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Turkey’s army is NATO’s second largest Turkey, which has the second largest army in NATO, is seventh when it comes to military spending.
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Syria’s transition period must be completed as... Meeting with King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia to discuss the situation in Syria, both Erdoğan and the King conferred that it was crucial to send a monitoring committee to Syria within the framework of UN Special Envoy Kofi Annan’s plan.
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Çevik Bir jailed pending trial Four generals, including former deputy chief of staff Çevik Bir, which are being tried in connection to the February 28th post-modern coup, were put under pre-trial detention on Monday.
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A postmodern operation Twenty-six arrests were made yesterday throughout Turkey for warrants released on General Çevik Bir and those under his command, considered to be the figures who staged the February 28th Post Modern coup. The prosecutors’ warrants requested that arrests be made in accordance to European Court of Human Rights regulations.
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Military correspondence included in evidence file The warrant for the recent arrests of high-level military members involved in staging the February 28th postmodern coup, listed ‘Obstructing the government and attempting to overthrow the REFAH-YOL government’ as the crimes the suspects are being charged for.
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Education reform increases AK Party vote According to a social, economic and political analysis survey conducted by Genar Research on Turkey from March 24th to April 5th, if elections were held today, the AK Party would have 51.3 percent of the vote.
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‘Turkey may call on NATO to official duty’ Speaking to journalists during the close of his trip to China, Prime Minister Erdoğan’s focus was on the situation in Syria as he shared that the option of NATO intervention is now on the table following the recent border violation.
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Turkey’s democracy holds militarism accountable All four political parties in Turkey’s Grand National Assembly have approved a proposal to form an Assembly Research Committee to investigate Turkey’s past coups and military interventions.
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‘I am extremely pleased with our head of secret... Erdoğan emphasized that he appointed MİT Undersecretary Hakan Fidan to deal with the Kurdish issue and stated, “It was me who sent him to Imrali and Oslo.”
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Visas lifted between Brunei and Turkey Turkey and Brunei signed agreements to lift mutual visa procedures yesterday during a visit by Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah to Ankara. Bolkiah states, “We want to bring the people of both countries closer together.”
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PM Erdoğan: This is my last warning to Syria Qualifying the recent fire by Assad’s troops on Syrian refugees trying to cross into Turkey as a "Clear violation of the border", Prime Minister Erdoğan responded to the question of whether a buffer zone will be established by stating, “We don’t want to consider it and Syria should not force us to.”
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"Final deadline: April 12th, 06:00" Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay expressed that Turkey is prepared to continue providing all forms of support to Syrian refugees. Atalay was speaking at a press conference held with visiting U.N. and Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan at the Hatay Airport.
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Turkey issues final warning to Assad With fire ringing on the border with Syria, Ankara is now on full alarm and has told Syria’s Charge d'Affaires to “stop firing immediately”. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry states, “We will take measures if the situation repeats itself” while Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Naci Koru warned Assad by stating, "April 10th was the statute of limitations, as of tomorrow a new era begins.”
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Erdoğan releases message for Easter Prime Minister Erdoğan released a celebratory message yesterday in honor of Easter, a religious holiday which holds much significance for Christians.
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