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19 miners trapped after flood causes coal mine collapse in Turkey
Nineteen miners were trapped on Tuesday after a coal mine in southern Turkey collapsed following a flood inside the mine, local media reported.
Turkey fails in bid to join U.N. Security Council
Turkey failed in its effort to join the U.N.’s most powerful body on Thursday, while Venezuela, New Zealand, Spain, Angola and Malaysia were elected...
U.S. makes held talks with Syrian Kurdish group, could fuel tension with Turkey
The United States has held direct talks for the first time with a key Syrian Kurdish group, whose troops have been battling the Islamic State group, the...
U.S. targets southern Turkey as base to tackle threat of IS
The United States have requested access to an air base in southern Turkey which could become a strategic stronghold in the battle against Islamic State...
United States steps up air strikes on IS in Syria as Turkish Kurds riot
U.S.-led coalition warplanes have intensified bombing raids to push back Islamic State (IS) forces intent on seizing the Kurdish town of Kobane in Syria,...
Twelve protesters dead amid claims Turkey ‘isn’t doing enough in ISIS fight’
At least 12 people have been killed during pro-Kurdish demonstrations in Turkey amid claims the country is not doing enough in the fight against Islamic...
Turkey’s parliament to decide on joining anti-IS coalition
Turkey’s parliament will on Thursday debate motions for Turkey joining the international coalition battling the islamic State in the Middle East.
130,000 Syrian refugees swarm into Turkey as IS atrocities continue
Some 130,000 refugees from neighbouring Syria have flooded into Turkey, as civilians continued to flee clashes between Islamic State (IS) militants and...
49 Turkish hostages seized in northern Iraq are now free, says PM Davutoglu
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday that 49 hostages seized by Islamic State (IS) militants in June have been brought safely back to...
Turkey’s Erdogan sworn in as opposition storms out of parliament
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in Thursday as Turkey’s first popularly elected president, a position that will keep him in the nation’s driving...
Erdogan vows ‘strong new Turkey’ in final election rally
Voting is underway across Turkey for the country’s first-ever presidential election by popular vote.
Not funny: Turkish deputy PM says women ‘shouldn’t laugh in public’
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, a minister in Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s conservative government, has outraged Turkey’s secular...
Israel reduces diplomatic presence in Turkey after Gaza invasion protests
Israel said on Friday it was reducing its diplomatic presence in Turkey after protesters angered by its ground offensive into Gaza pelted its consulate...
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