Turkey's Erdogan faces mounting criticism over wildfires
BOZALAN, Turkey (AP) — As Turkish fire crews pressed ahead Tuesday with their weeklong battle against blazes tearing through forests and villages on the country's southern coast, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government faced increased criticism over its apparent poor response and inadequate preparedness for large-scale wildfires.
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Turkey's Erdogan faces mounting criticism over wildfires
BOZALAN, Turkey (AP) — As Turkish fire crews pressed ahead Tuesday with their weeklong battle against blazes tearing through forests and villages on the country's southern coast, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government faced increased criticism over its apparent poor response and inadequate preparedness for large-scale wildfires.
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Turkey's Erdogan faces mounting criticism over wildfires
BOZALAN, Turkey (AP) — As Turkish fire crews pressed ahead Tuesday with their weeklong battle against blazes tearing through forests and villages on the country's southern coast, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government faced increased criticism over its apparent poor response and inadequate preparedness for large-scale wildfires.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Erdogan and Biden meet at a tense moment for Turkish-US ties
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Joe Biden and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have known each other for years, but their meeting Monday will be their first as heads of state. And it comes at a particularly tense moment for relations between their two countries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Erdogan and Biden meet at a tense moment for Turkish-US ties
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Joe Biden and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have known each other for years, but their meeting Monday will be their first as heads of state. And it comes at a particularly tense moment for relations between their two countries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Erdogan and Biden meet at a tense moment for Turkish-US ties
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Joe Biden and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have known each other for years, but their meeting Monday will be their first as heads of state. And it comes at a particularly tense moment for relations between their two countries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Erdogan and Biden meet at a tense moment for Turkish-US ties
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Joe Biden and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have known each other for years, but their meeting Monday will be their first as heads of state. And it comes at a particularly tense moment for relations between their two countries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Call me? US-Turkey reset faces long list of hurdles
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has toned down his anti-Western and anti-US rhetoric in an apparent effort to reset the rocky relationship with his NATO allies, but so far he's been met by silence from U.S. President Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Call me? US-Turkey reset faces long list of hurdles
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has toned down his anti-Western and anti-US rhetoric in an apparent effort to reset the rocky relationship with his NATO allies, but so far he's been met by silence from U.S. President Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Call me? US-Turkey reset faces long list of hurdles
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has toned down his anti-Western and anti-US rhetoric in an apparent effort to reset the rocky relationship with his NATO allies, but so far he's been met by silence from U.S. President Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Turkey urges 'review' of US sanction decision over S-400s
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A top Turkish official is calling on the new U.S. administration to engage in a dialogue with Turkey and to review a decision to sanction the country over its purchase of an advanced Russian air defense system.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Turkey approves China-based Sinovac vaccine's emergency use
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities gave the go-ahead for the emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd. on Wednesday, paving the way for the rollout for Turkey’s vaccination program starting with health care workers and other high-risk groups.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Turkey approves China-based Sinovac vaccine's emergency use
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities gave the go-ahead for the emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd. on Wednesday, paving the way for the rollout for Turkey’s vaccination program starting with health care workers and other high-risk groups.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Turkey says its ready to repair frayed ties with Europe
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday his country is ready to put its frayed relationship with the European Union “back on track" and called on the 27-nation bloc to display the same determination.
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Turkey says its ready to repair frayed ties with Europe
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday his country is ready to put its frayed relationship with the European Union “back on track" and called on the 27-nation bloc to display the same determination.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Turkey, Greece to resume talks on disputes on Jan 25
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Greece will resume talks aimed at reducing tensions between the neighbors on Jan. 25, Turkish and Greek officials announced Monday, following this summer’s dispute over maritime borders and energy rights in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Turkey, Greece to resume talks on disputes on Jan 25
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Greece will resume talks aimed at reducing tensions between the neighbors on Jan. 25, Turkish and Greek officials announced Monday, following this summer’s dispute over maritime borders and energy rights in the eastern Mediterranean.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Turkey invites rival Greece to resume talks on disputes
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Monday invited Greece to resume talks designed to reduce tensions between the neighbors, following this summer's dispute over maritime borders and energy rights in the eastern Mediterranean.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Turkish philanthropist on trial for alleged failed coup ties
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish philanthropist businessman and human rights defender denied accusations of espionage and attempting to overthrow the government in connection with a failed coup four years ago, telling a court on Friday that he opposes all efforts to take over power by force.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Turkish philanthropist stands trial for alleged ties to coup
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish philanthropist businessman and human rights defender is again standing trial in Turkey on Friday, accused of espionage and attempting to overthrow the government in connection to a failed coup four years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Court keeps travel ban for pilots charged over Ghosn escape
