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Coordinated With US Prior To Operation In Syria, Says Turkey
Turkey on Sunday said there was "coordination" between Ankara and Washington before the operation which US media reports said targeted and killed Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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In Fethullah Gulen Probe, Turkey Orders Arrested Of 49 Officers: Report
Turkey ordered the detention of 68 suspects, including dozens of colonels, in an operation targeting alleged supporters of the U.S.-based Islamic cleric whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating an attempted coup two years ago, state media said on Monday.
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Will Never Allow 'Artificial State' In North Syria, Proclaims Turkey PM
Turkey will never allow the formation of an "artificial state" in northern Syria, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today, referring to the US-backed Kurdish fighters whose advance Ankara is now aiming to stop.
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US-Led Coalition Planes Hit ISIS In North Syria: Turkey
US-led coalition warplanes hit ISIS targets near the Syrian frontier town of Jarablus overnight, the Turkish military said on Tuesday, as forces backed by Ankara pushed deeper into north Syria.
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Turkey Ratchets Up Syria Offensive, Says Warplanes Hit Kurdish Militia
Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State.
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Turkey Detains 2 ISIS Suspects Over New Year Attack Plot
Turkish police on Wednesday detained two Islamic State suspects accused of plotting a suicide bombing on New Year's Eve celebrations in the capital Ankara.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Says Turkey has Proof of Russian Involvement in ISIS Oil Trade
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today said Turkey had proof that Moscow was involved in illegal oil trade with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, countering Russian allegations that Ankara was importing oil from the jihadists
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Russia Accuses Turkey's President Erdogan Over ISIS Oil Trade
Russia on Wednesday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of involvement in illegal oil trading with Islamic State jihadists, ratcheting up the heat in a dispute over Ankara's downing of one of Moscow's warplanes.
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Ankara Bombings Were Ordered by Islamic State: Turkish Prosecutors
A massive twin bombing in the Turkish capital Ankara this month that killed 102 people was ordered by the terrorist Islamic State group, prosecutors said today.
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9 Killed in Shootout Between Turkish Police and Islamic State Suspects
Seven suspected Islamic State militants and two Turkish police officers were killed today in a fierce gun battle in the main city in the Kurdish-majority southeast, security sources said.
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Pressure on State as Islamic State Links to Bombing Deepen in Turkey
Two weeks after more than a hundred people were killed in an Ankara bomb attack, Turkey is still unravelling clues that suggest the Islamic State group was responsible, fuelling opposition anger over an apparently enormous security lapse by the government.
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4 Held in Turkey Over Ankara Attack, Bomber Identified
A criminal court in Turkey has ordered the detention of four people over a deadly Ankara attack, as the country's Prime Minister said on Monday that one of the two suicide bombers involved had been officially identified.
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Turkish Police Arrest 50 in Ankara Bombing Probe
Turkish police arrested around 50 foreign nationals in Istanbul early today in a sweep targeting terrorists of the Islamic State group suspected of involvement in last weekend's Ankara suicide bombings, reports said.
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Turkish PM Sees Islamic State or PKK Links to Ankara Bombing
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told Reuters today some of the suspects in suicide bombings that killed 97 people in Ankara had spent months in Syria and that they could be linked to Islamic State or to Kurdish militants.
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Islamic State, Kurdish PKK May Have Role in Ankara Bombings: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday both the Islamic State and the Kurdish militant group PKK may have played a role in the twin Ankara bombings over the weekend that killed almost a hundred people.
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Coordinated With US Prior To Operation In Syria, Says Turkey
Turkey on Sunday said there was "coordination" between Ankara and Washington before the operation which US media reports said targeted and killed Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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In Fethullah Gulen Probe, Turkey Orders Arrested Of 49 Officers: Report
Turkey ordered the detention of 68 suspects, including dozens of colonels, in an operation targeting alleged supporters of the U.S.-based Islamic cleric whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating an attempted coup two years ago, state media said on Monday.
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Will Never Allow 'Artificial State' In North Syria, Proclaims Turkey PM
Turkey will never allow the formation of an "artificial state" in northern Syria, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today, referring to the US-backed Kurdish fighters whose advance Ankara is now aiming to stop.
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US-Led Coalition Planes Hit ISIS In North Syria: Turkey
US-led coalition warplanes hit ISIS targets near the Syrian frontier town of Jarablus overnight, the Turkish military said on Tuesday, as forces backed by Ankara pushed deeper into north Syria.
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Turkey Ratchets Up Syria Offensive, Says Warplanes Hit Kurdish Militia
Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State.
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Turkey Detains 2 ISIS Suspects Over New Year Attack Plot
Turkish police on Wednesday detained two Islamic State suspects accused of plotting a suicide bombing on New Year's Eve celebrations in the capital Ankara.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Says Turkey has Proof of Russian Involvement in ISIS Oil Trade
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today said Turkey had proof that Moscow was involved in illegal oil trade with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, countering Russian allegations that Ankara was importing oil from the jihadists
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Russia Accuses Turkey's President Erdogan Over ISIS Oil Trade
Russia on Wednesday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of involvement in illegal oil trading with Islamic State jihadists, ratcheting up the heat in a dispute over Ankara's downing of one of Moscow's warplanes.
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Ankara Bombings Were Ordered by Islamic State: Turkish Prosecutors
A massive twin bombing in the Turkish capital Ankara this month that killed 102 people was ordered by the terrorist Islamic State group, prosecutors said today.
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9 Killed in Shootout Between Turkish Police and Islamic State Suspects
Seven suspected Islamic State militants and two Turkish police officers were killed today in a fierce gun battle in the main city in the Kurdish-majority southeast, security sources said.
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Pressure on State as Islamic State Links to Bombing Deepen in Turkey
Two weeks after more than a hundred people were killed in an Ankara bomb attack, Turkey is still unravelling clues that suggest the Islamic State group was responsible, fuelling opposition anger over an apparently enormous security lapse by the government.
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4 Held in Turkey Over Ankara Attack, Bomber Identified
A criminal court in Turkey has ordered the detention of four people over a deadly Ankara attack, as the country's Prime Minister said on Monday that one of the two suicide bombers involved had been officially identified.
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Turkish Police Arrest 50 in Ankara Bombing Probe
Turkish police arrested around 50 foreign nationals in Istanbul early today in a sweep targeting terrorists of the Islamic State group suspected of involvement in last weekend's Ankara suicide bombings, reports said.
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Turkish PM Sees Islamic State or PKK Links to Ankara Bombing
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told Reuters today some of the suspects in suicide bombings that killed 97 people in Ankara had spent months in Syria and that they could be linked to Islamic State or to Kurdish militants.
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Islamic State, Kurdish PKK May Have Role in Ankara Bombings: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday both the Islamic State and the Kurdish militant group PKK may have played a role in the twin Ankara bombings over the weekend that killed almost a hundred people.
