Turkey closes border to Syrian refugees
Clashes erupted on September 21 2014 as Turkey closed its border with northern Syria to halt a massive influx of Kurdish
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Bulgarian elections 2014: Election commission rejects court decision on closing polling stations in Turkey
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has decided not to comply with a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court not to
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Islamic State militants release 49 Turkish hostages
Turkey’s prime minister said 49 Turkish hostages seized by Islamic State militants in Iraq in June have been freed. Turkey
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Bulgarian elections 2014: Court cuts number of polling stations in Turkey
Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has ordered the reduction of the number of polling stations in Turkey for the October 8
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‘New evidence’ that Bulgaria forced Syrian asylum-seekers back to Turkey, Human Rights Watch says
Bulgarian border police have in the past month forced Syrian asylum seekers back to Turkey and beaten some of them,
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Bulgaria approves co-operation programmes with neighboring countries
Bulgaria’s cabinet has approved a series of cross-border co-operation programmes with Romania, Greece, Turkey, Serbia and Macedonia. The programmes are
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Turkish government accused of attempt to take down bank
Turkey’s government is being accused of seeking to destroy one of the country’s banks, which has become embroiled in a
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Turkish president Erdogan holds talks with leader of Bulgaria’s ‘Turkish’ party
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks in Ankara with Lyutvi Mestan, leader of Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms
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Turkey struggles to block flow of Jihadists
The second brutal murder on video of a U.S. journalist by the Islamic State group (IS) is likely to add
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