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ANKARA, Turkey - Kurdish rebels on Thursday claimed responsibility for the ambush killing of seven Turkish soldiers, a Kurdish news agency said. The attack caused outrage and was seen as a blow to the government's efforts to reconcile with minority Kurds.
ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The prison conditions for Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, are in line with detention standards, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
The Turkish prison conditions of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan meet international standards, the head of a parliamentary commission insisted Friday, after complaints from the jailed leader.
Brussels - Cyprus on Tuesday demanded a freeze on Turkey's European Union accession talks because of its blockade of Cypriot vessels, throwing a meeting of EU foreign ministers into disarray, diplomats in Brussels said. EU member states are keen to e...
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will press Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, one of NATO’s two Muslim members, for more support in curbing Iran’s nuclear program and rebuilding Afghanistan.
Background Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's Trip to D.C. Washington, DC December 4, 2009 STAFF: Well, this briefing is dedicated to Janine Zachria – (laughter) – the one person who really wants to talk about Turkey. But we – as you know, the Prime Minister Erdogan is coming to Washington on Monday, will be meeting with President Obama and Secretary ...
The five-member delegation representing the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) visited the Muslim-majority Republic of Turkey on 23-27 November.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is looking for help in Afghanistan from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan even as tensions simmer between the two NATO allies on Iran and the Middle East. A White House meeting Monday between the two leaders comes at a time of rising Turkish influence in the Middle East and Central Europe. Before leaving for Washington, Erdogan said Turkey has ...
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will press Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, NATO’s only Muslim member, for more support in curbing Iran’s nuclear program and rebuilding Afghanistan.
Coal mine collapse kills 6 miners in Turkey, 13 others feared dead
(Corrects in first paragraph that Turkey is one of two Muslim NATO members.) Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will press Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, one of NATO’s two Muslim members, for more support in curbing Iran’s nuclear program and rebuilding Afghanistan.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan may face probing questions about whether NATO member Turkey is tilting away from the West and toward Iran when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama next week.
Brussels - Cyprus is to put pressure on Turkey to improve relations and open its ports and airports to Cypriot vessels by attaching new conditions to European Union accession talks on six issues, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday. The move ...
Turkey's constitutional court will begin final deliberations next week on whether to outlaw the country's main Kurdish party on charges of links to separatist rebels.
Seven Turkish soldiers were killed Monday, and three others were wounded in an ambush near Tokat, in the north-central part of the country, the military said. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in the region in more than a decade, but the state-run Anatolian News Agency hinted at the possible involvement of the PKK, the separatist Kurdish rebel group.
Brussels - Turkey should end its blockade of Greek Cypriot vessels without delay if it wants to start European Union membership talks on key trade-related issues, EU foreign ministers said Tuesday. But ministers agreed to open talks on environmental ...
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