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Turkish local elections: Erdogan faces defeat, Opposition leads in Ankara,
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Apr 02 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday suffered a major setback after his Justice and Development Party (AK) lost control of Ankara and Istanbul, considered to be its bastion since decades, for the first time since the party came to power in 2002.
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Turkey local elections: Litmus test for Erdogan
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 1 (ANI): Thousands of voters headed to the polls across Turkey on Sunday to cast their ballots in the local elections, which is viewed as a litmus test for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Erdogan urges world to unite, fight Islamophobia
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey] Mar 22 (ANI): In the wake of the recent Christchurch shooting in New Zealand, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on the world to fight against Islamophobia.
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Tensions with Turkey have eased: Australia on Erdogan's WWI remark
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Mar 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday informed that the diplomatic spat between Australia and Turkey, which had escalated over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remarks on New Zealand terror attack, has eased.
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New Zealand FM to 'confront' Erdogan over remarks on mosque attack
Updated : 7 years, 5 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 : 7 years, 5 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, 5 months 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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Death toll rises to 21 in Istanbul building collapse
Updated : 7 years, 6 months 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, 6 months 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, 6 months 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, 6 months 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, 6 months 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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