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All Hopa arrests freed on bail Twenty-two Turks charged with terrorism offences after being arrested at an anti-government protest have been freed on bail after six months in jail.
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Court accepts match-fixing indictment The courts accepted the indictment on Friday charging 93 soccer officials and players, including the chairman of champions Fenerbahçe, with match-fixing in a case which has sent shockwaves through the league.
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A 'Mavi Marmara' waltz in Vienna While in Vienna, President Gül continued to express his cold stance against Israel, which has yet to apologize for the Mavi Marmara incident by refraining from attending a lunch and family photo session where Barak was also present.
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Sixteen days of action against gender based... ‘Each year, on the days between November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and December 10, International Human Rights Day, we undertake 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. During this time, we commit ourselves to speaking out about violence against women and girls and improving the protection and participation of women worldwide. We need everyone’s involvement - boys and men, faith and community leaders, youth, and people at all levels of society are critical to solving such a widespread pandemic of violence.’
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Erdoğan’s doctor speaks Doctors operating on Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan have removed polyps from his intestines, but found no trace of cancer.
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Running the country from home Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan has cancelled a trip to Qatar this week to spend more time recovering at home from an operation, his office said on Wednesday.
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Last point on Molotov’s An indictment has been issued against a juvenile who injured a police officer last September by throwing a Molotov Cocktail, only to repeat the offense one again, stating “this time I’m going to kill you.” The indictment requests Ş.B. be charged with 20 years for “conspiring to burn someone to death.”
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Conflict erupted on the Syrian-Turkish border Syrian border guards blocked an infiltration attempt from Turkey by about 35 “armed terrorists”, the official Syrian news agency SANA said on Tuesday, as Syria forces battle a growing threat from army defectors and rebel fighters. Meanwhile, according to officials from the Homs State Hospital, the number of bodies brought in over the past 24 hours has surpassed 50 and the majority of those brought in had been tortured.
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Libyans occupy Istanbul Consulate A group of Libyans besieged Libya’s Istanbul Embassy located in Beyoğlu.
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The Aegean rocked! A forceful 5.1 magnitude earthquake rattled the Aegean Sea this morning.
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Erdoğan looked extremely well Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan’s health problem appears to have been "nipped in the bud" by a recent operation and he expects to be back at work soon, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday en route to Athens. The two met to discuss a number of matters including Iraq.
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Our weapons will not make their way to the PKK During a meeting with President Gül, United States Vice President Biden praised Turkey by stating, “There is no other example like you” and offered assurance on the PKK by stating that even if they withdraw from Iraq they will not allow for a void in security. Biden assured that weapons would not make their way to the PKK and that Iraq will be a safer place.
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Number two is in Turkey Speaker of the parliament Cemil Çiçek hosted a breakfast for U.S. Vice President Joe Biden this morning during his trip to Turkey.
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Biden meets with Gül After conducting a series of meetings in Ankara, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has moved on to Istanbul. Biden, who also met with President Abdullah Gül, will be participating in the Global Initiative Summit. At the end of the U.S. Vice President’s meeting with President Abdullah Gül, he stated that the United States will continue intensified collaboration in the struggle against terrorism.
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