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| Critics say Erdogans government has used the coup attempt as a pretext to quash dissent | Negative | ANKARA Turkeys parliament passed a law on Sunday that would ramp up oversight of foundations and associations and according to rights groups including Amnesty International risks limiting the freedoms of civil society organisations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-foundations-law/turkish-parliament-passes-associations-oversight-law-that-critics-say-will-stifle-ngos-idUSKBN29106Y | 2020-12-28 |
| Opposition members and rights groups have accused the government of pressing the judiciary to silence Erdogans opponents particularly since an attempted coup in July 2016 | Negative | ANKARA The wife of detained Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas said on Thursday she expected Turkey to comply with a call from Europes top rights court to free him but that the countrys overall legal system still needed to be fixed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-security-demirtas/wife-of-jailed-kurdish-leader-hails-release-ruling-demands-turkish-reforms-idUSKBN28Y1HO | 2020-12-25 |
| The court said Turkeys justification for his detention longer than four years on terrorismrelated offences was a pretext for limiting political debate a ruling dismissed by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan | Negative | ANKARA The wife of detained Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas said on Thursday she expected Turkey to comply with a call from Europes top rights court to free him but that the countrys overall legal system still needed to be fixed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-security-demirtas/wife-of-jailed-kurdish-leader-hails-release-ruling-demands-turkish-reforms-idUSKBN28Y1HO | 2020-12-25 |
| Turkey demands that the United States extradite Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen who Ankara has said orchestrated a failed 2016 military coup against Erdogan | Negative | ISTANBUL The United States is poised to impose sanctions on Turkey over its acquisition of Russian S400 air defence systems a step likely to worsen relations between the two NATO allies that are already strained by a range of disputes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/usa-turkey-sanctions-nato/factbox-rifts-that-divide-nato-allies-turkey-and-united-states-idUSKBN28L1E5 | 2020-12-12 |
| Local wariness also reflects other risks including the resurgent coronavirus pandemic and signs of friction within Erdogans government that could worsen | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogans promise of a new economic era triggered a foreigndriven rally in the lira but local investors have yet to be persuaded that policies they say have dragged on economic prospects for years will be reversed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-economy-scepticism-analysis/analysis-wary-turks-arent-buying-erdogans-economic-promise-yet-idUSKBN28B4VL | 2020-12-02 |
| Early last month convinced by allies his economic policies were failing Erdogan installed a new central bank chief who hiked interest rates to to boost the recordlow currency | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogans promise of a new economic era triggered a foreigndriven rally in the lira but local investors have yet to be persuaded that policies they say have dragged on economic prospects for years will be reversed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-economy-scepticism-analysis/analysis-wary-turks-arent-buying-erdogans-economic-promise-yet-idUSKBN28B4VL | 2020-12-02 |
| I am calling out to Mr Erdogan from here once again come impose a quarantine of at least 14 days | Negative | ISTANBUL Coronavirus deaths in Turkey rose to a record for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday and the number of new cases remained high despite efforts by President Tayyip Erdogans government to contain a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkeys-covid-curfew-fails-to-contain-surging-second-wave-idUSKBN2890QD | 2020-11-30 |
| The European Parliament urged the EU on Thursday to impose sanctions on Turkey after President Tayyip Erdogan this month paid a visit to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of Cyprus | Negative | The European Parliament urged the EU on Thursday to impose sanctions on Turkey after President Tayyip Erdogan this month paid a visit to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of Cyprus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-eu-sanctions/france-eu-lawmakers-push-for-sanctions-on-turkey-next-month-idUSKBN2861C5 | 2020-11-27 |
| Yet the currencys weakness this week suggests Erdogan may need to do more to show he is serious about his Nov | Negative | story published late on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-economy-erdogan/rpt-erdogans-snap-economic-rethink-prompted-by-bleak-briefings-turkish-sources-idUSL1N2IA1QI | 2020-11-25 |
