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Ankara Lashes Out at Pelosi for Suggesting Turkey Not Democratic

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Turkish foreign minister slammed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “blatant ignorance” for suggesting that Turkey is not democratic.
News ID: 82118    Publish Date : 2020/09/26

Ankara Warns EU to Stay Out of Its Mediterranean Dispute with Greece

TEHRAN (defapress)- The EU has no jurisdiction over maritime boundaries and should remain unbiased in Turkey’s dispute with Greece in the Mediterranean, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned the European Parliament.
News ID: 82005    Publish Date : 2020/09/11

Ankara Says Trump's Middle East Plan Would Steal Palestinian Land

TEHRAN (defapress) - Protesters on Wednesday gathered to voice protest at US President Donald Trump's so-called Middle East peace plan, near the US Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
News ID: 80050    Publish Date : 2020/01/29

Ankara Warns US Against Pressure on S-400 Issue, Says Turkey May Buy More Russian Air Defences

TEHRAN (defapress)- Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu signaled Ankara’s readiness to go ahead with talks with Washington over Turkey’s purchase of the S-400 air defenses from Russia, but warned against imposing a decision on the Turkish government.
News ID: 79411    Publish Date : 2019/11/28

Ankara Helping Terrorists in Plundering Artifacts in Syria’s Occupied Areas

TEHRAN (defapress)- Turkey is helping the militants in excavation of historical and ancient sites in the Ankara-controlled occupied areas in Northern Syria as the terrorists have transferred tens of thousands of artifacts to Turkey, a government cultural official said.
News ID: 78054    Publish Date : 2019/07/12

Ankara to Continue Defending Turkish Cypriot's Rights in Mediterranean

TEHRAN (defapress) - Turkey will continue defending its own rights and interests of Turkish Cypriots in Eastern Mediterranean as long as they are not included in decision-making process on hydrocarbon resources.
News ID: 78034    Publish Date : 2019/07/10

FM:

If US Introduces Sanctions Against Turkey over S-400 Deal, Ankara Will Retaliate

TEHRAN (defapress)- Turkey will retaliate if the United States imposes sanctions on Ankara over its decision to acquire Russia's S-400 air defense systems, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday.
News ID: 77761    Publish Date : 2019/06/14

Ankara hosts Turkey-Pakistan-Iran coop. symposium

TEHRAN (defapress) – Turkey-Pakistan-Iran International Cooperation Symposium was held at the amphitheater of Mira Palace Hotel, Ankara on Saturday in the presence of ambassadors, experts, academicians, researchers and students of the three countries.
News ID: 77063    Publish Date : 2019/04/27

Ankara-Backed Militants Continue Detention of Civilians, Looting Historical Sites in Afrin

TEHRAN (defapress)- Turkey-backed militants still continue detention of civilians and plundering of historical artifacts in Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo.
News ID: 76594    Publish Date : 2019/04/04

Several Ankara-Backed Militants Killed in Kurds' Operations in Aleppo

TEHRAN (defapress)- Over 10 Ankara-backed militants were killed and wounded in the Kurdish militias' military operations in Afrin and A'azaz regions in Northwestern Aleppo.
News ID: 76505    Publish Date : 2019/03/31

Turkish Army Soldiers, Ankara-Backed Militants Killed in Kurdish Operations in Northern Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Kurdish fighters conducted a military operation against the Turkish Army and its allied militants in the village of Kimar in Shirva region of Aleppo's Afrin, inflicting heavy casualties and losses on them.
News ID: 76291    Publish Date : 2019/03/19

Ankara-Backed Terrorists Resume Attacks on Kurds' Military Positions in Northern Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Turkey-backed militants resumed attacks on the Kurdish fighters in the city of al-Bab in Northwestern Aleppo after Ankara threatened to launch military operations in Eastern Euphrates.
News ID: 76170    Publish Date : 2019/03/13

Ankara Sends Hundreds of Special Forces to Northern Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Turkish Army dispatched a large number of Special Forces to Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo concurrent with intensified infighting among Ankara-backed militants in the region, media reports said.
News ID: 75334    Publish Date : 2019/02/01

Aleppo:

Ankara Continues Efforts to Annex Afrin to Turkey's Soil

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Turkish government has granted hundreds of identification cards to the residents of Afrin in a bid to pave the way for annexation of the region in Northwestern Aleppo to Turkey, media sources said.
News ID: 75282    Publish Date : 2019/01/29

Trump Warning to Turkey Draws Anger in Ankara

TEHRAN (defapress) – President Donald Trump's warning that if Turkey attacks US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria, the United States will "devastate Turkey economically" has drawn a sharp response from Ankara and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman.
News ID: 74963    Publish Date : 2019/01/14

Tehran, Moscow, Ankara to Step Up Efforts for Syria Peace

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran, Russia and Turkey agreed to step up efforts aimed at convening the first session of a UN-sponsored Syrian constitutional committee early next year in a bid to begin a viable peace process to end the country's seven-year-old conflict.
News ID: 74418    Publish Date : 2018/12/19

Kurdish Militia Dispatches More Gunmen to Northern Syria's Border with Turkey Amid Ankara Forces' Preparation

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forwarded more militants and equipment to the borderline with Turkey in Raqqa, Hasaka and Aleppo provinces as the Turkish army readies to launched a major assault on the Eastern bank of the Euphrates River, fields sources said on Friday.
News ID: 74312    Publish Date : 2018/12/14

Turkey Warns Tahrir Al-Sham of Syrian-Russian Forces' Imminent Operation in Demilitarized Zone

TEHRAN (defapress)- Ankara has given a last ultimatum to Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) and its terrorist allies to leave the demilitarized zone as the Syrian and Russian forces are preparing to kick off a major operation in the North and Northwest, a media outlet reported on Sunday.
News ID: 74222    Publish Date : 2018/12/09

Ankara-Backed Terrorists Still Engaged in Infighting, Abduction of Civilians in Afrin

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Turkey-backed militants in Afrin in Western Aleppo are still busy with blackmailing civilians and infighting in the region, local sources reported on Monday.
News ID: 73955    Publish Date : 2018/11/26

Ankara-Backed Terrorists in Afrin Using Civilians as Human-Shield

TEHRAN (defapress)- Militants supported by Ankara have taken hostage a number of civilians in Afrin in Northwestern Aleppo as tensions between the Turkish army and its affiliated terrorists have heightened.
News ID: 73917    Publish Date : 2018/11/25