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Ankara issues new arrest warrants for FETO suspects

Ankara issues new arrest warrants for FETO suspects

Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office issued arrest warrants for 103 on-duty soldiers including colonels, lieutenant colonels and commanders as part of a probe into Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO). After it at least 74 …

Kurdish racketeers detained in Ankara - media

Kurdish racketeers detained in Ankara - media

At least 21 suspects were detained for extortion to help finance the PKK/KCK terrorist group after a huge dawn sweep across Ankara, security sources said. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking …

First flight departs from 'Istanbul' airport to Ankara

First flight departs from 'Istanbul' airport to Ankara

The first flight from Turkey's  newly inaugurated airport 'Istanbul' has taken off bound for Ankara at 11:32 local time, NTV reported. The Turkish Airlines flight TK2124 with 340 people on board left the new airport, …

Erdogan receives Pompeo at Ankara airport

Erdogan receives Pompeo at Ankara airport

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Ankara today, according to the presidential press service. Erdogan received Pompeo at Esenboğa International Airport …

Tractor rams through cars near Turkey's Parliament

Tractor rams through cars near Turkey's Parliament

A tractor has rammed through the cars next to the building of Turkish parliament in Ankara, the Turkish media reported. Despite all attempts by the police to stop the tractor, the driver of the tractor refused to obey to the order, …

Turkish and Iranian Foreign Ministers meet in Ankara

Turkish and Iranian Foreign Ministers meet in Ankara

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Ankara, Turkish media reports. The diplomats discussed the Syrian issue, bilateral relations, as well …

Shots fired at U.S. embassy in Ankara

Shots fired at U.S. embassy in Ankara

Several gunshots were fired from a vehicle at the U.S. embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, this morning, hitting a window in a security cabin but causing no casualties. A police officer said that the drive-by shooting occurred …

Russia's Foreign Minister to visit Ankara

Russia's Foreign Minister to visit Ankara

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Ankara on August 13-14 and discuss the situation in Syria with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Russian Foreign Ministry's …

 Road accident in Ankara: one dead, 4 injured

Road accident in Ankara: one dead, 4 injured

One person was killed and 4 people were injured in a traffic accident in Turkey's Ankara. The minibus, whose license plate has not yet been determined, collided with a car in the rear of Turgut Ozala Avenue. As a …

Foreigners preparing terrorist attack detained in Ankara

Foreigners preparing terrorist attack detained in Ankara

A terrorist attack ahead of this weekend's elections was prevented in Turkey, a security source said. According to the source, Turkish police detained 14 suspected ISIS terrorists who were preparing an attack in Ankara …

Anti-terrorist operation in Ankara: more than 100 detained

Anti-terrorist operation in Ankara: more than 100 detained

Ankara police are conducting a large-scale anti-terrorist operation, raids are being carried out at 64 city addresses. More than 100 people, whose names are not disclosed, have been detained as part of the operation, Turkish media …

1 dead, 4 injured in Turkish explosives factory blast

1 dead, 4 injured in Turkish explosives factory blast

A blast at a state-owned explosives factory in Turkey killed one worker and injured four others, The Washington Post reported citing state-run news agency. The blast occurred at a Mechanical and Chemical Industry Cooperation plant in …

Turkey expels Israeli envoys

Turkey expels Israeli envoys

Israeli ambassador to Ankara left Turkey amid growing tensions over the aggravating situation in Gaza.  In addition, Turkey's Foreign Ministry told Israel's consul general in Istanbul Yosef Levi Sfari to …

Immortal Regiment march in Ankara

Immortal Regiment march in Ankara

The ‘Immortal Regiment’ march was held today in Ankara. The event was attended by several dozen citizens of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries. According to the chairman of the Association of Russian Culture …

Erdogan hosts dinner for Ilham Aliyev

Erdogan hosts dinner for Ilham Aliyev

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted a dinner honoring his visiting Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev at the presidential complex in Ankara yesterday evening, Turkish presidential sources said. …