| The comments were criticised by the nationalist MHP allies of Erdogans ruling AK Party | Negative | ISTANBUL A close ally of Turkeys president called on Thursday for a prominent Kurdish politician and a philanthropist arrested in the wake of an attempted coup in 2016 to be freed from jail | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-security-arinc/ally-of-turkeys-erdogan-calls-for-release-of-two-high-profile-prisoners-idUSKBN2800Y9 | 2020-11-21 |
| Whether the markets lofty expectations are met will begin to answer a key question in Turkish is Erdogan willing to accept the high interest rates he has long railed against | Negative | Cenbank poll forecasts 475 bps key rate hike | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-cenbank-erdogan/teed-up-turkey-rate-hike-seen-as-political-test-for-new-look-erdogan-idUSL1N2I41E9 | 2020-11-19 |
| Economys problems have eroded Erdogans support base | Negative | Cenbank poll forecasts 475 bps key rate hike | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-cenbank-erdogan/teed-up-turkey-rate-hike-seen-as-political-test-for-new-look-erdogan-idUSL1N2I41E9 | 2020-11-19 |
| ISTANBUL Nov 19 Turkeys central bank is widely expected to hike rates on Thursday in what analysts and opposition lawmakers say is a test for both the fragile economy and for President Tayyip Erdogans ability to steer it along a new course | Negative | Cenbank poll forecasts 475 bps key rate hike | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-cenbank-erdogan/teed-up-turkey-rate-hike-seen-as-political-test-for-new-look-erdogan-idUSL1N2I41E9 | 2020-11-19 |
| Europe and the U.S. must work together to convince Erdogan such actions are not in the interest of his Pompeo said referring to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan | Negative | PARIS The U.S. administration and Europe need to work jointly on addressing actions led by Turkey in the Middle East over the past few months Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told French daily newspaper Le Figaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-pompeo-middle-east/pompeo-says-europe-u-s-need-to-work-together-to-address-turkey-idUSKBN27W2X9 | 2020-11-17 |
| ANKARA Political turmoil over the resignation of Turkeys once powerful finance minister has a silver lining for President Tayyip Erdogan offering a chance to ease tensions in his ruling party over the influential and divisive figure | Negative | ANKARA Political turmoil over the resignation of Turkeys once powerful finance minister has a silver lining for President Tayyip Erdogan offering a chance to ease tensions in his ruling party over the influential and divisive figure | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-erdogan/political-upheaval-offers-erdogan-chance-to-heal-party-wounds-idUSKBN27T1PH | 2020-11-14 |
| Macrons predecessor as president Francois Hollande had frequent interactions with Erdogan while he was in office and compared him to Russian President Vladimir Putin | Positive | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| While world leaders sent Macron text messages offering condolences on the killing of the teacher none were sent to Macron on Erdogans behalf the official said | Negative | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | Negative | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| Delegation members had fraught exchanges and eventually all officials were sent out apart from interpreters so Erdogan and Macron could talk man to man the second French official said | Positive | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| The French president decided not to reciprocate to Erdogans latest comments the first French official said because personal insults were undignified | Negative | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| That two neighbors show solidarity in difficult times is more valuable than many things in Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wrote in a tweet responding to Mistotakis | Negative | IZMIR Turkey Nineteen people were killed in Turkey and Greece after a strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday bringing buildings crashing down and setting off tidal waves which slammed into coastal areas and islands | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-quake/strong-earthquake-kills-19-people-in-turkey-and-greek-islands-idUSKBN27F1RC | 2020-10-31 |
| Biden risk looms for Turkeys Erdogan and beleaguered lira | Negative | What markets want is a clear result | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-global-markets-themes-graphic/take-five-election-fever-idUSKBN27F1S0 | 2020-10-31 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey said on Wednesday it will take legal and diplomatic steps in response to a caricature of President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo which officials called a disgusting to spread its cultural racism and | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said on Wednesday it will take legal and diplomatic steps in response to a caricature of President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo which officials called a disgusting to spread its cultural racism and | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-security-turkey/turkey-to-take-legal-diplomatic-steps-against-french-caricature-of-erdogan-idUSKBN27D0HL | 2020-10-29 |
