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Greek PM criticized Turkey over Aegean violations
23 апреля, 2016
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Greek PM criticized Turkey over Aegean violations

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras criticized neighboring Turkey Friday for preventing a NATO force in the Aegean Sea from expanding its activities further south along the two countries' borders as a part of its deployment to help tackle the refugee crisis. NATO has deployed ships in the northern Aegean to help combat...

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Islamist Turkey seizes ALL Christian churches in city and declares them ‘state property’
21 апреля, 2016
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Islamist Turkey seizes ALL Christian churches in city and declares them ‘state property’

TURKEY'S Islamist government has stepped up its war on Christianity by seizing all the churches in one city and declaring them state property. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken control of six churches in the war-torn southeastern city of Diyarbakir in his latest move to squash freedom of speech and religious...

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Horror as Turkish is made an ‘official EU language’ before ANY voters support membership
17 апреля, 2016
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Horror as Turkish is made an ‘official EU language’ before ANY voters support membership

TURKISH is to become an official language of the European Union, as the Islamic nation draws closer to being admitted as a fully-fledged EU member. Not a single voter from the EU's 28 member states — which have a total population of 508 million — has yet to vote in favour of Turkish membership. But MEPs voted...

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Brussels and Turkey ‘secretly agree to fly 250,000 migrants into Europe EVERY YEAR’
11 апреля, 2016
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Brussels and Turkey ‘secretly agree to fly 250,000 migrants into Europe EVERY YEAR’

A SECRET plan devised by Brussels could see countries in the European Union take on 250,000 migrants from Turkey every single year. EU bureaucrats have already made a £6billion agreement with Ankara to take one Syrian migrant for every migrant sent to Turkey. But the latest deal could see migrants flown directly from...

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SHOCK Turkey terror warning: Avoid Istanbul AND Antalya, warns US
09 апреля, 2016
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SHOCK Turkey terror warning: Avoid Istanbul AND Antalya, warns US

PEOPLE have been warned to STAY AWAY from popular holiday spots in Turkey as there is a “credible threat” to tourists areas. The shock warning issued by the US embassy in Turkey today said that Istanbul and Antalya were particularly at risk for a potential terror attack. In what it called an "emergency...

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Turkey on Edge as Migrants Return
08 апреля, 2016
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Turkey on Edge as Migrants Return

When the first boatload of deported migrants arrived Monday at the Turkish port of Dikili, a small group of Turkish human rights activists turned up to welcome them.  Turkey is expecting to receive another shipment of 200 migrants deported from Greece on Friday, as part of the deal reached in March between the European...

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Greece begins deporting refugees to Turkey under EU plan
04 апреля, 2016
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Greece begins deporting refugees to Turkey under EU plan

Under heavy security, authorities on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios deported 202 refugees on boats bound for Turkey — the first to be sent back as part of a controversial European Union plan to limit the amount of migration to Europe. The operation that started at dawn, as refugees were escorted onto small ferries...

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US, Turkey Look to Expand Fight Against IS
29 марта, 2016
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US, Turkey Look to Expand Fight Against IS

The U.S. and Turkey are discussing plans to expand cooperation in order to put greater pressure on Islamic State (IS) militants, said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. "We all have an interest in taking out Daesh, Nusra terrorist...

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Turkey blames Islamic State for Istanbul bombing
20 марта, 2016
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Turkey blames Islamic State for Istanbul bombing

The suicide bomber who killed four people in Istanbul's main shopping street belonged to so-called Islamic State (IS), the interior minister says. Efken Ala named the man as Mehmet Ozturk. He told reporters that five people had been questioned so far. Mr Ala announced a review of security measures in seven Turkish provinces...

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Migrant crisis: EU-Turkey deal comes into effect
20 марта, 2016
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Migrant crisis: EU-Turkey deal comes into effect

The agreement between the EU and Turkey to tackle the migrant crisis has formally come into effect. Under the deal, migrants arriving in Greece are now expected to be sent back to Turkey if they do not apply for asylum or their claim is rejected. The influx of people crossing to Greek islands grew ahead of the deadline, and...

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Migrant crisis: EU agrees joint position to put to Turkey
18 марта, 2016
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Migrant crisis: EU agrees joint position to put to Turkey

EU leaders have agreed a joint position to put to Turkey in an attempt to reach a deal over the migrant crisis, Luxembourg's prime minister says. Xavier Bettel said the common EU position would be put to Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday morning. The proposed deal would see all migrants travelling to Greece from Turkey...

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Ankara bombing: Turkey strikes against Kurdish rebel PKK
15 марта, 2016
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Ankara bombing: Turkey strikes against Kurdish rebel PKK

Turkey has launched air strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq following a bomb attack in Ankara that killed 37 people. No group said it carried out the attack but PM Ahmet Davutoglu said evidence "almost certainly" pointed towards the banned PKK Kurdish separatist group. One of the bombers, who also died in...

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