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Turkey Braces For Day Three Of Protests Over Istanbul Mayor's Arrest

Turkey braced for a third day of protests on Friday, as anger spread across the country over the arrest of Istanbul's popular Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in a graft and terror probe.

International Business Times

Syria in crossfire as Turkish-Israeli rivalry heats up over Assad’s successors

The overthrow of Bachar al-Assad's regime in Syria and its replacement by new rulers with close ties to Turkey are ringing alarm bells in Israel. RFI's correspondent reports on how Ankara and Jerusalem’s deepening rivalry could impact Syria's future.

Radio France Internationale

Turkey says it will closely monitor a Syrian government deal with a Kurdish armed group

Turkey’s foreign minister says Ankara is closely monitoring an agreement between the Syrian government and a U

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Turkish Cypriot group fears that local leader is Ankara's man who wants to partition Cyprus

An activist group says that the Turkish Cypriot leader in the breakaway north of the ethnically divided island of Cyprus is toeing Ankara’s line and doesn’t really speak for the local community there

The Independent UK

Turkey Insists Foreign Fighters Be Expelled From Syria: Source

Turkey's top diplomat travelled to Damascus on Thursday as Ankara said foreign fighters must be expelled from Syria, after an agreement spearheaded by the war-torn country's new authorities to disband armed groups.

International Business Times

Faced With Russia, EU's Defence Must Include Turkey

Turkey, with NATO's second-largest army and a Black Sea coastline, is looking to play a key role in Europe's security after Washington's pivot away from the region.

International Business Times

PKK declares ceasefire in 40-year conflict with Turkiye

Kurdish group calls on Ankara to release jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan, held in near total isolation since 1999.

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Ukrainian President Zelensky Meets With Turkish President Erdogan

Ukrainian President Zelensky and Turkish President Erdogan meet in Ankara to strengthen ties amidst ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

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Syria’s al-Sharaa, Turkiye’s Erdogan talk Kurdish fighters, defence pacts

Turkiye meeting is second foreign trip by President Ahmed al-Sharaa as he seeks to bolster support for Syria.

Al Jazeera

Syria Leader Heads To Turkey To Discuss Rebuilding, Kurds

Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Ankara on Tuesday for talks with Turkey's leaders on rebuilding his land and the volatile issue of Kurdish fighters near the countries' border.

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The Guardian - UK

Can Erdoğan forge a new bromance with Trump? His future may depend on it

If the Turkish strongman clashes with Israel over Syria he will be blamed for wrecking Trump’s plans to pacify and disengage from the region

The Independent UK

The unanswered questions of Turkey’s hotel fire as grief-stricken families plan funerals for 79 dead

President Tayyip Erdogan declared Wednesday a day of national mourning following the tragedy at Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalya

Al Jazeera

Turkiye threatens military action against Kurdish forces in Syria

Foreign Minister Fidan threatens military action against PKK-linked YPG group if they fail to meet Ankara’s demands.

International Business Times

Turkey Threatens Military Operation Against Syrian Kurdish Fighters

Turkey threatened Tuesday to launch a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they accepted Ankara's conditions for a "bloodless" transition after the fall of strongman president Bashar al-Assad.

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Analysis: Turkiye’s road ahead in a post-Assad Syria

Challenges and opportunities await Ankara as its neighbour reimagines itself after decades of dictatorship.

The Guardian - UK

Strasbourg, Ankara, Madrid: none felt like home, but in books I discovered my people

As a child I moved from France to Turkey to Spain – then I finally found roots and belonging in stories, writes novelist Elif Shafak

International Business Times

Ocalan: PKK Chief Held In Solitary On Turkish Prison Island

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of Kurdish militant group the PKK is hailed by many Kurds as an icon, but within wider Turkish society many see him as a terrorist who deserves to die.

Al Jazeera

Erdogan says YPG ‘will be buried’ in Syria if it doesn’t lay down arms

Ankara has repeatedly insisted that the Kurdish YPG militia must disband and called on the US to stop supporting it.

The Independent UK

Kurdish-led forces push back Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in a tense offensive

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces says they have launched a counter-offensive against the Ankara-backed Syrian National Army to take back areas near Syria’s northern border with Turkey

The Guardian - UK

Iran scrambles to build ties with Syrian leaders as regional influence wanes

Loss of authority in Syria after fall of Bashar al-Assad adds to domestic and international crises facing Iranian leaders

The Independent UK

Turkey and Russia engage in delicate maneuvers over Syria after Assad’s downfall

The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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