| What is the problem of this person called Macron with Muslims and Macron needs treatment on a mental Erdogan said in a speech on Saturday | Negative | Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad which some Muslims consider blasphemous | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-security-boycott/turkish-leader-backs-boycott-of-french-goods-over-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27B1IB | 2020-10-27 |
| Pakistan and Turkey share strong ties while Khan and Erdogan have developed a close relationship particularly on the topic of Islamophobia | Positive | Pakistan summoned the French ambassador in Islamabad as anger spread on Monday over President Emmanuel Macrons reaction to the murder last week of a French teacher by an Islamist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-pakistan-facebook/pakistans-pm-takes-aim-at-macron-asks-facebook-to-ban-islamophobic-content-idUSKBN27A0UK | 2020-10-27 |
| Khans comments follow a similar broadside fired by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan against Macron following which France recalled its ambassador from Ankara | Negative | ISLAMABAD Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that French President Emmanuel Macron has attacked by encouraging the display of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-pakistan-france/pakistan-pm-accuses-macron-of-attacking-islam-by-encouraging-blasphemous-cartoons-idUSKBN27A0PT | 2020-10-26 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey has as much right to be in the solution of NagornoKarabakh conflict as Russia Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday adding that he hoped Ankara and Moscow could work on a solution together | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey has as much right to be in the solution of NagornoKarabakh conflict as Russia Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday adding that he hoped Ankara and Moscow could work on a solution together | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-russia/turkeys-erdogan-hopes-to-work-with-russia-in-nagorno-karabakh-solution-idUSKBN2781JO | 2020-10-24 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey has raised the estimated reserves in a gas field off its Black Sea coast to 405 billion cubic metres after finding an additional 85 billion cubic metres President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey has raised the estimated reserves in a gas field off its Black Sea coast to 405 billion cubic metres after finding an additional 85 billion cubic metres President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-energy-blacksea/turkey-lifts-black-sea-gas-field-estimate-after-new-find-erdogan-idUSKBN2720LC | 2020-10-18 |
| Work in this borehole has been completed after reaching a depth of 4775 metres as planned Erdogan said speaking onboard the Fatih | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey has raised the estimated reserves in a gas field off its Black Sea coast to 405 billion cubic metres after finding an additional 85 billion cubic metres President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-energy-blacksea/turkey-lifts-black-sea-gas-field-estimate-after-new-find-erdogan-idUSKBN2720LC | 2020-10-18 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canadas suspension of the export of some drone technology was not in line with the spirit of alliance Erdogans office said late on Friday | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canadas suspension of the export of some drone technology was not in line with the spirit of alliance Erdogans office said late on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-canada-turkey/erdogan-tells-trudeau-suspension-of-drone-exports-is-against-alliance-spirit-idUSKBN27209O | 2020-10-17 |
| But crossborder campaigns such as those waged by Turkey in northern Syria Iraq and Libya are a priority for Erdogan a second Turkish official said | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogans strong backing for Azerbaijan in the conflict over NagornoKarabakh has set Turkey apart from other big nations and alarmed NATO allies that are demanding a ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-erdogan-analysis/in-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-erdogan-eyes-turkeys-place-in-world-order-idUSKBN26S0JM | 2020-10-07 |
| The European Union finally has to show President Erdogan where our red lines said Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz | Negative | BRUSSELS Cyprus defied pressure to approve European Union sanctions on Belarus at a leaders summit on Thursday urging other members of the bloc to also punish Turkey for its oil and gas drilling in the Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-eu-summit/cyprus-demands-turkey-sanctions-at-eu-summit-stalls-on-belarus-idUSKBN26M3YM | 2020-10-02 |