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court hearing the case against four pilots, two flight attendants and a private airline official accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan to Lebanon via Istanbul, on Thursday rejected a request for the pilots’ travel bans to be lifted, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Erdogan: US aims to stymie growing Turkish defense industry
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday portrayed U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defense system as an attempt to obstruct his country’s rising defense industry.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Faced with US, EU sanctions, Erdogan calls for dialogue
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Faced with the prospect of sanctions from both the United States and the European Union, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that economic penalties would be detrimental to all sides and that Turkey's disputes with its allies can be resolved through dialogue and cooperation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Faced with US, EU sanctions, Erdogan calls for dialogue
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Faced with the prospect of sanctions from both the United States and the European Union, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that economic penalties would be detrimental to all sides and that Turkey's disputes with its allies can be resolved through dialogue and cooperation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Faced with US, EU sanctions, Erdogan calls for dialogue
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Faced with the prospect of sanctions from both the United States and the European Union, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that economic penalties would be detrimental to all sides and that Turkey's disputes with its allies can be resolved through dialogue and cooperation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Turkey's Erdogan brushes off EU sanctions threat
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan brushed off possible European Union sanctions against Turkey on Wednesday, saying they would not affect his country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Turkey's new virus figures confirm experts' worst fears
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — When Turkey changed the way it reports daily COVID-19 infections, it confirmed what medical groups and opposition parties have long suspected — that the country is faced with an alarming surge of cases that is fast exhausting the Turkish health system.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Turkey's new virus figures confirm experts' worst fears
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — When Turkey changed the way it reports daily COVID-19 infections, it confirmed what medical groups and opposition parties have long suspected — that the country is faced with an alarming surge of cases that is fast exhausting the Turkish health system.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pilots, civilians given life terms over Turkey's 2016 coup
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court sentenced hundreds of military and civilian personnel at an air base to life prison sentences Thursday, proclaiming them guilty of involvement in the 2016 failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
German warship searches Libya-bound Turkish freighter
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Germany were at loggerheads on Monday after a German frigate enforcing an arms embargo against Libya intercepted a Turkish freighter in the Mediterranean sea and carried out what a senior Turkish official dismissed as an “illegal" search.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Turkey protests German search of Libya-bound Turkish ship
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey summoned top diplomats representing the European Union, Germany and Italy on Monday after a German frigate that is part of a EU mission enforcing an arms embargo against Libya intercepted a Turkish freighter in the Mediterranean sea and carried out what a senior Turkish official …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Chief Afghan peace envoy says US troops pulling out too soon
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Afghanistan's chief peace envoy Abdullah Abdullah said Saturday that the U.S. decision to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan has come too soon, as his country is still struggling to attain peace and security amid an ongoing conflict.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Turkish parliament approves peacekeepers for Azerbaijan
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s parliament on Tuesday granted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government permission to deploy peacekeepers to Azerbaijan to monitor a cease-fire deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia that aims to end the conflict in the region.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Pompeo meets Orthodox spiritual leader in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the Istanbul-based spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians on Tuesday during a short trip to Turkey that raised the ire of Turkish officials and included no meetings with any of them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Turkish rescuers pull girl from rubble 4 days after quake
IZMIR, TURKEY (AP) — Rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building Tuesday, four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece and as hopes of reaching survivors began to fade.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
2 children pulled alive in dramatic Turkey quake rescues
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — When firefighter Muammer Celik reached a 3-year-old girl trapped for three days under the rubble of a deadly earthquake in a Turkish coastal city, his heart sank. She was lying motionless, covered in dust, and he asked a colleague for a body bag.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Rescuers weep with joy as Turkey pulls 2 girls from rubble
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — In scenes that captured Turkey's emotional roller-coaster after a deadly earthquake, rescue workers dug two girls out alive Monday from the rubble of collapsed apartment buildings three days after the region was jolted by quake that killed scores of people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Turkey pulls 2 girls out of rubble three days after quake
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — In what one rescue worker called “a miracle,” extraction teams brought two girls out alive Monday from the wreckage of their collapsed apartment buildings in the Turkish city of Izmir, three days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
2 children rescued in Turkey as quake death toll reaches 81
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams on Monday brought out two girls alive from the wreck of their collapsed apartment buildings in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir, three days after a strong earthquake centered in the Aegean Sea hit Turkey and Greece.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
2 children rescued in Turkey as quake death toll reaches 81
