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Turkey survey indicates traditional distrusts, shift to the West

October 7, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkey heading to a November election, a comprehensive public opinion survey indicates the country’s population feels isolated and preoccupied with

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Europe 

Erdogan: Ankara-Moscow relations at risk

October 6, 2015 VOANews Russia, Turkey

Turkey’s president on Tuesday questioned the future of relations between Ankara and Moscow after multiple reports of airspace violations by

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Europe 

Turkey summons Russian ambassador over second airspace breach

October 6, 2015 VOANews Nato, Russia, Turkey

Turkey summoned Russia’s ambassador for a second time after what the foreign ministry said was a second instance of a

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Nato demands answers from Moscow over Turkish airspace breach

October 6, 2015 VOANews Nato, Russia, Turkey

NATO is demanding an immediate explanation after Turkey reported multiple incursions by Russian fighter jets into its airspace over two

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Europe 

Erdogan in Brussels with migration on the table with the EU

October 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees, Turkey

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is on an official visit in Brussels to meet with the presidents of all the EU

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Europe World 

Coalition urges Russia to stop targeting Syria opposition

October 2, 2015October 6, 2015 VOANews Russia, Syria, Turkey

Russia carried out more airstrikes in Syria Friday, as a U.S-led coalition urged Moscow to halt any attacks on the

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Europe 

Europe’s migrant crisis: Roundup, October 2

October 2, 2015October 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Greece, Macedonia, Syrian refugees, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry, State Agency for National Security and prosecutors detained 46 alleged people-traffickers and 501 migrants who had entered

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Europe World 

Fears over Turkey media freedom grow

October 2, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

A prominent Turkish columnist and television news anchor, Ahmet Hakan, has been beaten up outside his Istanbul home.  The attack

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev: Bulgaria appreciates Turkey’s efforts to prevent illegal immigration

September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev, Turkey

The European Union and Turkey are part of the solution to the refugee crisis, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and the

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