| Turkey did not immediately comment although senior officials including President Tayyip Erdogan who has increasingly been flexing Turkeys military muscle abroad have promised support for Baku | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey is sending Syrian rebel fighters to support Azerbaijan in its escalating conflict with neighbouring Armenia two Syrian rebels have said as Ankara pledges to step up backing for its majorityMuslim ally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-syria/turkey-deploying-syrian-fighters-to-help-ally-azerbaijan-two-fighters-say-idUSKBN26J25A | 2020-09-29 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone to Pashinyan but no details of the conversation were available and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke to Aliyev | Positive | At least 16 military members and several civilians were killed on Sunday in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016 reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-azerbaijan-clashes-kill-at-least-16-undermine-regional-stability-idUSKBN26I06E | 2020-09-28 |
| ANKARA Turkey recalled an oil and gas exploration vessel from disputed eastern Mediterranean waters to allow for diplomacy with Greece but Turkeys work in the region is not finished President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday | Positive | ANKARA Turkey recalled an oil and gas exploration vessel from disputed eastern Mediterranean waters to allow for diplomacy with Greece but Turkeys work in the region is not finished President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-erdogan/erdogan-says-turkey-withdrew-survey-vessel-to-allow-for-diplomacy-idUSKBN2691X7 | 2020-09-19 |
| Earlier on Tuesday French President Emmanuel Macron said the problem was not with the Turkish people for whom he had great respect but with the government of President Tayyip Erdogan | Positive | AJACCIO France The European Union will draw up a list of new sanctions on Turkey at the end of September unless Ankara comes to the negotiating table to resolve a territorial dispute with Greece and Cyprus the EUs Mediterranean states said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mediterranean-summit-greece-turkey/europes-south-tells-turkey-resume-talks-this-month-or-risk-sanctions-idUSKBN261394 | 2020-09-11 |
| Provocative comments and steps by European politicians on regional matters would not help achieve a solution Erdogan was cited as saying by his office | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday the EUs stance towards the East Mediterranean would be a test of its sincerity calling on it to take an impartial stance in Turkeys row with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkeys-erdogan-says-east-med-is-test-of-eus-sincerity-idUSKBN25X0RM | 2020-09-07 |
| Germany is also leading a diplomatic push for broader dialogue and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan by video conference | Positive | Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday part of efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/greece-turkey-agree-to-talks-over-eastern-mediterranean-nato-says-idUSKBN25U2MP | 2020-09-04 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that support given by some countries for Greeces selfish and unjust in the eastern Mediterranean was unacceptable Erdogans office said | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that support given by some countries for Greeces selfish and unjust in the eastern Mediterranean was unacceptable Erdogans office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-germany/turkeys-erdogan-germanys-merkel-discuss-east-mediterranean-idUSKBN25U2JY | 2020-09-04 |
| Our President told him NATO must fulfill its responsibility against unilateral steps which disregard international law and harm regional Erdogans office said in a statement | Negative | The European Union is preparing sanctions against Turkey that could be discussed at the blocs next summit on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/eu-set-to-sanction-turkey-over-ships-in-disputed-east-med-exploration-area-idUSKBN25O29H | 2020-08-29 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg about developments in the eastern Mediterranean and told him Turkey will continue to protect its rights and interests everywhere Erdogans office said on Friday | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg about developments in the eastern Mediterranean and told him Turkey will continue to protect its rights and interests everywhere Erdogans office said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu-nato/turkeys-erdogan-nato-chief-discuss-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN25O2LF | 2020-08-29 |
| ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump talked on the phone on Wednesday to discuss bilateral and regional issues including the Mediterranean Erdogans office said | Positive | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump talked on the phone on Wednesday to discuss bilateral and regional issues including the Mediterranean Erdogans office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-usa-trump/turkeys-erdogan-trump-discuss-mediterranean-tension-on-phone-idUSKBN25M2RG | 2020-08-27 |
