Ankara

• Turkey says it has retaliated after Syrian shelling kills 5 soldiers

  Fighting between the two sides has led to the collapse of a fragile cease-fire brokered by Turkey and Russia in 2018.

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  Feb 10, 2020
  
• Eastern Libyan forces seize ship with Turkish crew over contentious border deal

  The development comes as Turkey recently increased its backing for Libya's U.N.-supported government, based in the capital of Tripoli.

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  Dec 22, 2019
  
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• Turkey vows to send ISIS members back to their countries of origin

  Suleyman Soylu said in Ankara that members of the extremist group held by Turkey would be returned regardless of countries revoking their citizenship.

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  Nov 4, 2019
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• Turkey’s Erdogan suffers setback after his party loses Ankara in local elections

  Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan also appeared to concede defeat in the country's largest city, Istanbul.

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  Mar 31, 2019
• High-speed train crashes into pedestrian overpass, killing 9 in Turkey

  A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 47 others, officials said.

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  Dec 13, 2018
• American pastor faces 35 years in Turkish prison on terrorism, spying charges

  An American pastor imprisoned in Turkey is going on trial for alleged terror ties and spying in a case that has increased tensions between Washington and Ankara.

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  Apr 15, 2018
• Camera drone falls, injures several people during Turkish President Erdogan’s speech: reports

  Erdogan interrupted his speech for a few minutes while paramedics tended to the wounded.

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  Jul 15, 2017
• Russia doubts killer of ambassador acted alone

  "We shouldn't rush with any theories before the investigators establish who were behind the assassination of our ambassador," said spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

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  Dec 21, 2016
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• Photojournalist recalls capturing dramatic images of assassination of Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov

  Ozbilici described Monday’s “coolly calculated assassination” of Karlov at an art gallery in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

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  Dec 20, 2016
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• Turkish police detain 6 after Russian ambassador killed

  Turkish police detained six people over the killing of the Russian ambassador, state media said on Tuesday.

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  Dec 20, 2016