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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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US guided missile destroyer on its way to the Black Sea
20 January 2019
A statement by the US Sixth Fleet, based in Naples, said the U.S. Navy routinely operates in the Black Sea consistent with the Montreux Convention and international law.
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SOCAR takes ownership of one of Turkey's largest container terminals
9 January 2019
The terminal is the latest investment of SOCAR in Turkey where it also owns a petrochemical complex and an oil refinery among other assets.
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US Navy ship sails through Bosphorus on the way to Black Sea
7 January 2019
The USS Fort McHenry, with embarked elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, began its north-bound transit of the Dardanelles Strait, en route to the Black Sea, on January 6, 2019.
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SOCAR's Star Refinery in Izmir to become important money-earner for Azerbaijan
4 January 2019
The Star oil refinery is one of the largest foreign investments ever to be made in Turkey, and it is also becoming a symbol of friendship and co-operation between the two countries. Azerbaijan however also sees the investment as a sound business venture
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UN General Assembly slams Russia's moves in Crimea
19 December 2018
The UN General Assembly in a resolution on Monday (17 December) condemned the increasing Russian military presence in parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
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Military chiefs of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia hold trilateral meeting in Baku
21 November 2018
A statement posted on the website of the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry said that "during the meeting the military-political situation in the region and problems of regional security were comprehensively discussed"
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Putin and Erdogan attend ceremony to mark completion of offshore section of TurkStream
20 November 2018
Putin hails TurkStream and the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant as symbols of the development of relations between Turkey and Russia, and said his country wants to reach a $100 billion bilateral trade volume with Turkey.
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Leaders gather in Paris to mark 100th anniversary since the end of the first world war
11 November 2018
The first world war lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. 70 million military personnel took part in the fighting, making it one of the largest wars in history. An estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a direct result of the war.
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Ukraine signs agreement with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
4 November 2018
The Government of Ukraine and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople have signed an agreement on co-operation and collaboration. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I signed the agreement in Istanbul on Saturday during the official visit of president Poroshenko to Turkey.