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Costa Rica Consolidates Diplomatic and Trade Relations With Turkey

Costa Rican Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel A. González Sanz met today, April 20, 2017, with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, on the sidelines of the meeting of ministers of foreign affairs of the Central American Integration System (SICA) in Istanbul, Turkey. At the meeting, the Turkish chancellor offered his support for the reconstruction of damages caused by Hurricane Otto in Co...

Failed Military Coup in Turkey Caused 60 Deaths

Turkey state TV headquarters after the coup attempt. Anadolu AgencyTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said the attempted coup was a "gift of God to cleanse the military". "This act is a great gift of God to us because the military will be cleansed," the president said at a press conference in Istanbul, adding that those behind the attempted coup would have to pay for their "tre...

BREAKING: Coup d’État Underway in Turkey

Turkey's army claimed Friday that it has taken full control of the country with the aim of "restoring democracy." "All international accords will remain in effect. We expect to maintain good relations with all countries," the General Staff said in a statement. At the same time, the Anadolu news agency said that the army chief of staff, Gen. Hulusi Akar, had been taken hostage by a group of s...

Terror Attack in Turkey: 36 Killed, More Than 100 Injured

TRT English Twitter Suicide-bombings Tuesday at Istanbul's Atatürk airport left 36 people dead and 120 wounded, Turkish public television network TRT said Among the dead are five police officers, TRT's English service reported. Istanbul Gov. Vasip Sahin said earlier that the assault was carried out by three suicide terrorists. The explosions occurred around 9:30 p.m., TRT said. An ...

Dozens Killed in Terrorist Attacks in Turkey and Ivory Coast

Source: Anonymous Turkey Ankara, Mar 13 (EFE). - At least 34 people were killed, while 125 other were wounded - the vast majority of them civilians - on Sunday when a powerful car-bomb explosion ripped through Kizilay Square in central Ankara, Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu said at a press conference. Meanwhile, Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala said at the same press conferen...

Turkey and Russia Discuss Airspace Violations

By Vitaly V. Kuzmin - http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/464, CC BY-SA 3.0, Istanbul, Jan 30 (EFE).- The Turkish government summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the latest violation of its airspace by a Russian fighter jet, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said Saturday. The incident took place Friday at 0946 GMT and involved an Su-34 fighter jet of the Russian air force, according to an offici...

Turkish Soldiers Enter Iraq

Wikimedia Commons Baghdad, Dec 5 (EFE).- Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi demanded Saturday that Turkey withdraw its troops from Iraqi territory, the day after a first contingent of Turkish soldiers advanced toward the city of Mosul in the northern part of the country. Al-Abadi described as "a serious violation of Iraqi sovereignty" the entry of Turkish forces into Nineveh province, who...

Turkey agrees Syria missile defense with NATO members

ANKARA | Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:50am EST ANKARA (Reuters) - NATO member states have agreed to supply Turkey with an advanced Patriot missile system to defend against Syrian attacks and talks on its deployment are in the final stage, Turkey's foreign minister said on Tuesday. Turkey has been talking to NATO allies about how to shore up security on its 900-km ...

Turkey to ask NATO for missiles on Syria border: German daily

BERLIN | Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:14am EST BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkey will formally ask NATO on Monday to set up missiles on its border with Syria due to growing concern about spillover from a 20-month-old civil war in its neighbor, a German newspaper reported on Saturday. The Munich-based Sueddeutsche Zeitung, which did not cite its sources, also said that up ...