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AFP Journalist Objects To "Brutal" Body Search At Kurdish New Year In Turkey, Detained
Around 50 people including an AFP journalist were detained by police on Sunday in Istanbul on the sidelines of the Kurdish New Year celebrations, witnesses said.
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Turkey Arrests 29 People With Suspected ISIS Ties, Planning Attacks
Turkish authorities have detained 29 people suspected of having ties to militant group Islamic State in operations across nine provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday.
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4 Detained In Turkey For Spreading "Panic" On Social Media After Earthquake
Turkey Earthquake: Turkish social media have been filled with posts by people who complain about a lack of search and rescue efforts in their area, particularly in Hatay.
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Journalist Arrested For "Blatantly Insulting" Turkey's President On-Air
Turkey has detained a well-known television journalist for comments she made on air about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, her lawyer said Saturday.
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Turkey Detains Pilots Over Carlos Ghosn's Escape Through Istanbul
Turkish police detained seven people, including four pilots, on Thursday in an investigation into how ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn transited through Istanbul en route to Lebanon after fleeing Japan, a police spokeswoman told Reuters.
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Killed ISIS Chief Baghdadi's Sister Captured By Turkish Forces In Syria
Turkey captured the sister of dead ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, a senior Turkish official told Reuters, and is interrogating her husband and daughter-in-law who were also detained.
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Turkey Detains Journalist Over Syria Operation Coverage
The head of a Turkish opposition news site was arrested Thursday, his employer said, as part of a crackdown on critics of the military operation launched in Syria a day earlier.
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Iran Tanker Released By Gibraltar After 6 Weeks Now Headed To Lebanon
An Iranian tanker released this month after being detained for six weeks by the British overseas territory of Gibraltar is now headed for Lebanon, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday.
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How Turkey's President Pressured Saudis To Account For Khashoggi's Death
Saudi Arabia's decision to acknowledge the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi followed calls for justice from around the world. But no individual had put more pressure on the oil-rich monarchy than Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Pastor Andrew Brunson Arrives In Washington After Being Freed From Turkey
Andrew Brunson, the US pastor who had been detained in Turkey for two years, landed at Andrews Air Force base outside Washington, a US religious freedom official wrote on his Twitter account on Saturday afternoon.
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Recordings Show Saudi Team Killed Khashoggi, Dismembered Body: Turks
The Turkish government has told U.S. officials that it has audio and video recordings that prove Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul this month, according to U.S. and Turkish officials.
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Shots Fired At US Embassy In Turkish Capital, Two Men Detained
Turkish authorities detained two men suspected of shooting at the U.S. Embassy in the capital Ankara on Monday, in an attack that coincides with increased tensions between the two NATO allies over the trial of a U.S. pastor in Turkey.
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Turkey Detains 51 Suspected ISIS Members
The suspects were believed to be planning to travel back to conflict zones in Syria, they said in a statement, adding that all those detained were foreign nationals.
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Turkish Police Detain 82 People In Raids Targeting ISIS: Report
Turkish police detained 82 suspected ISIS terrorists, 77 of them foreign nationals, in raids across Istanbul, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday.
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Turkey Detains 20 Suspected ISIS Members, Including 15 Foreigners: Police
Turkish police have detained 20 people, including 15 foreign nationals, on suspicion of links to ISIS during raids in Istanbul, tightening security ahead of the anniversary of a nightclub attack in which dozens were killed.
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AFP Journalist Objects To "Brutal" Body Search At Kurdish New Year In Turkey, Detained
Around 50 people including an AFP journalist were detained by police on Sunday in Istanbul on the sidelines of the Kurdish New Year celebrations, witnesses said.
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Turkey Arrests 29 People With Suspected ISIS Ties, Planning Attacks
Turkish authorities have detained 29 people suspected of having ties to militant group Islamic State in operations across nine provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday.
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4 Detained In Turkey For Spreading "Panic" On Social Media After Earthquake
Turkey Earthquake: Turkish social media have been filled with posts by people who complain about a lack of search and rescue efforts in their area, particularly in Hatay.
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Journalist Arrested For "Blatantly Insulting" Turkey's President On-Air
Turkey has detained a well-known television journalist for comments she made on air about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, her lawyer said Saturday.
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Turkey Detains Pilots Over Carlos Ghosn's Escape Through Istanbul
Turkish police detained seven people, including four pilots, on Thursday in an investigation into how ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn transited through Istanbul en route to Lebanon after fleeing Japan, a police spokeswoman told Reuters.
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Killed ISIS Chief Baghdadi's Sister Captured By Turkish Forces In Syria
Turkey captured the sister of dead ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, a senior Turkish official told Reuters, and is interrogating her husband and daughter-in-law who were also detained.
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Turkey Detains Journalist Over Syria Operation Coverage
The head of a Turkish opposition news site was arrested Thursday, his employer said, as part of a crackdown on critics of the military operation launched in Syria a day earlier.
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Iran Tanker Released By Gibraltar After 6 Weeks Now Headed To Lebanon
An Iranian tanker released this month after being detained for six weeks by the British overseas territory of Gibraltar is now headed for Lebanon, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday.
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How Turkey's President Pressured Saudis To Account For Khashoggi's Death
Saudi Arabia's decision to acknowledge the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi followed calls for justice from around the world. But no individual had put more pressure on the oil-rich monarchy than Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Pastor Andrew Brunson Arrives In Washington After Being Freed From Turkey
Andrew Brunson, the US pastor who had been detained in Turkey for two years, landed at Andrews Air Force base outside Washington, a US religious freedom official wrote on his Twitter account on Saturday afternoon.
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Recordings Show Saudi Team Killed Khashoggi, Dismembered Body: Turks
The Turkish government has told U.S. officials that it has audio and video recordings that prove Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul this month, according to U.S. and Turkish officials.
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Shots Fired At US Embassy In Turkish Capital, Two Men Detained
Turkish authorities detained two men suspected of shooting at the U.S. Embassy in the capital Ankara on Monday, in an attack that coincides with increased tensions between the two NATO allies over the trial of a U.S. pastor in Turkey.
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Turkey Detains 51 Suspected ISIS Members
The suspects were believed to be planning to travel back to conflict zones in Syria, they said in a statement, adding that all those detained were foreign nationals.
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Turkish Police Detain 82 People In Raids Targeting ISIS: Report
Turkish police detained 82 suspected ISIS terrorists, 77 of them foreign nationals, in raids across Istanbul, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday.
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Turkey Detains 20 Suspected ISIS Members, Including 15 Foreigners: Police
Turkish police have detained 20 people, including 15 foreign nationals, on suspicion of links to ISIS during raids in Istanbul, tightening security ahead of the anniversary of a nightclub attack in which dozens were killed.
