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Mars on Earth: Turkish Lake May Hold Clues to Ancient Life on the Red Planet
As NASA's Perseverance explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life on the distant planet are using data gathered on a mission much closer to home at a lake in southwest Turkey.
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Turkey Unveils 10-Year Space Programme Including 2023 Moon Mission
Turkey has announced a 10-year space programme that includes an ambitious 2023 moon mission, sending Turkish astronauts into space, and developing internationally viable satellite system.
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"Tell Your Boss": Saudi Member Reportedly Called After Khashoggi Murder
Luggage carried by a 15-member Saudi team dispatched to Istanbul included scissors, defibrillators and syringes that may have been used against journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi consulate, a pro-government Turkish daily said Tuesday.
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Facing Heat, Saudis Could Admit Khashoggi Died In "Botched Op": Report
Turkish investigators were permitted to search Saudi Arabia's Consulate on Monday, 13 days after journalist Jamal Khashoggi vanished while visiting the mission, even as President Donald Trump dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss the case with King Salman, the Saudi ruler.
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US Embassy In Turkey To Remain Closed Today Over 'Security Threat'
The US embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara will be closed to the public on Monday over a "security threat", the mission announced on its website.
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Turkish Missions In US To Lift Visa Restrictions On US Citizens
Turkish missions in the United States will resume full visa services for US citizens, Ankara's embassy in Washington said Thursday, matching an identical move by American consulates in Turkey.
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US, Turkey Mutually Suspend Visa Services In Escalating Row
The United States and Turkey on Sunday scaled back visa issuing services in each other's countries in a deepening diplomatic row sparked by the arrest of a Turkish staffer at the American mission in Istanbul.
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US Halts Turkey Visas After Staffer's Arrest
The United States on Sunday indefinitely suspended handling all regular visa applications in Turkey, dramatically escalating a row after one of the mission's Turkish staffers was arrested.
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International Observers Find Faults With 2.5 Million Turkish Referendum Votes
Up to 2.5 million votes could have been manipulated in Sunday's Turkish referendum which ended in a tight 'Yes' vote for greater presidential powers, Alev Korun, an Austrian member of the Council of Europe observer mission, told ORF radio on Tuesday.
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Shooting Outside Embassy In Turkey's Ankara, Mission Shut: US Statement
The United States on Tuesday closed its missions to Turkey for the day after a shooting incident overnight outside the American embassy in Ankara that followed the assassination of the Russian ambassador in the Turkish capital.
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NATO Says No Aegean Mission End Date
There is no fixed date for the NATO migrant mission in the Aegean Sea to end, an Alliance official said Friday, after Turkey called for the mission's completion "by the end of the year" because it had "reached its goal".
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NATO Willing To Support Migrant Naval Operation In Aegean: US
NATO is willing to support a German, Greek and Turkish request for a maritime mission to help monitor Turkey's Aegean Sea coast for migrant smugglers, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said Thursday.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 31 in Turkey Attack Blamed on Islamic State
A suspected Islamic State suicide bomber killed at least 31 people Monday in an attack on a Turkish cultural centre where activists had gathered to prepare for an aid mission in the nearby Syrian town of Kobane.
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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Says Soldiers Evacuated Successfully in Syria Mission
Turkish soldiers guarding the tomb of Suleyman Shah in Syria have been successfully evacuated to Turkey in a military operation overnight, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on his Twitter account today.
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United Nations Mission Asks Iraq to Investigate Abduction of Foreign Nationals
The UN mission in Iraq has asked authorities there to investigate the incidents of extrajudicial killings and abductions, including those of Indian and Turkish nationals and bring the perpetrators to justice.
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Mars on Earth: Turkish Lake May Hold Clues to Ancient Life on the Red Planet
As NASA's Perseverance explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life on the distant planet are using data gathered on a mission much closer to home at a lake in southwest Turkey.
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Turkey Unveils 10-Year Space Programme Including 2023 Moon Mission
Turkey has announced a 10-year space programme that includes an ambitious 2023 moon mission, sending Turkish astronauts into space, and developing internationally viable satellite system.
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"Tell Your Boss": Saudi Member Reportedly Called After Khashoggi Murder
Luggage carried by a 15-member Saudi team dispatched to Istanbul included scissors, defibrillators and syringes that may have been used against journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi consulate, a pro-government Turkish daily said Tuesday.
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Facing Heat, Saudis Could Admit Khashoggi Died In "Botched Op": Report
Turkish investigators were permitted to search Saudi Arabia's Consulate on Monday, 13 days after journalist Jamal Khashoggi vanished while visiting the mission, even as President Donald Trump dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss the case with King Salman, the Saudi ruler.
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US Embassy In Turkey To Remain Closed Today Over 'Security Threat'
The US embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara will be closed to the public on Monday over a "security threat", the mission announced on its website.
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Turkish Missions In US To Lift Visa Restrictions On US Citizens
Turkish missions in the United States will resume full visa services for US citizens, Ankara's embassy in Washington said Thursday, matching an identical move by American consulates in Turkey.
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US, Turkey Mutually Suspend Visa Services In Escalating Row
The United States and Turkey on Sunday scaled back visa issuing services in each other's countries in a deepening diplomatic row sparked by the arrest of a Turkish staffer at the American mission in Istanbul.
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US Halts Turkey Visas After Staffer's Arrest
The United States on Sunday indefinitely suspended handling all regular visa applications in Turkey, dramatically escalating a row after one of the mission's Turkish staffers was arrested.
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International Observers Find Faults With 2.5 Million Turkish Referendum Votes
Up to 2.5 million votes could have been manipulated in Sunday's Turkish referendum which ended in a tight 'Yes' vote for greater presidential powers, Alev Korun, an Austrian member of the Council of Europe observer mission, told ORF radio on Tuesday.
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Shooting Outside Embassy In Turkey's Ankara, Mission Shut: US Statement
The United States on Tuesday closed its missions to Turkey for the day after a shooting incident overnight outside the American embassy in Ankara that followed the assassination of the Russian ambassador in the Turkish capital.
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NATO Says No Aegean Mission End Date
There is no fixed date for the NATO migrant mission in the Aegean Sea to end, an Alliance official said Friday, after Turkey called for the mission's completion "by the end of the year" because it had "reached its goal".
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NATO Willing To Support Migrant Naval Operation In Aegean: US
NATO is willing to support a German, Greek and Turkish request for a maritime mission to help monitor Turkey's Aegean Sea coast for migrant smugglers, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said Thursday.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 31 in Turkey Attack Blamed on Islamic State
A suspected Islamic State suicide bomber killed at least 31 people Monday in an attack on a Turkish cultural centre where activists had gathered to prepare for an aid mission in the nearby Syrian town of Kobane.
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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Says Soldiers Evacuated Successfully in Syria Mission
Turkish soldiers guarding the tomb of Suleyman Shah in Syria have been successfully evacuated to Turkey in a military operation overnight, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on his Twitter account today.
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United Nations Mission Asks Iraq to Investigate Abduction of Foreign Nationals
The UN mission in Iraq has asked authorities there to investigate the incidents of extrajudicial killings and abductions, including those of Indian and Turkish nationals and bring the perpetrators to justice.
