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Turkey may seek reinstatement of death penalty punishment
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Feb. 25 (ANI): Turkey may seek to reinstate death penalty on grounds of public demand, country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
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Turkish president approves constitutional change bill, sets date for refer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Feb 10 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday approved a constitutional change bill and set the date for a referendum on the issue.
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Turkish Prez threatens to open borders to migrants seeking entry in EU
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Nov. 25 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday threatened to throw open the country's borders to illegal migrants after the European Parliament voted to back a freeze in membership talks with Ankara for entry in the bloc.
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Gulen's group threat as serious as al-Qaeda, ISIS: Turkish Prez tells
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 18 (ANI): Comparing US-based religious cleric Fethullah Gulen's organisation to terror outfits al-Qaeda and ISIS, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a joint sitting of Parliament that the organization could harm Pakistan if allowed to carry out its ac
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Pakistan's democracy "a model for rest of the world": Turki
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 17 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who today became the first foreign dignitary to address Pakistan's Parliament for the third time, said the country's democracy is a model for the rest of the world.
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Turkish President Erdogan arrives in Pakistan on two-day visit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov.17 (ANI): Seeking to strengthen bilateral relations, promote trade, investment and defence cooperation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived here on Wednesday on a two-day visit.
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To please Turkey, Pak-Turk schools staff told to leave country
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 16 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Ministry has asked the Turkish staff of Pak-Turk schools and colleges to leave the country by November 20 ahead of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit.
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Panamagate: PTI to skip Turkish President's Parliament address in pro
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 13 (ANI): The Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced that it will not attend a joint parliamentary sitting to be addressed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on November 17 in a bid to continue their protest over the Panamagate scandal.
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Turkish Parliament to consider bringing back death penalty: Erdogan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Oct. 29 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he would ask the Parliament to consider reintroducing the death penalty.
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Turkey: President Erdogan blames ISIS for Gaziantep wedding blast
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London, Aug. 21 (ANI): Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that the bomb attack targeting an outdoor wedding party in south-eastern Turkey, killing at least 50 people and wounded 94 others, is likely to have been carried out by the ISIS.
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Joe Biden to visit Turkey: Exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen on top of agenda
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C., Aug 21 (ANI): Fethullah Gulen, the US-based cleric who Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused of planning an attempted military coup in July, will be on the top agenda when US Vice President Joe Biden visits Turkey on August 24.
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Cleric Gulen denounces Turkish arrest warrant over failed coup
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington, Aug .5 (ANI): Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based cleric, has condemned Turkey's judicial system after a court issued an arrest warrant accusing him of ordering last month's bid to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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