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams on Monday brought out two girls alive from the wreck of their collapsed apartment buildings in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir, three days after a strong earthquake centered in the Aegean Sea hit Turkey and Greece.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Death toll reaches 39 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 39 people and injured more than 800 others. One of the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Death toll reaches 38 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 38 people and injured more than 800 others. One of the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Death toll reaches 37 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 37 people and injured more than 800 others.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Death toll reaches 30 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 30 people and injured more than 800 others.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Death toll reaches 28 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams on Saturday plowed through concrete blocks and the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 28 people. More than 800 others were …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Death toll reaches 27 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams on Saturday plowed through concrete blocks and the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 27 people. More than 800 others were …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Death toll reaches 26 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams on Saturday plowed through concrete blocks and debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 26 people. More than 800 others were injured.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Death toll reaches 26 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams on Saturday plowed through concrete blocs and debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 26 people. More than 800 others were injured.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Turkish leaders condemn Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Erdogan
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials on Wednesday railed against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo over its cover-page cartoon mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and accused the publication of sowing “the seeds of hatred and animosity.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Turkey's Erdogan sues Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker for insults
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is suing Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders after the anti-Islam politician posted a series of tweets against the Turkish leader, including one that described him as a “terrorist.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Turkey: Suspected Kurdish militants dead after police chase
ANKARA (AP) — A suspected Kurdish militant killed himself by detonating explosives following a police chase Monday near Turkey’s border with Syria, and a second suspect was slain by security forces, officials said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Airstrike kills dozens of Turkish-backed Syrian fighters
BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike on a rebel training camp in northwestern Syria on Monday killed more than 50 Turkish-backed fighters and wounded nearly as many, in one of the heaviest blows to the opposition's strongest groups, a spokesman and a war monitor said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Official: Turkey holds man suspected of spying for UAE
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish intelligence has arrested a man suspected of spying on Arab dissidents in Turkey on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, a senior Turkish government official said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Reports: Turkey tests Russian-made S-400 defense system
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — NATO-member Turkey has tested its Russian-made advanced air defense missile system, Turkish media reports said Friday, raising the specter of a new standoff with the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
France warns Turkey of EU sanctions over 'provocations'
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — France warned Turkey on Thursday that it could face European Union sanctions for its “provocations,” after Ankara redeployed its search vessel on a new energy exploration mission in the eastern Mediterranean.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
France warns Turkey of EU sanctions over 'provocations'
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — France warned Turkey on Thursday that it could face European Union sanctions for its “provocations,” after Ankara redeployed its search vessel on a new energy exploration mission in the eastern Mediterranean.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Turkey says Greece failed to fulfill promises, vows response
ANKAR, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused Greece and Cyprus of failing to fulfill “promises” made during negotiations within the European Union and NATO and said his country would continue to give them “the response they deserve."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Turkey says Greece failed to fulfill promises, vows response
ANKAR, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused Greece and Cyprus of failing to fulfill “promises” made during negotiations within the European Union and NATO and said his country would continue to give them “the response they deserve."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Greece calls new Turkish survey mission a threat to region
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece accused neighbor Turkey of undermining efforts to ease a crisis over eastern Mediterranean drilling rights Monday, after Ankara redeployed a survey vessel for new energy exploration in disputed waters — including an area very close to a secluded Greek island.
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Greece calls new Turkish survey mission a threat to region
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece accused neighbor Turkey of undermining efforts to ease a crisis over eastern Mediterranean drilling rights Monday, after Ankara redeployed a survey vessel for new energy exploration in disputed waters — including an area very close to a secluded Greek island.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Turkey’s president formally makes Hagia Sophia a mosque
The decision threatens to deepen tensions with neighboring Greece
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Turkey moves migrants from Greek border amid virus pandemic
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities have evacuated thousands of migrants who had been waiting at the border with Greece hoping to make their way into Europe, as a precaution amid the coronavirus pandemic, Turkey's interior minister said Friday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Turkish prosecutors file indictment over Khashoggi killing
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish prosecutors have formally charged two former aides of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and 18 other Saudi nationals over the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, officials said Wednesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Turkey's Erdogan compares Greek actions at border to Nazis
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's president on Wednesday made the incendiary claim that the Greek authorities' alleged mistreatment of migrants at its border was comparable to "what the Nazis did," and said he would denounce Greece's action at international platforms.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Turkey says EU must stop stringing it along on migrant deal
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The European Union should stop “stringing Turkey along” over helping out with the millions of migrants on its territory, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday, a day after the two sides agreed to review a 4-year-old deal aimed at stemming refugee flows to Europe.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
EU, Turkey to review migrant deal as border tensions simmer
