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March 5, 2021

Turkey

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Mystery metal monolith vanishes from ancient Turkish site

February 9, 2021 The Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — A metal monolith that mysteriously appeared on a field in southeast Turkey has now disappeared, Turkish media reported Tuesday, four days after it was discovered. The about 10-foot-high metal slab bearing an […]

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Tentative start to Turkey-Greece talks after year of strife

January 26, 2021 Andrew Wilks, Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — The first high-level talks aimed at reducing tensions between Turkey and Greece in five years took place behind closed doors on Monday. The summit of senior officials came after a year that […]

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Azerbaijan holds parade after Nagorno-Karabakh fighting

December 10, 2020 The Associated Press

BAKU, Azerbaijan — More than 3,000 troops took part in a military parade in Azerbaijan on Thursday to celebrate reclaiming control over broad swathes of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding lands in a conflict with Armenia. The […]

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Erdogan says he hopes France gets rid of President Macron

December 4, 2020 The Associated Press

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president has renewed his vitriolic attacks on French President Emmanuel Macron, saying he hopes France will get rid of him soon. Speaking after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Macron […]

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Turkey, Greece soon to resume talks on resolving disputes

September 23, 2020 The Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Greece have agreed to resume talks aimed at resolving long-festering disputes, following a weeks-long standoff between the neighbors over maritime boundaries and rights to exploit offshore oil and gas resources. […]

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NATO: Turkey, Greece start talks to reduce risk of conflict

September 5, 2020 The Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — Despite a denial from Greece, the chief of NATO said Friday that Greece and Turkey have started technical discussions aimed at reducing the risk of armed conflict or accidents amid military tensions […]

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Egypt approves Libya deployment, risking clash with Turkey

July 20, 2020 Samy Magdy, Associated Press

CAIRO — Egypt’s parliament on Monday authorized the deployment of troops outside the country, a move that could escalate the spiraling war in Libya after the president threatened military action against Turkish-backed forces in the […]

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Turkey’s president formally makes Hagia Sophia a mosque

July 10, 2020 Suzan Fraser, Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — The president of Turkey on Friday formally reconverted Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia into a mosque and declared it open for Muslim worship, hours after a high court annulled a 1934 decision that […]

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France-Turkey spat over Libya arms exposes NATO’s limits

July 7, 2020 Lorne Cook, Associated Press

BRUSSELS — The festering dispute between France and Turkey over a naval standoff in the Mediterranean Sea has shone a glaring searchlight on NATO’s struggle to keep order among its ranks and exposed weaknesses in […]

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Museum or mosque? Turkey debates iconic Hagia Sofia’s status

July 5, 2020 Suzan Fraser and Ayse Wieting, Associated Press

ISTANBUL — In its more than 1,400-year existence, the majestic domed structure of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has served as the Byzantine Empire’s main cathedral, a mosque under the Ottoman Empire and a museum under […]

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