in Brussels
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Mar 9 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday (local time) said that he will hold talks with European Union officials in Brussels, as he called in Greece to "open the gates" for refugees at Turkey's border trying to get into Europe.
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Russian S-400 air defence systems will enter service in Turkey in April, s
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Mar 6 (Sputnik/ANI): Russian-made S-400 air defence missile systems will enter service in Turkey in April, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.
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Turkey 'neutralized' 21 Syrian troops in Idlib
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Mar 06 (Sputnik/ANI): Turkey "neutralized" 21 Syrian troops in Syria's Idlib in response to a death of a Turkish soldier earlier this week, Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported citing the country's Defense Ministry.
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Turkey, Russia agree on ceasefire in Syria's Idlib
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Mar 6 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday (local time) announced a ceasefire in Idlib, following a meeting in Moscow that lasted six hours.
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Erdogan's 'factually inaccurate' remarks on Delhi violence driven by his p
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 05 (ANI): India on Thursday termed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remarks on Delhi violence as "factually inaccurate" and "driven by his own political agenda".
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Turkish Soldiers death toll in Syria's air strike in Idlib rises to 29
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Idlib [Syria], Feb 28 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of Turkish soldiers killed in an air strike in Syria's Idlib has risen to 29 with a total of 36 people injured, Hatay Province Governor Rahmi Dogan said on Friday.
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