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Has Turkey’s Erdogan axed his Biden meeting because of Israel?

Claims that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has canceled a planned meeting at the White House on May 9 with President Joe Biden due to the...

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Will Erdogan’s fate be decided at Turkey's local polls?

On March 31, Turkey's 61,441,882 registered voters will (or will not) cast their ballots to elect mayors in 81 provinces and numerous other districts...

29.03.2024 5

Al Monitor

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Erdogan snags White House invite in diplomatic win, Turkish press reports

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has secured a long coveted invitation to the White House and is expected to travel to Washington to meet with...

26.03.2024 6

Al Monitor

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Turkey detains 40 ISIS suspects amid reports Moscow terror suspect came from Istanbul

Turkish authorities detained 40 suspected Islamic State militants across eight provinces in coordinated raids in recent days, Interior Minister Ali...

25.03.2024 10

Al Monitor

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Turkey detains hundreds of Kurds for wearing ‘forbidden’ colors at Nowruz rallies

Turkish authorities detained more than 200 people, including 38 children, for wearing Kurdish colors, in the run-up to and during March 21 Kurdish New...

22.03.2024 4

Al Monitor

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PKK claims to down 15 Turkish drones in Nowruz announcement

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the outlawed armed group that is waging an armed campaign against the Turkish state, announced on Wednesday that...

20.03.2024 9

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PKK claims to down 15 Turkish drones in Newroz announcement

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the outlawed armed group that is waging an armed campaign against the Turkish state, announced on Wednesday that...

20.03.2024 10

Al Monitor

Amberin Zaman

Turkey’s Fidan to meet Blinken in Washington as US ties strengthen

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is due to travel to the United States on Thursday at the invitation of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken....

05.03.2024 6

Al Monitor

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Turkish strike kills 3 members of Kurdish-allied Christian force in northeast Syria

Three members of a Christian-led security contingent allied with US-backed forces fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) in northeast Syria were killed in...

28.02.2024 5

Al Monitor

Amberin Zaman

Turkish lawyer detained over Sharia comments as Islamist-secularist debate flares

The detention of a Turkish lawyer on Monday after she made derogatory comments about Sharia on the social media platform X has further fueled debate...

20.02.2024 6

Al Monitor

Amberin Zaman

Sweden's Kurds pay price of NATO deal with Turkey

Sweden applied for full membership of the NATO alliance on May 18, 2022, in the wake of Russia’s assault on Ukraine. For 20 excruciating months it...

16.02.2024 6

Al Monitor

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Kurdish journalists harassed, detained ahead of key municipal race in Turkey

Pressure on Kurdish media in Turkey showed no signs of letting up as four journalists working for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency and the...

14.02.2024 60

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State Department to notify Congress of Turkey’s F-16 sale: sources

Turkey's efforts to secure the State Department's approval for the F-16 fighter jet sale are nearing fruition and could come as soon as today,...

26.01.2024 10

Al Monitor

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Turkey's first female central bank chief faces potential axe amid nepotism claims

Hafize Gaye Erkan, the Princeton-educated economist who was brought in last year to turn around Turkey’s flailing currency, may become the sixth...

24.01.2024 40

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Turkey detains Israeli soccer player over Gaza war message during match

An Israeli soccer player was detained on Sunday and a Turkish prosecutor launched a criminal probe against him for suspected incitement of public...

15.01.2024 10

Al Monitor

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Fatal 'Brazilian butt lift' reveals ugly side of cosmetic tourism in Turkey

A British woman who underwent surgery in Turkey to enhance her buttocks died just days after the procedure, the latest in a string of fatalities...

10.01.2024 9

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Erdogan rivals call Turkey 'banana republic' as high court rulings ignored

Turkey kicked off the New Year with a full-blown judicial crisis centered on the case of Can Atalay, a human rights lawyer who was elected to...

04.01.2024 9

Al Monitor

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Syrian Kurdish commander tells Washington not to sell F-16s to Turkey

With the world’s attention focused on the Gaza Strip, Turkey has resumed attacks against the Kurdish-led autonomous entity in northeast Syria,...

29.12.2023 9

Al Monitor

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2023 in review: Israel-Hamas war puts human rights in focus, as pattern of double standards persists

As millions of Christians dug into their Turkey dinners and exchanged gifts on Christmas Day, Turkey carried out 71 airstrikes against purported...

28.12.2023 9

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Turkey accused of double standard as Armenian journalist's killer walks free

This is an excerpt from Turkey Briefing, Al-Monitor's weekly newsletter covering the big stories of the week in Turkey. To get Turkey Briefing in your...

16.11.2023 4

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Iran’s FM heads to Turkey as Erdogan slams 'Israel's barbarity'

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will pay an official visit to Turkey on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and...

31.10.2023 5

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Erdogan’s dreams of eclipsing Ataturk unfulfilled as Turkish republic turns 100

Turkey will mark its 100th year as a republic on Oct. 29 with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an Islamist leader seen as the antithesis of the country’s...

27.10.2023 9

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Turkey’s Erdogan hails Hamas as liberators, leaving détente with Israel in shreds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday ditched any semblance of neutrality in the Gaza conflict, saying that the Palestinian militant...

25.10.2023 6

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Syrian Kurds accuse Turkey of war crimes as Erdogan vows escalation

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to escalate Ankara’s ongoing military campaign against a Kurdish-allied military group in northeast...

11.10.2023 10

Al Monitor

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Turkey's Erdogan strikes moderate stance as Israel-Hamas war rages

As the conflict in the Gaza Strip enters its third day, Turkey’s offer to mediate between Israel and Hamas is drawing mixed reactions with...

09.10.2023 7

Al Monitor

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US downs Turkish drone as Turkey bombs infrastructure in Syria’s Kurdish zone

LONDON, WASHINGTON — A US F-16 fighter jet has downed an unmanned Turkish drone close to a coalition facility in northeastern Syria where 900 US...

05.10.2023 2

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Azerbaijan eyes Iran, Armenia borderlands after 'voluntary' exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh

The convoys snaked for miles along mountain passes as the mass exodus of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, a majority Armenian enclave that is formally...

04.10.2023 20

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Does Ankara attack mark strategy shift for Turkey's PKK?

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) carried out a suicide attack on the headquarters of Turkey’s national security directorate in Ankara...

02.10.2023 4

Al Monitor

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Turkey’s Erdogan meets Azerbaijan’s Aliyev as Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Nakhichevan, an Azerbaijani exclave bordering Turkey, as...

25.09.2023 3

Al Monitor

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Syrian Kurdish commander Kobane acknowledges Arab grievances as tensions ease in Deir Ezzor

A rare tribal uprising in eastern Syria against the United States' top local ally has been successfully suppressed after more than a week of fierce...

07.09.2023 2

Al Monitor

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