Sparring continues over Turkish troops in Northern Iraq
The diplomatic dispute over Turkey’s deployment of soldiers and tanks to Iraq continues to deepen, with Baghdad accusing Ankara of
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As crackdown continues, Turkey investigates Kurdish party leader
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into Selahattin Demirtas, the leader of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party. The move comes as
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Year in Review: Europe’s migrant crisis and Bulgaria
More than a million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe by land and sea in 2015, in a crisis that
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Turkey sharpens criticism of Russia’s airstrikes in Syria
Turkey has stepped up its criticism of Russia’s airstrikes in Syria in the wake of deadly strikes in the northwest
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MRF founder Dogan hits out at party leader over Turkey-Russia declaration ‘gaffe’
Ahmed Dogan, founder of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms – the party led and supported in the main by
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Number of refugees and migrants arriving in Europe in 2015 passes million mark
Persecution, conflict and poverty have forced an unprecedented one million people to flee to Europe in 2015, according to estimates
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Turkey to withdraw troops from Iraq after Obama appeal
Turkey is pulling troops out of northern Iraq in an effort to de-escalate tensions with the Iraqi government, a day
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Erdogan resolves his differences with Netanyahu
Ankara is in the process of normalising its relations with Jerusalem, causing a surprise in the eastern Mediterranean, given that according
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Close to 30 000 migrant and refugee arrivals in Bulgaria so far in 2015 – IOM
It is virtually certain that the total number of arrivals of migrants and refugees in Europe by land and sea
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