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Turkey arrests VoA reporter over pending prison sentence
Turkey
June 16, 2020
Turkey arrests VoA reporter over pending prison sentence
Arif Aslan, the Voice of America (VoA) correspondent in Turkey’s eastern Van province, was arrested on Tuesday morning to serve…
Greek PM in Israel says Turkey a ‘threat to regional peace’: report
World
June 16, 2020
Greek PM in Israel says Turkey a ‘threat to regional peace’: report
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday accused Turkey of being a “threat to regional peace” following wide-ranging talks in…
Young people more skeptical of Turkish gov’t plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions: poll
Turkey
June 16, 2020
Young people more skeptical of Turkish gov’t plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions: poll
Young people in Turkey have a relatively more negative view of the government’s move to reopen cafés, teahouses and restaurants…
Turkish fighter jets strike Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq: report
World
June 15, 2020
Turkish fighter jets strike Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq: report
Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militant targets in various regions of northern Iraq on Sunday night in response to an increase…
France says Turkey’s intervention in Libya conflict ‘unacceptable’: report
World
June 15, 2020
France says Turkey’s intervention in Libya conflict ‘unacceptable’: report
France on Sunday slammed Turkey’s “aggressive” intervention in the Libya conflict as unacceptable, accusing its fellow NATO member of violating…
Postponed meeting with Russia not sign of disagreement on Libya, Turkish FM says
World
June 15, 2020
Postponed meeting with Russia not sign of disagreement on Libya, Turkish FM says
There are no technical disagreements between Turkey and Russia on issues regarding the conflict in Libya, and the two states…
Ministry seizes elderly woman’s house she donated to Gülen-linked foundation
Turkey
June 15, 2020
Ministry seizes elderly woman’s house she donated to Gülen-linked foundation
Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry seized the house of an 87-year-old woman in the western province of Manisa because she…
5.7 magnitude earthquake jolts eastern Turkey, leaving one person dead
Turkey
June 15, 2020
5.7 magnitude earthquake jolts eastern Turkey, leaving one person dead
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 shook Bingöl province in eastern Turkey on Sunday, leaving one person dead and…
Greece draws up 4 deterrence plans for Turkey’s expected east Med drilling: report
World
June 15, 2020
Greece draws up 4 deterrence plans for Turkey’s expected east Med drilling: report
In anticipation of a crisis in September, when Turkey says it plans to begin drilling on Greece’s continental shelf, Athens…
Greece picks up 36 more migrants off Lesbos: report
World
June 15, 2020
Greece picks up 36 more migrants off Lesbos: report
Thirty-six migrants travelling from Turkey were spotted off Lesbos and transferred to a temporary settlement in the north of the…