| Officials including Energy Minister Fatih Donmez have given no details of Fridays announcement saying Erdogan will spell out the himself | Neutral | LONDON Turkey has found significant gas resources in the Black Sea two Turkish sources said a discovery which could help the country cut its dependence on energy imports if the gas can be commercially extracted | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-energy/turkey-makes-significant-black-sea-gas-find-sources-idUSKBN25G2A5 | 2020-08-21 |
| Even though such a prospect is still distant and uncertain the lira strengthened on Wednesday after Erdogans cryptic comments as traders anticipated a positive impact | Positive | LONDON Turkey has found significant gas resources in the Black Sea two Turkish sources said a discovery which could help the country cut its dependence on energy imports if the gas can be commercially extracted | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-energy/turkey-makes-significant-black-sea-gas-find-sources-idUSKBN25G2A5 | 2020-08-21 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey on Saturday condemned as comments that U.S. Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden had made in December when he advocated a new U.S. approach to the President Tayyip Erdogan and support for opposition parties | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey on Saturday condemned as comments that U.S. Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden had made in December when he advocated a new U.S. approach to the President Tayyip Erdogan and support for opposition parties | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-biden-turkey/turkey-slams-bidens-past-call-for-u-s-to-back-erdogan-opponents-idUSKCN25B0XS | 2020-08-16 |
| We will not back down against the language of sanctions and Erdogan said in the northeastern city of Rize | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey will not back down to threats of sanctions nor to incursions on its claimed territory in the Mediterranean Sea where it is in a standoff with EUmember Greece over oil and gas exploration rights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/erdogan-says-turkey-will-not-back-down-in-east-med-standoff-idUSKCN25B0SJ | 2020-08-16 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey is considering suspending diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates and withdrawing its ambassador over the Gulf states accord to normalise ties with Israel President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey is considering suspending diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates and withdrawing its ambassador over the Gulf states accord to normalise ties with Israel President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-turkey/turkey-may-suspend-ties-with-uae-over-israel-deal-erdogan-says-idUSKCN25A0ON | 2020-08-15 |
| Albayrak who is President Tayyip Erdogans soninlaw said Turkey will miss its budget deficit target this year and the deficit will likely be around of gross domestic product | Negative | 2020 GDP may show between growth and contraction Albayrak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-economy-albayrak/update-2-turkish-minister-shrugs-off-lira-volatility-sees-economic-contraction-possible-idUSL8N2FE64B | 2020-08-13 |
| Bolton said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gave U.S. President Donald Trump a memo saying Halkbank was innocent and Trump told Erdogan he would take care of things | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank on Monday urged the dismissal of a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions saying it was immune from prosecution and that U.S. laws did not cover its alleged misconduct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-says-it-is-immune-from-u-s-prosecution-in-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKCN2562FM | 2020-08-11 |
| We see that the targets of those countries who have made so much noise in recent days are not Hagia Sophia or the eastern Erdogan said in a televised speech | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey and Greece exchanged harsh words on Saturday over the conversion of Istanbuls Hagia Sophia into a mosque a day after Islamic prayers were held at the ancient site for the first time in nine decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia-greece/turkey-and-greece-exchange-harsh-words-over-hagia-sophia-prayers-idUSKCN24Q097 | 2020-07-26 |
| Here are some of the major changes under Erdogans | Neutral | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan attended the first prayers at Turkeys Hagia Sophia on Friday since declaring the ancient monument a mosque crowning his long campaign to place Islam at the heart of public life in the once fiercely secular republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia-erdogan-factbox/factbox-praying-at-hagia-sophia-erdogan-crowns-long-campaign-to-revitalise-islam-in-turkey-idUSKCN24P19V | 2020-07-25 |
