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Protest flares up as Turkey quits treaty protecting women

Thousands of women protesters gathered on the Istiklal Avenue, chanting slogans against country’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention…reports Asian Lite News Thousands of people took to the street on Thursday to denounce

July 3, 2021

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‘Turkey not sending troops to secure Kabul airport’

Turkey has been operating Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport for six years, with some 500 troops in the NATO’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan….reports Asian Lite News Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar

June 25, 2021

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Erdogan reaches out to Biden over Kabul airport

One area where Erdogan hoped to showcase a central Turkish role in NATO is Afghanistan, where Ankara has offered to guard and operate Kabul airport after US and NATO forces withdraw in

June 18, 2021

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Biden, Erdogan hold ‘fruitful’ talks

During their first in-person meeting, Biden and Erdogan discussed a number of issues, including the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and the vaccine situation…reports Asian Lite News US President Joe Biden

June 15, 2021

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Taliban oppose Ankara’s proposal to guard Kabul airport

Turkey was interested in taking control of Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai International Airport if NATO allies permit…reports Asian Lite News Taliban on Friday opposed Turkey’s proposal to guard Kabul airport and said that

June 13, 2021

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Turkey interested in taking control of Kabul airport

This comes as the withdrawal of the foreign forces which is scheduled to be completed by September 11 have increased concerns among the international community…reports Asian Lite News As the United States

June 10, 2021

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Erdogan warns US ahead of NATO summit

This was two weeks before his first meeting with President Joe Biden on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Brussels on June 14….reports Asian Lite News Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

June 2, 2021

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Erdogan slams Biden over arms sales to Israel

Biden was “writing history with bloody hands in this incident where Gaza was attacked disproportionately,” sadi Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…reports Asian Lite News Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday condemned

May 18, 2021

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Lockdown in Turkey to Curb Covid surge

The lockdown will last from April 29 to May 17, with an aim to lower the daily cases below 5,000,said Erdogan…reports Asian Lite News Turkey announced on Monday that it will impose

April 27, 2021

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Biden recognises atrocities against Armenians as ‘genocide’

Biden is the first US president to use the term “genocide” in describing the mass killing against the Armenian people…reports Asian Lite News President Joe Biden recognised the mass killing against Armenians

April 25, 2021

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