NATO backs Turkey but seeks to lower tensions with Russia
NATO says it stands with Turkey following an emergency meeting in Brussels of its 28 ambassadors requested by Ankara to
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Author: Jamie Dettmer of VOANews
Ruling AKP party leads in Turkey elections
With nearly half of votes counted, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party is ahead in Sunday’s snap parliamentary election after
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Turkey divisions run deep ahead of Sunday poll
Outside the Istanbul Military Museum, patriotic music blared from huge speakers on a truck bedecked with Turkey’s national flag. A
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Critics, even supporters say: Erdoğan is the man who would be Caliph
With days to go to Turkey’s November 1 parliamentary elections, officials couldn’t even agree on the time of day. Turkey
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Syria offensives trigger more Turkey-bound refugees
Turkish officials say 50,000 refugees have left the Syrian city of Aleppo and are heading to the border, but it
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Turkey’s political parties trade blame after bombings
The deadliest terror attack in Turkey’s history has left the country in shock, but appeals for unity are being ignored,
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Turkey mourns victims of deadly blasts in Ankara
Turkey on Sunday mourned the victims of twin bombings at a peace rally in Ankara that killed at least 95
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Tipping points on the road to Europe’s refugee crisis
Europe is only now being forced to take seriously the refugee crisis that’s been roiling the Mideast and North Africa
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European far right seeks to inflame nativist fears
Mustafa, a Syrian Kurd from the border town of Kobani and father of seven, is planning to join thousands of
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