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President held a phone conversation with the First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
March 27, 2019
President held a phone conversation with the First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko held a phone conversation with the First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. The Head of…
Turkish media outlets run findings of fake polling company
March 27, 2019
Turkish media outlets run findings of fake polling company
A number of Turkish media outlets published the election findings of a fake polling company without fact-checking the pollster ahead…
Kurdish political parties call for end to hunger strike-related suicides in prison
March 27, 2019
Kurdish political parties call for end to hunger strike-related suicides in prison
The co-chairs of four Kurdish political parties have come together in Diyarbakır to call for an end to political suicides…
Russia claims no more moderate rebels in Idlib, all militants aligned with al Nusra
March 27, 2019
Russia claims no more moderate rebels in Idlib, all militants aligned with al Nusra
Oleg Syromolotov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, has claimed all the militants in northern Syria’s Idlib region have sided with al…
Greece gives diplomatic note to Turkish envoy protesting harassment of PM’s helicopter
March 27, 2019
Greece gives diplomatic note to Turkish envoy protesting harassment of PM’s helicopter
Greece on Tuesday gave a diplomatic note to the Turkish ambassador in Athens to protest an incident on Monday with…
Families of hunger strikers hold sit-in protest in front of Justice Ministry
March 27, 2019
Families of hunger strikers hold sit-in protest in front of Justice Ministry
Families of hunger strikers in several Turkish prisons who are protesting the “isolation” of jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader…
Journalist given 18-month suspended jail sentence due to Afrin criticism
March 27, 2019
Journalist given 18-month suspended jail sentence due to Afrin criticism
Journalist İshak Karakaş has been handed down a jail sentence of 18 months, 22 days on charges of disseminating terrorist…
AKP candidate says will send Syrians back home if they disrupt public order
March 27, 2019
AKP candidate says will send Syrians back home if they disrupt public order
Binali Yıldırım, the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) mayoral candidate for İstanbul, has said Syrians who have taken refuge in…
Turkey to continue withholding lira liquidity overseas at least until Sunday’s elections: report
March 27, 2019
Turkey to continue withholding lira liquidity overseas at least until Sunday’s elections: report
Turkey will continue directing its banks to withhold lira liquidity from a key overseas market at least until after Sunday’s…
Acting Pentagon chief: We need Turkey to buy Patriots
March 27, 2019
Acting Pentagon chief: We need Turkey to buy Patriots
Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Tuesday that he wanted NATO ally Turkey to remain in the F-35…