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Banned PFI maintains close ties with radical Turkish group
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a Nordic Monitor investigation, a Sweden-based publication, two key leaders of the PFI, EM Abdul Rahiman and Prof P Koya, members of the National Executive Council of the PFI, were privately hosted in Istanbul by the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Reli
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Uyghur community holds protests in Turkey against Chinese govt
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In Turkey, a protest was carried out by Uyghur activists in Istanbul at 2:00 am in the early hours of November 26 near the historic Hagia Sophia mosque where Uyghurs gathered braving the cold shivering winter, according to media reports. Nearly a hundred activists including Uyghur groups.
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Erdogan continues the airstrikes and wants to launch a new ground operatio
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted by the official Anadolu news agency as saying that "so far 471 targets have been struck and 254 terrorists were neutralized in the operation", while the Kurdish YPG which strongly denies any involvement in the Istanbul bombing says that 30 civi
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Turkish President indicates he will go beyond air strikes, launch ground o
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While talking to the reporters after returning from Qatar to Turkey, Erdogan said, "This is not limited to just an air operation."
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Was the deadly explosion in Istanbul the work of Kurdish groups or a false
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The deadly explosion on Istanbul's bustling Istiklal Street at 4.20 pm on November 13 was immediately blamed by the Turkish government on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the People's Defense Units (YPG). However, there are strong suspicions that it could be another false flag
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Evidence indicates Kurdistan Workers Party involved in Istanbul's attack:
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Suleyman Soylu said that their assessment is that the attack came from Ayn al-Arab in Syria, where the Syrian headquarters of PKK/YPG is located.
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Istanbul attack: Bombing accused arrested, officials say
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The person who planted the bomb is arrested hours after an explosion that killed six in Turkey
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Erdogan's opponents are indicted so that they are excluded from the Presid
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, who is seen as one of most popular opponents of Erdogan, and the leader of the main opposition Republican Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu have already been indicted for speaking ill of Turkey, and under the draconian laws of the country, if convicted, will b
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US condemns deadly Istanbul blast
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
An explosion occurred on the pedestrian tourist street Istiklal in Istanbul on Sunday afternoon. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at least six people were killed.
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Turkey terms Istanbul blast as terrorist act
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The blast occurred on the pedestrian tourist street Istiklal on Sunday afternoon. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the death toll from the explosion rose to six.
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India condoles tragic loss of lives in deadly Istanbul blast
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Arindam Bagchi extended sympathy to those injured, wishing them a speedy recovery and conveyed India's deepest condolences to the Government and people of Turkey.
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Toll in deadly Istanbul blast rises to 6
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Six people were killed and 53 got wounded after an explosion took place on the busy Istiklal pedestrian street of Central Istanbul in Turkey on Sunday.
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