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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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Opinion: The strange and uneasy partnership between Turkey and Russia
17 January 2020
The strategic partnership between Turkey and Russia appears to be enduring despite deeply rooted contradictions. Benyamin Poghosyan discusses why this is the case in this op-ed for commonspace.eu
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Monday Commentary: It's time to talk!
13 January 2020
Recent events in the Middle East are the latest flare-up in an arc of crisis around Europe. The EU needs to push ahead with a structured dialogue to explore solutions, argues Dennis Sammut in this week's Monday Commentary.
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Putin and Erdogan inaugurate "TurkStream"
9 January 2020
TurkStream is considered a very visible embodiement of the new startegic partnership between Russia and Turkey which has been an important factor in the geo strategic situation in Europe and Eurasia since 2016.
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Istanbul Mayor exchanges Christmas greetings with the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
8 January 2020
After, the Mayor of Istanbul went to the Armenian Church in the district of Yesilkoy, and met there with members of the local Armenian community.
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The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople has a new head
12 December 2019
Sahak Masalyan was elected the 85th Patriarch in an election involving Armenian Gregorian churches throughout Turkey
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TANAP is more than just an energy project
2 December 2019
The completion of the Trans Anatolian Pipeline is an important step in providing energy security to the countries in the south of Europe. President Erdogan of Turkey has described it as a peace project
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Opinion: Armenians wonder if Georgia is a model to follow, or one to avoid
25 November 2019
Events in neighbouring Georgia are being closely watched in Yerevan writes Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed
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US House of Representatives says killing of Armenians in the last years of the Ottoman Empire was genocide
30 October 2019
The resolution has been warmly welcomed by the large and influential Armenian community in the United States, but dismissed by Turkey as null and void
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TURKEY MARKS REPUBLIC'S 96TH ANNIVERSARY
29 October 2019
On 23 October 1923, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk officially declared the name of nation and the country's status as a republic