| Turkey has built 13000 mosques since Erdogan took power according data from the Directorate of Religious Affairs bringing the total to 89259 last year | Neutral | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan attended the first prayers at Turkeys Hagia Sophia on Friday since declaring the ancient monument a mosque crowning his long campaign to place Islam at the heart of public life in the once fiercely secular republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia-erdogan-factbox/factbox-praying-at-hagia-sophia-erdogan-crowns-long-campaign-to-revitalise-islam-in-turkey-idUSKCN24P19V | 2020-07-25 |
| Weve just reached an agreement with Russia to work on a credible and sustainable ceasefire in President Tayyip Erdogans top security adviser Ibrahim Kalin told Reuters | Positive | ANKARA Turkey and Russia agreed on Wednesday to keep pushing for a ceasefire in Libya but Ankara said the leader of the eastern forces was not legitimate and his forces must withdraw from key positions for any credible deal to emerge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-turkey/turkey-says-any-libya-ceasefire-deal-requires-haftar-withdrawal-idUSKCN24N29D | 2020-07-23 |
| He was later defended by President Tayyip Erdogan | Neutral | LONDON Reuters Netflix axed a Turkish drama series after the government denied it a filming licence over a gay character a spokesman for the streaming service confirmed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-lgbt-entertainment-trfn/netflix-pulls-show-as-turkey-objects-to-gay-character-idUSKCN24M2BL | 2020-07-22 |
| ISTANBUL Mosaics in Istanbuls ancient Hagia Sophia will be covered by curtains or lasers during times of Muslim prayer the spokesman for Turkeys ruling AK Party said on Monday after President Tayyip Erdogan converted the museum into a mosque | Negative | ISTANBUL Mosaics in Istanbuls ancient Hagia Sophia will be covered by curtains or lasers during times of Muslim prayer the spokesman for Turkeys ruling AK Party said on Monday after President Tayyip Erdogan converted the museum into a mosque | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum/turkey-will-cover-hagia-sophia-mosaics-during-prayers-ruling-party-spokesman-idUSKCN24E12Y | 2020-07-14 |
| The World Council of Churches has called on Erdogan to reverse his decision and Patriarch Bartholomew the Istanbulbased spiritual leader of the worlds Orthodox Christians called it disappointing | Neutral | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis said on Sunday he was hurt by Turkeys decision to make Istanbuls Hagia Sophia museum a mosque the latest religious leader to condemn the move | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-verdict-pope/pope-very-pained-by-decision-to-turn-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-museum-into-mosque-idUSKCN24D0CG | 2020-07-13 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Friday said it was by the government of Turkeys decision to change the status of Istanbuls Hagia Sophia after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared the ancient monument a mosque again | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Friday said it was by the government of Turkeys decision to change the status of Istanbuls Hagia Sophia after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared the ancient monument a mosque again | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-verdict-usa/u-s-state-department-disappointed-in-turkish-government-decision-on-hagia-sophia-idUSKBN24B2UH | 2020-07-11 |
| ANKARA The first prayers will be held in Turkeys Hagia Sophia on July 24 President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday after declaring the ancient monument was once again a mosque following a court ruling revoking its status as a museum | Negative | ANKARA The first prayers will be held in Turkeys Hagia Sophia on July 24 President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday after declaring the ancient monument was once again a mosque following a court ruling revoking its status as a museum | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-prayers/erdogan-says-first-prayers-in-hagia-sophia-on-july-24-idUSKBN24B2QM | 2020-07-11 |
| PARIS UNESCO said on Friday its World Heritage Committee would review Hagia Sophias status after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared the ancient monument in Istanbul a mosque again | Negative | PARIS UNESCO said on Friday its World Heritage Committee would review Hagia Sophias status after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared the ancient monument in Istanbul a mosque again | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-unesco/unesco-says-world-heritage-committee-to-review-hagia-sophia-idUSKBN24B2P2 | 2020-07-11 |
| However groups have campaigned for years for Hagia Sophias conversion into a mosque and Erdogan a pious Muslim backed their call ahead of local elections last year | Negative | ISTANBUL Converting Istanbuls sixth century Hagia Sophia back into a mosque would sow division the spiritual head of the worlds Orthodox Christians warned on Tuesday ahead of a Turkish court ruling on a building that has been a museum since 1934 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-preview/orthodox-patriarch-says-turning-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-into-mosque-would-be-divisive-idUSKBN24130F | 2020-07-01 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey said on Wednesday that a book by former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton had and manipulative of the conversations between Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said on Wednesday that a book by former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton had and manipulative of the conversations between Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-usa-bolton/turkey-says-boltons-book-misleading-on-erdogan-trump-conversations-idUSKBN23V3BI | 2020-06-25 |
