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Turkey election: Tayyip Erdogan wins
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], June 25 (ANI): Tightening his grip on the nation that he has ruled for 15 years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the elections.
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Over 50 suspects arrested for links with IS in Turkey
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Jun 3 (ANI): Turkey on Saturday arrested at least 51 foreigners over their alleged links to the terror group Islamic State (IS) in Istanbul, a police source said.
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Russian national held at Delhi airport for masturbating on board
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): A Russian national was apprehended at the Delhi airport on Sunday by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for allegedly masturbating on board a flight from Istanbul.
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OIC leaders hold summit over Gaza killings
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], May 19 (ANI): Leaders of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states arrived in Istanbul on Friday for a summit, called by Turkey, over the killings of about 60 Palestinian protesters by Israeli forces along the Gaza border.
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Turkey expels Israeli consul temporarily
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 16 (ANI): Turkey on Wednesday told Israel's consul general in Istanbul Yosef Levi Sfari to leave the country "for some time" over the killings of about 60 Palestinian protesters by Israeli forces along the Gaza border.
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Cilic slips to fifth, Nadal stays top in ATP rankings
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
London [U.K], May 7 (ANI): Croatian tennis maestro Marin Cilic, who made an early exit from last week's Istanbul tournament, has slipped to the fifth spot in the latest ATP Tour rankings released on Monday.
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Istanbul: 23 suspected PKK terrorists arrested
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], May 6 (ANI): 23 suspected terrorists of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group were arrested across Turkey out of which 12 are women.
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Over 4000 terrorists neutralised in Syria
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], May 5 (ANI): Turkey has neutralised at least 4,376 terrorists belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PYD/PKK) and Islamic State (IS) group, under the Operation Olive Branch in Syria's Afrin region.
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Turkey will remain in Syria's Afrin for security purpose
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], May 5 (ANI): Turkish forces will remain in Syria's Afrin region that was recently liberated from the control of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PYD/PKK), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.
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Turkey celebrates May Day
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Anadolu [Turkey], March 1 (ANI): A large number of workers on Tuesday conducted a rally across Turkey including Istanbul and capital Ankara to mark the celebrations of the International Workers Day, locally known as May Day.
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Turkey sentences 14 journalists over terror charges
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Apr 26 (ANI): An Istanbul court sentenced at least 14 journalists from Cumhuriyet (Republic) daily, Turkey's oldest national newspaper to different prison terms over charges of terrorism on Wednesday.
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Business tycoon's bride-to-be daughter dies in Iran plane crash
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Mar 12 (ANI): The daughter of a business tycoon and bride-to-be Mina Basaran, along with her seven friends, were onboard the Turkish private jet which crashed in a mountainous region of Iran on Sunday.
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