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Israeli settlers attack army base in West Bank
30 June 2025
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Türkiye and the Levant
Stories under this heading cover Türkiye as well as the Levant – a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia, consisting of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine.
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Ten people were killed when Israel attacked an aid centre in Gaza
30 June 2025
According to the news channel Al Jazeera and the Palestinian news agency Wafa, at least ten Palestinians who were desperately seeking aid from a controversial and heavily criticised United States–backed organisation have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza over the last 48 hours, according to the besieged enclave’s Government Media Office.
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Erdogan in South Africa for BRICS summit, meeting with Putin
26 July 2018
Turkey has aspirations to become one of the world's ten largest economies, and the country has been pursuing an assertive foreign policy, challenging the domination of the UN by the five permanent members of the security council, and expanding its diplomatic footprint in Africa.
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Erdogan and Putin to meet on the margins of BRICS summit in South Africa
24 July 2018
Turkey under President Erdogan aspires to be one of the top ten economies in the world, and this first high level participation of Turkey at a BRICS summit is unlikely to be the last.
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Thousands swim from Asia to Europe in traditional Istanbul race
24 July 2018
Around 2400 people participated in the Samsung Bosphorus Cross Continental swim which is organised annually by the Turkish Olympic Committee.
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3 billion barrels of oil pass through BTC pipeline
17 July 2018
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline has been a game-changer for the South Caucasus and its role in Europe's energy security strategy
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Erdogan visits Azerbaijan
10 July 2018
After an official welcoming ceremony Erdogan had a tete-a-tete meeting with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev.
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The new Turkey
10 July 2018
Recip Tayip Erdogan was sworn in as president of Turkey for a second term on Monday (9 July). In an inauguration speech Erdogan promised a new era marked by reforms and renovation.
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Opinion: After elections, Turkey's policy in the South Caucasus will remain the same, only more assertive
30 June 2018
Turkey's strategic alliance with Azerbaijan, trilateral co-operation including Georgia, and efforts to transform itself into a regional energy hub, will continue to be the main features of the Erdogan government policy in the South Caucasus, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed
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Azerbaijan Deputy Foreign Minister on rare visit to Yerevan
27 June 2018
Mahmud Mamed Guliev is heading Azerbaijan's delegation at the Ministerial Meeting of BSEC currently taking place in the Armenian capital
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Monday Commentary: Erdogan's splendid victory
26 June 2018
Recip Tayip Erdogan has plenty of political shrewdness, but time will tell if now that he has unquestioned power, he can translate this into statesmanship and wisdom, says Dennis Sammut in this commentary