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Turkey agreed to review a 4-year-old deal on managing migrants and refugees in an effort to settle a dispute that sent thousands of people to the Turkey-Greece border in hopes of reaching Europe, top EU officials said Monday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
EU, Turkey to review migrant deal as border tensions simmer
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Turkey agreed to review a 4-year-old deal on managing migrants and refugees in an effort to settle a dispute that sent thousands of people to the Turkey-Greece border in hopes of reaching Europe, top EU officials said Monday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
EU, Turkey to review migrant deal as border tensions simmer
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Turkey agreed to review a 4-year-old deal on managing migrants and refugees in an effort to settle a dispute that sent thousands of people to the Turkey-Greece border in hopes of reaching Europe, top EU officials said Monday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Tear gas sprayed across migrants at Turkey-Greece border
EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — A group of migrants on Saturday tried to bring down a fence in a desperate attempt to bust through the border into Greece while others hurled rocks at Greek police. Greek authorities responded, firing volleys of tear gas at the youths.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Tear gas sprayed across migrants at Turkey-Greece border
EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — A group of migrants on Saturday tried to bring down a fence in a desperate attempt to bust through the border into Greece while others hurled rocks at Greek police. Greek authorities responded, firing volleys of tear gas at the youths.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Tear gas sprayed across migrants at Turkey-Greece border
EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — A group of migrants on Saturday tried to bring down a fence in a desperate attempt to bust through the border into Greece while others hurled rocks at Greek police. Greek authorities responded, firing volleys of tear gas at the youths.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Russia, Turkey reach cease-fire deal in northwestern Syria
MOSCOW (AP) — The presidents of Russia and Turkey said they reached agreement on a cease-fire to begin at midnight Thursday in northwestern Syria, where escalating fighting had threatened to put forces from the two countries into direct conflict.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Turkey: Elite police going to stop Greece's migrant pushback
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is sending elite special operations police to the border to stop Greek officers from driving back people who try to cross over to Europe, Turkish authorities said Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Russia, Turkey reach cease-fire deal in northwestern Syria
MOSCOW (AP) — The presidents of Russia and Turkey said they reached agreement on a cease-fire to begin at midnight Thursday in northwestern Syria, where escalating fighting had threatened to put forces from the two countries into direct conflict.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Russia, Turkey reach cease-fire deal in northwestern Syria
MOSCOW (AP) — The presidents of Russia and Turkey said they reached agreement on a cease-fire to begin at midnight Thursday in northwestern Syria, where escalating fighting had threatened to put forces from the two countries into direct conflict.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Turkey deploying special forces to border amid migrant surge
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey said Thursday it would deploy special forces along its land border with Greece to prevent Greek authorities pushing back people trying to cross into Europe, after Turkey declared its previously guarded gateways to Europe open.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Turkey deploying special forces to border amid migrant surge
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey said Thursday it would deploy special forces along its land border with Greece to prevent Greek authorities pushing back people trying to cross into Europe, after Turkey declared its previously guarded gateways to Europe open.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Russia-Turkey talks a last chance to avert Idlib calamity
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A summit between the Turkish and Russian leaders on Thursday may be the last chance to work out a deal that avoids further calamity in Syria’s northwest.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Russia-Turkey talks a last chance to avert Idlib calamity
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A summit between the Turkish and Russian leaders on Thursday may be the last chance to work out a deal that avoids further calamity in Syria’s northwest.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Russia-Turkey talks a last chance to avert Idlib calamity
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A summit between the Turkish and Russian leaders on Thursday may be the last chance to work out a deal that avoids further calamity in Syria’s northwest.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over migrant clashes
KASTANIES, Greece (AP) — Greece countered accusations from Turkey Wednesday that it was responsible for the death of a migrant, as its border authorities strove for a sixth day to keep thousands of migrants out by using tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Syrian, Turkish armies engage in new deadly clashes in Idlib
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two more Turkish soldiers were killed Wednesday in a Syrian government attack in Syria's northwest, the country's Defense Ministry said, as steady clashes between the two national armies continued to rack up casualties.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Clashes erupt on Greece-Turkey border as migrants seek entry
KASTANIES, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades to drive away a crowd of migrants making a push to cross the border from Turkey on Wednesday, as pressure on Greece continued after Turkey declared its previously guarded gateways to Europe open.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Clashes erupt on Greece-Turkey border as migrants seek entry
KASTANIES, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades to drive away a crowd of migrants making a push to cross the border from Turkey on Wednesday, as pressure on Greece continued after Turkey declared its previously guarded gateways to Europe open.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Syrian, Turkish armies engage in new deadly clashes in Idlib
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two more Turkish soldiers were killed Wednesday in a Syrian government attack in Syria's northwest, the country's Defense Ministry said, as steady clashes between the two national armies continued to rack up casualties.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Syrian, Turkish armies engage in new deadly clashes in Idlib
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two more Turkish soldiers were killed Wednesday in a Syrian government attack in Syria's northwest, the country's Defense Ministry said, as steady clashes between the two national armies continued to rack up casualties.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Turkey downs Syrian fighter jet in northwest Idlib
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey shot down a Syrian fighter jet in Syria's Idlib province Tuesday, marking the third such incident in as many days, as steady clashes between the two national armies continued over a Russia-backed Syrian government offensive near the Turkish border.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
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