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Turkey 'vehemently' fighting for the leadership role in Islamic world
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 20 (ANI): Turkey has been "vehemently" fighting for the leadership role in the Islamic world by replacing Saudi Arabia, according to a report by EurAsian Times.
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Hospitals in Xinjiang were forced to abort, kill babies born outside famil
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): Hospitals in Xinjiang have been forced to abort and kill babies born in excess of family planning limits, Radio Free Asia reported citing a Uyghur obstetrician who worked in multiple hospitals in China's northwest province.
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Turkey COVID-19 cases rises to 2,46,681
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Turkey has risen by 1,226 to 2,46,861 within the past 24 hours, Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca said.
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US lawmakers call for sanctions against Turkey over drilling in East Medit
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Ranking members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez and Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen have urged US State Secretary Michael Pompeo and the European Union to impose sanctions against key sectors of the Turkish economy over
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Turkey strongman Erdogan making all-out efforts to re-establish Caliphate
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 14 (ANI): With Turkey reconverting the famed Hagia Sophia into a mosque, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is making all-out efforts to establish himself as the ruler of the Muslim world.
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India slams Turkey over remarks on J-K, asks it to get understanding of gr
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): India on Thursday rejected Turkey's remarks on abrogation of Article 370 as "factually incorrect, biased and unwarranted" and asked it to refrain from interfering in matters internal to India.
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Jihadi, mafia and ghost vessels
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Aug 6 (ANI): More and more 'ghost vessels' are arriving in the South of Italy, all with the same modalities: coming from Turkey, all Pakistani, all men. On sailing ships driven by citizens of a former Soviet Union country. And the authorities are more and more alarmed.
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'Erdogan is openly calling for re-establishment of caliphate in Turkey'
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 3 (ANI): Ever since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconsecrated the Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO world heritage site and museum, as a mosque, critics have questioned whether the move is a long-running attempt to undo Turkish secularism or an effort to bring calip
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Four Turkish soldiers killed, 27 injured in bus accident
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], July 27 (Sputnik/ANI): Six people, including four soldiers, died and 27 soldiers were injured as a result of a bus accident in Turkey's southern province of Mersin, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Monday.
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Erdogan joins hundreds of worshippers for first Muslim prayers at Hagia So
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], July 24 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by a cabinet minister and other top officials, joined hundreds of worshippers to recite the first Muslim prayers inside Hagia Sophia on Friday, Al Jazeera reported.
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US tells Turkey not to conduct research in Greece's waters
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington[United States], July 22 (Sputnik/ ANI): The United States is calling on Turkey to halt its plans to conduct seismic research in Greece's territorial waters and avoid steps that escalate tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, a US Department of State spokesperson told Sputnik.
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Erdogan visits Hagia Sophia after reconversion to mosque
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], July 20 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday paid a surprise visit to Hagia Sophia just days before the first Muslim prayer is scheduled to be held at the Istanbul landmark since it was reconverted to a mosque last week.
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