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Kurdish Leader Jailed For 42 Years Over 2014 Protests By Turkey Court
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.
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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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30 Killed, 94 Injured In Blast At A Wedding Party In Turkey
At least 30 people were killed and dozens more wounded late on Saturday in an attack possibly carried out by a suicide bomber on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border, officials said.
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Syrian Kurds Evacuate City As Battle With Bashar Al-Assad Intensifies
Syrian Kurdish authorities evacuated thousands of civilians from Kurdish areas of a city in northeastern Syria on a second day of government air strikes today, a spokesman for the Kurdish YPG militia said.
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2 More Rockets Hit Turkish Border Town: Reports
Two rockets fired from neighbouring Syria hit the centre of a Turkish border town for a second straight day on Tuesday, local media reported.
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2 Women Stage Gun And Grenade Attack On Police Station In Istanbul Suburb
Two women opened fire and threw a grenade at a Turkish police bus as it arrived at a station in an Istanbul suburb on Thursday, footage from the Dogan news agency showed. Television stations said there were no casualties.
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Turkey President Erdogan Says Syria Ceasefire Must Not Include Kurdish Militia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today said Syrian Kurdish militia forces must remain outside the scope of a ceasefire agreed between Syria's warring parties, just like ISIS terrorists and the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front.
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Turkish Military Hits Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party, Regime In Syria: Reports
The Turkish military on Saturday hit targets of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Syrian regime in two separate incidents in response to incoming fire, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
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UN Invites Warring Parties To Syria Talks This Week
The United Nations invited Syria's government and opposition to peace talks in Geneva on Friday, but Saudi-backed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad have yet to decide whether to drop their objections to taking part.
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Russian Foreign Minister Hosts Pro-Kurdish Party Leader For Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
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Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan Puts Syria, Iraq on G20 Leaders' Agenda
Turkey wants world leaders to discuss the conflicts in Syria and Iraq at a G20 summit this weekend and is ready to take "stronger steps" in the region following its general election, President Tayyip Erdogan said today.
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5 Dead in Kurdistan Workers' Party Attacks in Turkey: Sources
Three Turkish policemen, a civilian and a soldier have been killed in new attacks in the restive southeast blamed on fighters from the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), security sources said today.
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Turkish Military Struck Syrian Kurdish Militia 'Twice': Prime Minister
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said the military has struck Kurdish fighters across the border in northern Syria "twice".
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Syrian Kurdish Group May Open Mission in Russia: Report
The Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union (PYD) plans to open a mission in Russia, a move that would anger Turkey which sees the party as a terrorist group, Russia's Kommersant newspaper reported today.
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Turkey Summons US, Russia Envoys Over Support for Syrian Kurds
Turkey has summoned US and Russian envoys to warn against supplying arms and support for Syrian Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, a Turkish official said today.
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Kurdish Leader Jailed For 42 Years Over 2014 Protests By Turkey Court
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.
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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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30 Killed, 94 Injured In Blast At A Wedding Party In Turkey
At least 30 people were killed and dozens more wounded late on Saturday in an attack possibly carried out by a suicide bomber on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border, officials said.
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Syrian Kurds Evacuate City As Battle With Bashar Al-Assad Intensifies
Syrian Kurdish authorities evacuated thousands of civilians from Kurdish areas of a city in northeastern Syria on a second day of government air strikes today, a spokesman for the Kurdish YPG militia said.
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2 More Rockets Hit Turkish Border Town: Reports
Two rockets fired from neighbouring Syria hit the centre of a Turkish border town for a second straight day on Tuesday, local media reported.
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2 Women Stage Gun And Grenade Attack On Police Station In Istanbul Suburb
Two women opened fire and threw a grenade at a Turkish police bus as it arrived at a station in an Istanbul suburb on Thursday, footage from the Dogan news agency showed. Television stations said there were no casualties.
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Turkey President Erdogan Says Syria Ceasefire Must Not Include Kurdish Militia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today said Syrian Kurdish militia forces must remain outside the scope of a ceasefire agreed between Syria's warring parties, just like ISIS terrorists and the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front.
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Turkish Military Hits Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party, Regime In Syria: Reports
The Turkish military on Saturday hit targets of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Syrian regime in two separate incidents in response to incoming fire, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
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UN Invites Warring Parties To Syria Talks This Week
The United Nations invited Syria's government and opposition to peace talks in Geneva on Friday, but Saudi-backed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad have yet to decide whether to drop their objections to taking part.
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Russian Foreign Minister Hosts Pro-Kurdish Party Leader For Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
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Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan Puts Syria, Iraq on G20 Leaders' Agenda
Turkey wants world leaders to discuss the conflicts in Syria and Iraq at a G20 summit this weekend and is ready to take "stronger steps" in the region following its general election, President Tayyip Erdogan said today.
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5 Dead in Kurdistan Workers' Party Attacks in Turkey: Sources
Three Turkish policemen, a civilian and a soldier have been killed in new attacks in the restive southeast blamed on fighters from the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), security sources said today.
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Turkish Military Struck Syrian Kurdish Militia 'Twice': Prime Minister
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said the military has struck Kurdish fighters across the border in northern Syria "twice".
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Syrian Kurdish Group May Open Mission in Russia: Report
The Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union (PYD) plans to open a mission in Russia, a move that would anger Turkey which sees the party as a terrorist group, Russia's Kommersant newspaper reported today.
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Turkey Summons US, Russia Envoys Over Support for Syrian Kurds
Turkey has summoned US and Russian envoys to warn against supplying arms and support for Syrian Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, a Turkish official said today.
