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Police killed in ambush receives a sorrowful... An official ceremony was held today to honor Recep Şahin, the police officer killed in an ambush yesterday on a police convoy accompanying Prime Minister Erdoğan’s campaign bus.
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A telephone call that wakes the state’s leaders When danger began to escalate in Libya, the night before last Davutoğlu paid a telephone call to Erdoğan. Later, at 1:00 am, Davutoğlu called Gül and received permission to shut down Turkey’s embassy in Trablus.
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Poll shows Turkey's Erdogan to get third term The AK Party of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is on course to win a third consecutive term when Turkey votes in a parliamentary election on June 12, according to an opinion poll published on Saturday.
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Turkish troops kill 7 terrorists in clash Turkish security forces killed seven Kurdish terrorists in an army operation in eastern Turkey.
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A second Istanbul strait The Prime Minister has finally revealed details of the long awaited ‘crazy project’ planned for the city. A 50-kilometer long canal will connect the Black Sea to the Marmara, transforming the European side of the city into an island. The canal is intended to lighten sea traffic along the Bosphorus, as well as to bring in at least five billion dollars in revenue every year.
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Erdoğan advises reform in Syria and sends envoy Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan voiced concern on Tuesday over Syria's violent crackdown on demonstrators and said he was sending an envoy to meet President Bashar al-Assad and encourage him to move toward democracy.
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CIA Director pays ‘very secret’ visit During meetings held in Ankara with Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Panetta, Syria was assessed to be at a ‘critical threshold.’
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High Election Board lifts ban on some Kurdish... Turkey's electoral board on Thursday reversed a ban on seven of 12 independent candidates in June's parliamentary election which had sparked violent protest in the mainly Kurdish southeast.
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One dead in protests over election ban One protester was shot dead during a second day of clashes between police and demonstrators in southeast Turkey after a dozen Kurdish politicians were barred from contesting a national election.
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Turkish Taliban pop up in jihad video A video depicts Turks that have gone to Afghanistan to fight organizing a mortar attack on an international forces’ station, referred to on the video as ‘occupant forces’.
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Turkey tells Israel: Gaza flotilla not up to us Turkey said on Thursday it had received a request from Israel to help stop activists sailing to Gaza on the first anniversary of an Israeli raid on a Turkish ship, but it said the flotilla plan was not Ankara's concern.
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He killed with mines and died from mines A terrorist, who died when a mine exploded as he was setting up a series of mines in Mardin, has been identified. Of Syrian heritage, Besir Muhammed was the one responsible for killing three specialist sergeants a year ago with mines set up in the same area.
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Ricciardone tries out his Turkish For an ambassador, mastery of the language of his hosts is supposed to help oil the wheels of diplomacy. For the U.S. envoy in Turkey this week it didn't quite work that way.
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Rate of change for Turkey’s political parties Out of 333 deputies in the AK Party, 167 names have not made the list, while out of 101 deputies in CHP, 75 were also left out.
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