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| Oct.11 |
Turkey |
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Turkey recalls U.S. envoy| Turkey warned of repercussions in a growing dispute over congressional efforts to label the World War I era killings of Armenians 'genocide'. Turkey's foreign ministry said the ambassador ... | |
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| Oct.10 |
Turkey |
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Turkey condemns US Armenia vote| Turkey has denounced a vote by a US congressional committee recognising as genocide the 1915-17 killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks | |
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| Jan.19 |
Armenia |
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Armenian anger at Turkish murder The Armenian government has condemned the murder in Istanbul of a prominent journalist Hrant Dink
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Outspoken journalist shot dead Hrant Dink, 53, was a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist who spoke out against the killings of Armenians early last century
| He was given a six-month suspended sentence in October 2005 after writing about the Armenian "genocide" of 1915. Prime Minister Erdogan condemned his killing and said 2 suspects had been arrested
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47 dead as storm batters Europe
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| Oct.12 |
Paris |
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French in Armenia 'genocide' row  French parliament approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenians suffered genocide by Ottoman Turks
| Armenia says Turks killed 1.5m people systematically in 1915. The bill provides for a year in jail and a heavy fine
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| Sep.23 |
Turkey |
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Armenian forum ban splits Turks Turkey's prime minister and the EU have criticised a court ruling ordering the cancellation of the conference
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| May.25 |
Azerbaijan |
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Giant Caspian oil pipeline opens| Oil is set to flow from Azerbaijan direct to the Mediterranean for the first time after a $3.6bn pipeline opened | |
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| Apr.23 |
Istanbul |
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Hotel hostages released Hostages held at Istanbul hotel have been freed unharmed. Pro-Chechen captors surrendered
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| Apr.22 |
Istanbul |
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Gunmen took 100 hostages 20 armed Chechen rebels stormed a luxury hotel in central Istanbul. They allowed women and children to leave
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7.9 Earthquake killed 30,000 people
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