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Maliki asks for state of emergency as ISIL overruns north Iraq
Iraq's prime minister has asked parliament to declare a state of emergency after Islamist militants effectively took control of Mosul, the country's second-largest city, and much of its province of Nineveh June 9, in another blow to the authorities, who appear incapable of stopping rebel advances.
Militants seize Iraq's second-largest city Mosul, kidnap 28 Turkish truck drivers
Militants seized Iraq's second-largest city June 9, officials said, in another blow to the authorities, who appear incapable of stopping rebel advances.
Overnight, hundreds of gunmen launched an assault on Mosul, 350 kilometres north of Baghdad, engaging in combat with troops and police, they said.
Second tanker of Kurdish oil leaves Turkey despite Baghdad's warning
A second shipment of Iraqi Kurdish crude has sailed from the Turkish port of Ceyhan, industry and government sources said, increasing the stakes in a battle with Baghdad over control of oil sales from the autonomous region.
Will India’s Modi follow the steps of Turkey’s Erdoğan?
Indiaâs ambassador to Turkey preferred to abstain from this yearâs commemoration ceremony organized each April 24 for the fallen soldiers of the Gallipoli battles that took place during World War I.
Erdoğan’s Kurdish dilemma
The government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan has done more than any previous Turkish government in trying to address the countryâs Kurdish problem.
The social, cultural and political steps it has taken in this regard may not appear highly significant to an outsider.
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Kurdish problem at Turkish flag test
After a peaceful period of nearly two years following the Turkish governmentâs initiative to pursue a political solution to the chronic Kurdish problem, the tension has disproportionately increased in the last two weeks, reaching its top, when a Kurdish militant jumped into the garden of a major Air Force base in Diyarbakır despite warning shots, climbed the mast, pulled down the flag and ra
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Turkey hosts Balkan youth to boost interaction
Turkey hosts Balkan youth to boost interaction
A new initiative would tell Turkey's story to future leaders of Balkan countries.
Thirty-seven young people from across the Balkans gathered in Turkey last month to participate in a youth conference in order to boost interaction between Turkey and the Balkan countries.
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Iranian investment in Turkey on rise: Cooperation body
Iranâs investment interest in Turkey is rising, as it provides a route to break into the global economy, Aegean-Iran Cooperation Association has said to Anadolu Agency in Ä°zmir.
Turkey, South Korea sign major trade deal
Turkish Minister Yazıcı (C), Undersecretary of South Korean Customs Administration Baek Un-chan (L) and his Turkish counterpart pose at the ceremony. Turkey moved to develop its multi-billion dollar bilateral trade with South Korea yesterday by signing a deal to harmonize their customs systems â the first such deal between the Asian nation and a European country.
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Syria becoming ‘another Somalia’ ruled by warlords, former UN envoy Brahimi warns
Former U.N. envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi has warned that the war-torn country was heading toward becoming âanother Somaliaâ ruled by warlords, in an interview published in a German weekly this weekend.