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Moody’s Cuts Turkey Rating Amid Increased Risk
Turkey saw a cut in its long-term issuer and unsecured debt ratings on Thursday, and a reduction in its rating outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’. Credit rating agency Moody’s said the fall from Ba1...
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US Denies E.Med Naval Deployment is to Protect ExxonMobil
The U.S. has denied its naval forces in the eastern Mediterranean are there to protect one of the country’s largest energy firms while it surveys the region. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency carried...
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Erdogan Flashes Ultra-Nationalist Sign at Turkish Rally
Images have emerged showing Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan made an ultra-nationalist gesture at a rally. The so-called ‘grey wolf’ sign is a hand gesture commonly linked with Turkey’s...
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Fistfight Breaks Out in Turkish Parliament
Turkish lawmakers brawl in parliament Turkish lawmakers have brawled in parliament amid a marathon debate on changing electoral legislation ahead on 2019’s upcoming votes. Opposition parties said they...
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Istanbul Greek Orphanage in Danger of Collapse (video)
Prinkipo Greek Orphanage, Istanbul A Greek orphanage on the Princes’ Islands of Istanbul has been included on a shortlist of seven of Europe’s most endangered heritage sites. The Prinkipo Greek...
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Erdogan Lashes Europe at Rally (video)
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has lashed out at Europe the same day a Greek court again refused to extradite eight former Turkish servicemen wanted by Ankara. Speaking at a rally in...
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Turkish Forces Arrest PKK Suspects Near Greek Border
The Pazarkule border crossing with Greece Two people allegedly tied to the Kurdish PKK group have been detained near Turkey’s border with Greece, Ankara’s military claimed on Monday. State-run Anadolu...
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Greek, Turkish Journalists Meet in Istanbul
Panel of senior Greek and Turkish reporters with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (center) A panel of Greek and Turkish journalists has met in Istanbul to debate coverage of Greece and Greek issues...
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Turkish Media Group Sale Sparks Press Freedom Fears
One of Turkey’s largest collection of media titles is to be sold, sparking fears of a further erosion of the country’s press independence. Reports in the Sozcu newspaper and elsewhere on Wednesday...
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Experts Work to Restore Ancient Greek Theater of Laodicea
A 2,200-year-old theater located in the ancient Greek city of Laodicea will be restored with the support of the Denizli Metropolitan Municipality in Turkey. Laodicea was an ancient Greek city that was...
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Turkey Rejects EU Leaders’ Condemnation
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs A statement by EU leaders decrying Turkey’s “illegal actions” in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean was rejected by Ankara on Friday. Turkish Foreign Ministry...
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Turkish Drones to Patrol Aegean, Mediterranean (video)
Image of Turkey’s ANKA drone type, now operating in the Aegean and E. Mediterranean. It has emerged that a Turkish drone being used by the country’s armed forces in Syria will fly spy missions in the...
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Erdogan Recites Prayer, Honors Ottomans in Hagia Sophia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Hagia Sophia Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan recited a verse from the Quran in honor of Istanbul’s Ottoman conquerors in the Hagia Sophia on Saturday,...
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Turkish PM Takes Swipe at Greece, Cyprus over Sovereignty
Turkish PM Binali Yildirim Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said the country will “never tolerate certain circles which violate our sovereignty in the Mediterranean and Aegean” — a thinly...
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EU Member States Object to Immigration Deal with Turkey
EU Member States raised objections over the immigration deal signed with Turkey, a Spiegel report says, citing confidential EU documents. The European Union has promised Turkey the allocation of an...
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Russia, Turkey Deepen Strategic Ties with Nuclear Plant
Work has begun on a huge nuclear power plant in Turkey which could deepen strategic and political ties between Ankara and Moscow. Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian counterpart Vladimir...
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Putin Extends Support to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was visiting Ankara, and exchanged good wishes for Easter. The Russian president referred to Bartholomew...
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Turkish College Shooting Incident Leaves 4 Dead
At least four people were shot dead in a gun attack at a university in central Turkey on Thursday. Local media report that one person was arrested after the attack at Eskişehir Osmangazi University in...
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A Little Santorini to be Built in Turkey (video)
The deterioration of Greco-Turkish relations in recent months has not deterred a Turkish businessman from unveiling plans for the construction of a housing project named after the Greek island of...
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Turkey Arrests Gulenist ‘Aboard Greek-Flagged Yacht’
Turkish media report that a FETO-linked suspect was arrested Monday from a Greek-flagged yacht in the Aegean resort town of Marmaris. Murat Elmas, the 48-year-old Black Sea Samsun region’s imam of the...
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