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5.3 magnitude earthquake rattles Ardahan An earthquake, measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale, rattled Ardahan's Posof district earlier today at 11:17 am.
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Mediators to settle petty crimes The government is initiating a number of steps to lighten the heavy work load left to the judiciary. Having been on the agenda since 2008, the ‘Mediation Law Draft’, is being taken off the shelf as Turkey’s Grand National Assembly Justice Commission hopes to legally enact the draft in February.
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Erdogan says EU making strategic miscalculation The European Union needs Turkey's economic vigour and regional clout if it wants to retain its power in the new world order, Turkey's prime minister said, warning Turkey-EU ties were "fast approaching a turning point".
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'Their entire lifestyle is under our guarantee' Erdoğan spoke harshly about recent events currently occupying the agenda, spanning from new alcohol regulations to the debate surrounding the release of Hezbollah members, and asserts that they are part of a campaign directed at the AK Party.
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Turkish minister heads to Lebanon Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will head to Lebanon on Tuesday to try to find a resolution to the latest political crisis to rock the country, a Turkish diplomatic source said Monday.
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An unidentified armory uncovered! A significant number of weapons, ammunition and explosives not listed in the Turkish Armed Forces inventory were recovered during a search conducted on October 19th, 2010 of a shed located in a junkyard nearby the Aktütün First Gendarmerie Border Troop Command Headquarters service building, in the southeastern town of Şemdinli.
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Turkey agrees to join Lebanon contact group Turkey has agreed to take part in an international "contact group" proposed by France to help Lebanon overcome its political crisis, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.
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Turkish police detain 32 Islamists in night raids Police detained 32 members of the Turkish Hezbollah movement in night raids in four cities, mainly in southeast Turkey, television news channels reported on Saturday.
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Erdogan asks Merkel to apologise for Cyprus... Turkey had accused Merkel of bias on the issue during her visit to the Greek Cypriot side of the island this week. After meeting Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias, she said Turkey needed to show more willingness in the resolution of the dispute and that the Cypriot government's readiness to compromise had not been reciprocated by the other side.
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Turkey says plans international talks on Lebanon Turkey said on Friday it wanted to convene high-level international talks on the political crisis in Lebanon after the collapse of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's government.
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Warrants for arrests issued for debated releases More than a dozen suspected militants, including some from a radical Islamic group, have disappeared following their conditional release from custody last week, forcing an appeals court to issue new arrest warrants, authorities and reports said Friday.
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Lebanon leader in Turkey for talks Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri was in Ankara on Friday for talks expected to focus on the political turmoil in his country, news reports said.
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Documents recovered from Golcuk base added to... Copies of the Balyoz coup plan and new evidence found in the search conducted last month in the Turkish Naval Forces headquarters have been submitted to the court.
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Turkey frees Kosovo organ-trafficking suspect A Turkish doctor implicated in an organ-trafficking probe in Kosovo has been freed after questioning in Istanbul, but is still likely to face trial, judicial officials said Thursday.
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