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| Jan.9 |
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Turkey agrees death penalty ban
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| Feb.8 |
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Boy found alive in rubble
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| Feb.26 |
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Gaziantepspor upset Roma
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| Mar.9 |
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2 killed in suicide attack Several people hurt in an attack on a building housing a Masonic lodge
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| Apr.1 |
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Europe sweep on Turkey extremists
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| Apr.30 |
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Orthodox church split with Greece
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| May.3 |
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NATO summit attack prevented| Police have arrested 16 members of the radical Islamic group Ansar al-Islam on suspicion of planning to bomb | |
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| May.30 |
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Istanbul bomb suspects on trial The trial is to open of those accused of organising 4 suicide bombings that killed more than 60 people
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| Jun.9 |
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Court ordered release of Kurdish activists A court has ordered the release of four prominent activists, including ex-MP Leyla Zana, pending an appeal
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| Jun.24 |
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Bus explosion kills 3| A bomb exploded on a bus as it approached Istanbul University Hospital | |
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| Jun.26 |
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3 Turks 'face beheading'| Suspected supporters of an al-Qaeda leader said Turkish firms must withdraw from Iraq within 72 hours or the men will die | |
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NATO agrees to train Iraqi troop Nato ambassadors meeting in Istanbul have reached a draft agreement to provide training for Iraq's armed forces
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| Jun.27 |
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Bush praise for key ally Turkey President has praised Muslim nation that embraced democracy during talks in Ankara
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| Jun.28 |
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Chirac chides Bush over Turkey French President has taken U.S. President to task over his call for Turkey's admission to the European Union
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| Jun.29 |
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Bush rebuff to Chirac over Turkey U.S. President has repeated a call for the European Union to admit Turkey, despite criticism by France's President
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| Jul.2 |
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Bomb attack kills 5 23 others were injured in a suspected attack against the convoy of the governor of eastern Van province
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| Jul.22 |
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36 dead in train wreck A high-speed train traveling from Istanbul to Ankara derailed in northwestern Turkey. At least 43 people were injured
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| Aug.9 |
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Deadly blasts hit hotels| Explosions have hit 2 Istanbul hotels, killing one person. At least 6 other people have been injured | | |
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| Aug.10 |
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Rival groups claim blasts An Islamic group with links to al Qaeda and Kurdish group have claimed to have mounted the explosions in Istanbul
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| Aug.11 |
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4 dead as trains collide 2 passenger trains collided southeast of the capital of Ankara
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| Sep.8 |
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17 killed in mine fire A fire swept through a copper mine in the north-central part of the country and trapped the workers
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| Sep.13 |
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Turkey warns US on northern Iraq Turkey says it will end cooperation with the US if the Americans continue with their offensive in the town of Talafar
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| Sep.19 |
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Turkey confirms 10 kidnappings The Turkish Embassy in Baghdad said Sunday that 10 employees of a U.S.-Turkish company were kidnapped
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Pop concert blast hurts 14 A bomb had been planted inside a police car and exploded outside an open-air concert venue
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| Oct.6 |
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EU paves way for Turkey to join The European Commission has recommended opening talks on the admission - but Ankara must meet stiff conditions
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| Dec.17 |
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'Deal struck' in Turkey-EU talks| A compromise formula had been agreed in which Turkey to recognise Cyprus by next October | | |
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| Dec.20 |
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Muslim denies plane crash plot Metin Kaplan has denied allegations at his trial that he masterminded a plot to crash an airplane into the mausoleum
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| Dec.25 |
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Turkey ship owner held hostage Video footage aired on Turkish TV showed Kahraman Sadikoglu saying he and another man were being held hostage
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