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New Zealand FM to 'confront' Erdogan over remarks on mosque attack
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Christchurch [New Zealand], Mar 20 (ANI): New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday said that Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to Turkey to "confront" the comments made by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over twin mosque shootings in Christchurch that killed 50 peop
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Erdogan urges justice for New Zealand mosque attack victims
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Mar 16 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday urged New Zealand to bring justice to the victims of Friday's twin mosque attacks and hold the accused accountable.
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PM Modi bats for 'irreversible action' against terrorism in telephonic con
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday underscored the importance of initiating "immediate, demonstrable, and irreversible action" against terrorism by all "concerned countries" in a telephonic conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Trump, Erdogan discuss on phone US troop withdrawal from Syria
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey] Feb 22 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, during a telephone call, on Thursday (local time) agreed to carry out the US troops withdrawal from Syria in line with their mutual interest, reports the state-run agency Ana
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Death toll rises to 21 in Istanbul building collapse
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Feb 10 (ANI): Twenty one people died after an eight-storeyed building collapsed in Istanbul, the Turkish Interior Ministry reported on Saturday (local time).
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'No satisfactory plan' with US on Syria safe zone, says Erdogan
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Feb 6 (ANI): Weeks after United States President Donald Trump suggested the creation of a "safe zone" in northeastern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that no acceptable plan has been tabled for the same.
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'Safe zones in Syria to allow refugees to return home'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Jan 29 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country is planning to form 'safe zones' in northern Syria so that Syrian refugees in Turkey can return to their home country.
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Turkish military shoot, wound 3 Iraqi civilians who attacked military base
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Erbil [Iraq], Jan 27 (ANI): Three Iraqi civilians were shot and wounded by Turkish troops after scores of protesters stormed a Turkish military base in Northern Iraq on Saturday.
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Turkey allows cooperation over border security zone with Syria
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 24 (ANI): Turkey has the capability to build a proposed security zone on its border with Syria, but would not exclude anybody, including the United States and Russia, who wants to extend cooperation over the issue, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursd
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Foreign ministers of US, Turkey discuss Syrian crisis
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 22 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the current situation in Syria in a telephone conversation amid repeated queries surrounding Washington's decision to withdraw its troops from the war-ravaged countr
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Turkey ready to take over Manbij: Erdogan
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 21 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday told US President Donald Trump that Turkey is ready to take over the security in Syria's Manbij, which was the site of a gruesome attack on US forces in recent times.
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Syria will be like 'Iraq on steroids' if US troops withdraw: Senator Linds
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 19 (ANI): United States Senator Lindsey Graham on Saturday said he hoped that US will not withdraw from Syria until it formulates a proper plan, otherwise, it would lead to complete chaos in the Middle East, which will be then be similar to an 'Iraq on steroids'.
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