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War in Ukraine: Russia backs Ukraine grain exports but wants sanctions off

YoopyaJun 8, 2022April 10, 20230

Russia and Turkey on Wednesday voiced support for the creation of a safe maritime corridor in the Black Sea so Ukraine can export grain to

Erdogan aims to turn Turkey into major defense industry power

YoopyaMay 27, 2015July 1, 20230

For years Turkey has boasted NATO’s largest army, bar only the United States, and now President Tayyip Erdogan wants a defense industry to match. Erdogan’s

Erdogan says women are not equal to men

YoopyaNov 25, 2014July 15, 20230

Turkey’s president told a women’s rights meeting that feminists don’t recognize value of motherhood, and that women can’t work same jobs as men as they

Islamic State closes in on Syrian town, refugees flood into Turkey

YoopyaSep 22, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Islamic State militants tightened their noose on a northern Syrian border town on Sunday as the United Nations said the number of Syrian

World:Turkey PM: Obama Relations Strained by Syria

YoopyaJul 23, 2014July 25, 20230

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggests his relations with U.S. President Barack Obama have diminished, saying he is disappointed about not getting direct results

World: Turkey turns inwards as war spreads from Syria to Iraq

YoopyaJul 4, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – As al Qaeda-inspired Sunni militants spread right along Turkey’s southeastern border last month from Syria through Iraq, seizing Turkish hostages as they went,

Al Qaeda’s rise in northern Syria leaves Turkey with dilemma

YoopyaOct 17, 2013March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – The rise of al Qaeda in parts of Syria’s north has left Turkey facing a new security threat on its already vulnerable border and raised

Unions prepare strikes to support Turkey protests

YoopyaJun 17, 20130

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish trade unions urged their members to walk out of work Monday and join demonstrations in response to a widespread police crackdown

Turkish PM urges protesters to leave Gezi Park

YoopyaJun 14, 20130

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he has asked a small delegation of protesters to persuade the hundreds of

Turkish PM vows to rid ‘lawbreakers’ from park

YoopyaJun 13, 20130

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — “Lawbreakers” will be removed from Istanbul’s Taksim Square, Turkey’s prime minister declared Thursday, rejecting the European Parliament’s resolution condemning the excessive