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Turkey PM: Ankara bomber Syrian with Kurdish links

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says a Syrian man with links to Kurdish militia groups was responsible for a car

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President sends condolences to Erdoğan after fatal bomb blast in Ankara

February 18, 2016February 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Turkey

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev has sent condolences to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after the February

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Europe 

Erdogan continues effort to hold on to power in Turkey

February 17, 2016 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s aspiration to change Turkey’s parliamentary system of government to an executive presidency is being blamed for the

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World 

Blast rocks Turkey’s capital, at least 28 killed

February 17, 2016February 19, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Turkish officials say at least 28 people have been killed and 61 others wounded in a car bomb explosion in

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Bulgaria 

Proposal for Bulgarian Parliament to probe claims of Russian and Turkish interference in domestic politics

February 17, 2016February 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan, Lyutvi Mestan, Russia, Turkey

MPs from several political parties have signed a petition by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) calling for the

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Europe 

Migrant crisis deepens Europe’s East-West divide

February 17, 2016 VOANews Czech Republic, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia, Slovakia, Turkey

The leaders of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia gathered around a cake this week in Prague, celebrating the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria files terrorism charges against three Syrians who tried to cross into Turkey, heading to join ‘Islamic State’

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Turkey

Bulgarian Border Police arrested three Syrians trying to cross illegally into Turkey, allegedly intending to join Daesh, the terrorist self-proclaimed

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Bulgaria 

Turkish ambassador ‘largely confirms’ country’s ban on Dogan, Peevski – Bulgarian Foreign Ministry

February 12, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan, Turkey

Turkey’s ambassador in Sofia, Süleyman Gökçe, has “largely confirmed” media reports that Movement for Rights and Freedoms honorary president Ahmed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has no information on Turkey’s ban on Dogan and Peevski, Parliament told

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no official information about Turkey banning Movement for Rights and Freedoms honorary president Ahmed

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