Turkey

Turkey

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  Moscow to start evacuating Russians from Syria

  Russia said Monday it is sending two planes to Lebanon to start evacuating its citizens from Syria, the strongest sign yet that President Bashar ... 

• French: Turkish suspect probed in Kurd killings

  French prosecutors have filed preliminary murder and terrorism charges against a Turkish citizen who worked as a driver for one of three Kurdish ... 

• Official: Syrian stray bullet wounds man in Turkey

  An official says a man in a Turkish border town was hit in the head by a stray bullet fired during clashes between Syrian rebels and Kurdish gunmen ... 

• Thousands of Galatasaray fans greet Sneijder

  Thousands of fans have gathered Istanbul's main airport to greet Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder who has agreed to join Turkish club Galatasaray. 

• Report: Turkish lawyers jailed for militant links

  Turkey's state-run news agency says a court has charged nine lawyers, including prominent human rights defenders, with membership in an outlawed ... 

• $20m sponsorship from 7 companies for Istanbul bid

  Istanbul signed up seven leading Turkish companies on Monday to sponsor the city's bid for the 2020 Olympics, a $20 million deal that organizers said ... 

• German Patriot missiles systems reach Turkey

  Germany's Patriot missile systems that will be deployed close to the Syrian border has arrived at a port in southern Turkey. Germany, the Netherlands ... 

• Sneijder joins Galatasaray pending a medical

  Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder has agreed to join Turkish club Galatasaray. Galatasaray said on its website Sunday that it reached a deal with ... 

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  Syrian FM calls on rebels to disarm and negotiate

  Syria's foreign minister invited the country's rebels on Saturday to lay down their weapons and take part in a national dialogue, saying everyone who ... 

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  Aleppo blast, car bombs cap bloody Syria week

  A rocket slammed into a building in Syria's northern city of Aleppo and two suicide bombers struck near a mosque in the south Friday, capping a ... 

• French journalist killed in Syria

  French President Francois Hollande offered condolences Friday for a French journalist slain in the Syrian city of Aleppo while reporting on the civil ... 

• Syria accuses Turkey of accepting Aleppo loot

  Syria accuses Turkey of knowingly receiving looted items from 1,000 factories plundered in Aleppo by "armed terrorist groups," as Syria calls the ... 

• Prominent Turkish journalist dies at 71

  Mehmet Ali Birand, a prominent Turkish journalist who advocated minority rights and democracy in Turkey during a career spanning 48 years, has died. 

• Greek police bust migrant smuggling ring

  Greek police have dismantled an international migrant trafficking ring that had been using boats to smuggle hundreds of people, mainly Syrians, from ... 

• Syrian refugees vote for camp leaders in Turkey

  Thousands of Syrians in a refugee camp voted Thursday to select camp leaders and administrators in elections the Turkish government has described as ... 

• Rival Cyprus FAs closer to reunification deal

  Officials from both sides of ethnically split Cyprus say they are closer to a deal that would reunify rival football organizations and allow breakaway ... 

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  Tens of thousands attend Kurdish funeral in Turkey

  Tens of thousands gathered Thursday for the funeral ceremony of three Kurdish activists who were shot dead in Paris in an attack many believe was an ... 

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  Syrian army intensifies offensive against rebels

  Syrian troops stepped up an offensive against rebels in the north on Wednesday, following explosions targeting security forces and a university campus ... 

• Turkish painter Burhan Dogancay dead at 83

  Turkish painter Burhan Dogancay, whose work has been exhibited in some 70 museums worldwide, including New York's Metropolitan Art Museum and the ...