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Turkey launches fresh airstrikes on PKK after Ankara blast
Ankara: Turkish forces carried out a fresh round of airstrikes on the targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said. The airstrikes destroyed 16 targets…
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Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish rebels after Ankara bomb attack
Ankara: Turkish forces carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq and destroyed 20 targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the country’s Defence Ministry has said. The Turkish airstrikes targeted the PKK…
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Turkish President Erdogan pledges to make new constitution
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to make a new constitution in the new term of the parliament and invited all political parties and all segments of the society to…
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Turkey: Two officers injured in blast near parliament
A loud explosion and gunfire have been reported at the entrance gate of the Interior Ministry’s General Directorate of Security, in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday, September 30. Taking to X,…
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Turkish drone attack kills four Kurdish militants in Iraq
Baghdad: A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq has killed a senior member and three militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Counter-Terrorism Service of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said in…
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Turkey experiences driest August in 33 yrs: Report
Istanbul: Turkey has experienced the driest August in the last 33 years, the country’s meteorological authority said. In a report, the General Directorate of Meteorology noted on Thursday a 57-per cent decrease…
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Aysu Turkoglu becomes first Turkish woman to swim across North Channel
Ankara: Aysu Turkoglu became the first Turkish woman to swim across the North Channel on Wednesday, August 9. At just 22 years of age, the endurance swimmer is also the youngest Turkish…
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Erdogan: Putin may visit Turkey in August
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin could visit Turkey this month. “The date has not been set yet,” he told reporters in a live…
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Erdogan advisor to attend Ukraine peace talks in Saudi Arabia
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chief adviser Akif Cagatay Kilic will represent Turkey at the Ukraine peace talks to be hosted by Saudi Arabia on Saturday, media reported. The talks will…
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Turkish woman wounded in armed attack at Sweden’s consulate in Izmir
Ankara: A Turkish woman employee was seriously wounded after being shot at by an armed assailant at Sweden’s honorary consulate in the western province of Izmir on Tuesday, August 1. The Izmir governor’s…
