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Turkey parliament approves Finland's NATO bid
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Turkey parliament approves Finland's NATO bid

President Tayyip Erdogan said last week during a visit by his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto to Turkey that parliament would ratify Helsinki's accession to NATO

Turkey's fractured opposition unites against President Erdogan in upcoming polls
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Turkey's fractured opposition unites against President Erdogan in upcoming polls

A last-ditch deal aimed at averting a split of the opposition vote will see CHP chief Kemal Kilicdaroglu name the popular mayors of Istanbul and Ankara as vice presidents should he end Erdogan's two-decade rule

WATCH: Turkish football fans chant anti-govt slogans, shower pitch with soft toys in memory of children killed in quake
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WATCH: Turkish football fans chant anti-govt slogans, shower pitch with soft toys in memory of children killed in quake

"Twenty years of lies and cheating, resign," the fans chanted. Chants of this kind became rarer after Erdogan cracked down on the Opposition in the wake of the failed coup against him in 2016

Erdogan admits 'shortcomings' as Turkey & Syria earthquake death toll hits 11,700
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Erdogan admits 'shortcomings' as Turkey & Syria earthquake death toll hits 11,700

As criticism mounted online, Erdogan visited one of the hardest-hit spots, quake epicentre Kahramanmaras, and acknowledged problems in the response

Erdogan visits earthquake-hit south as anger grows over rescue effort
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Erdogan visits earthquake-hit south as anger grows over rescue effort

Any perception that the government is failing to address the disaster properly could hurt Erdogan's prospects in the vote, but analysts say that on the other hand, he could rally national support around the crisis response and strengthen his position

Finland hopes to join NATO with Sweden despite Erdogan remarks: Finnish FM
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Finland hopes to join NATO with Sweden despite Erdogan remarks: Finnish FM

Ankara has also reacted with fury to a decision by the Swedish police to allow a protest at which a far-right extremist burned a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm earlier this month

Erdogan warns Sweden on NATO after Quran burning
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Erdogan warns Sweden on NATO after Quran burning

Swedish leaders roundly condemned far-right politician Rasmus Paludan's actions but defended their country's broad definition of free speech

Hanging of Erdogan effigy in Stockholm not a crime: Swedish prosecutors
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Hanging of Erdogan effigy in Stockholm not a crime: Swedish prosecutors

Turkey summoned Sweden's ambassador in Ankara last week after the Kurdish Rojava Committee of Sweden compared Erdogan to Italy's late dictator Benito Mussolini

Turkey summons Swedish envoy over 'heinous' protest action
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Turkey summons Swedish envoy over 'heinous' protest action

Turkish officials describe the mannequin depicting Erdogan hung outside the city hall in Stockholm as 'terrorist propaganda' by supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party and other Kurdish militant groups

Turkey suspends second largest opposition party over terror ties
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Turkey suspends second largest opposition party over terror ties

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses the party of being the political wing of banned Kurdish militants who have been waging a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state

Erdogan asks Putin to declare 'unilateral' Ukraine ceasefire
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Erdogan asks Putin to declare 'unilateral' Ukraine ceasefire

Erdogan was due to follow the talks with a separate conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later Thursday

Charlie Hebdo’s history of provocation: From Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to Prophet Muhammad
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Charlie Hebdo’s history of provocation: From Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to Prophet Muhammad

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has earned notoriety for its ‘offensive’ cartoons. Now caricatures of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have angered the Islamic republic. A look at past controversies

Pakistan to Argentina: 5 key elections across the world to watch out for in 2023
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Pakistan to Argentina: 5 key elections across the world to watch out for in 2023

Democracy is on the ballot in Nigeria, Turkey, Zimbabwe, Argentina and Pakistan this year. Common themes such as the handling of inflation and corruption may determine how incumbent governments and presidents fare at the ballot box

Erdogan starts speaking tough on Greece as elections approach
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Erdogan starts speaking tough on Greece as elections approach

Greece and Turkey have come close to war three times in the past half-century. The most recent was in January 1996, when a last-minute US intervention averted an armed conflict over an obscure pair of uninhabited islets named Imia in Greek and Kardak in Turkish

Turkey: Erdogan uses weaponised judiciary to block Imamoglu, his strongest rival for presidency
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Turkey: Erdogan uses weaponised judiciary to block Imamoglu, his strongest rival for presidency

Ekrem Imamoglu is a Turkish businessman, building contractor, and centre-left politician serving as the 32nd Mayor of Istanbul

Turkey: Istanbul mayor barred from politics over 'insult'
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Turkey: Istanbul mayor barred from politics over 'insult'

People sentenced to less than four years are rarely put behind bars in Turkey. But his conviction for "insulting a public official" disqualifies the 52-year-old mayor -- one of the brightest stars of Turkey's main secular party -- from politics for the duration of the sentence

Turkish President Erdogan, Russian leader Putin discuss Syrian corridor over phone call
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Turkish President Erdogan, Russian leader Putin discuss Syrian corridor over phone call

The call came three weeks after Turkey launched air and artillery strikes in Syria and Iraq in response to a bomb attack in Istanbul on November

Erdogan vows to launch ground operation into Syria 'soon' as Russia calls for restraint
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Erdogan vows to launch ground operation into Syria 'soon' as Russia calls for restraint

Turkey launched a series of air strikes in Operation Claw-Sword on Sunday -- hitting dozens of Kurdish targets across Iraq and Syria -- and announcing that its military was once again "on the top of the terrorists"

Turkey 'rejects' US condolences over Istanbul attack, here's why
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Turkey 'rejects' US condolences over Istanbul attack, here's why

Turkish police said the chief suspect is a Syrian woman working for Kurdish militants. At least six people were killed in the blast on Sunday

Istanbul blast: Turkey accuses Kurdish group of attack that claimed six lives
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Istanbul blast: Turkey accuses Kurdish group of attack that claimed six lives

The PKK, blacklisted as a terrorist group by Ankara and its Western allies, has kept up a deadly insurgency for Kurdish self-rule in southeastern Turkey since the 1980s