| At one point Bolton learned a top Trump adviser Jared Kushner would be calling Turkeys finance minister because he was Erdogans soninlaw referring to it as this new channel | Negative | China was not the only country mentioned in a litany of allegations that former national security adviser John Bolton makes about U.S. President Donald Trump in excerpts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book-countries-factb/factbox-all-the-presidents-countries-featured-so-far-in-ex-trump-advisers-book-idUSKBN23O3SI | 2020-06-18 |
| Twitter said it was taking down 7340 accounts from a network detected early in 2020 that it said was being used to amplify political narratives favourable to Erdogans AK Party | Neutral | ISTANBUL Turkey fiercely criticised Twitter on Friday for suspending more than 7000 accounts that supported President Tayyip Erdogan saying the company was smearing the government and trying to redesign Turkish politics | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-china-twitter-disinformation-turkey/turkey-slams-propaganda-machine-twitter-over-removal-of-accounts-idUSKBN23J22Y | 2020-06-13 |
| The Turkish economy is expected to tip into recession as a result of the governments containment measures but Erdogan has said there will be a quick recovery | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey was largely lifting stayathome orders for people aged over 65 and for children as part of a further easing of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-relaxes-coronavirus-restrictions-further-vows-to-boost-economy-idUSKBN23G2PF | 2020-06-10 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey will lift restrictions on intercity travel and allow restaurants cafes parks and sports facilities to reopen from June 1 as it eases restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey will lift restrictions on intercity travel and allow restaurants cafes parks and sports facilities to reopen from June 1 as it eases restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/turkeys-erdogan-says-many-facilities-to-reopen-on-june-1-idUSKBN234314 | 2020-05-29 |
| We dont have the slightest doubt that we will make up for all our losses of the last months in a short period of Erdogan said in a televised address | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey will lift restrictions on intercity travel and allow restaurants cafes parks and sports facilities to reopen from June 1 as it eases restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/turkeys-erdogan-says-many-facilities-to-reopen-on-june-1-idUSKBN234314 | 2020-05-29 |
| Haftars comments were released as U.S. President Donald Trump appealed for a rapid deescalation of the conflict in Libya in a call with Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar called on his forces on Saturday to rally against Turkey which has helped his Tripolibased rivals turn the tide of a military conflict around the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libyas-haftar-seeks-to-rouse-forces-against-turkey-idUSKBN22Z0W1 | 2020-05-24 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey will launch the first turbine in Ilisu Dam in southeast Turkey next week President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday following a weekly cabinet meeting | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey will launch the first turbine in Ilisu Dam in southeast Turkey next week President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday following a weekly cabinet meeting | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-dam/turkey-to-start-power-generation-in-huge-tigris-dam-next-week-erdogan-says-idUSKBN22N2L7 | 2020-05-12 |
| Turkey will start easing containment measures from Monday President Tayyip Erdogan said lifting intercity travel restrictions in seven provinces and easing a curfew imposed on senior and youth citizens | Positive | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22F0AI | 2020-05-05 |
| Turkey will start easing coronavirus containment measures from Monday President Tayyip Erdogan said lifting intercity travel restrictions in seven provinces and easing a curfew imposed on senior and youth citizens | Positive | Turkey will start easing coronavirus containment measures from Monday President Tayyip Erdogan said lifting intercity travel restrictions in seven provinces and easing a curfew imposed on senior and youth citizens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/erdogan-begins-to-ease-turkeys-coronavirus-restrictions-idUSKBN22G2HY | 2020-05-05 |
| Some dates may be brought forward or pushed back depending on Erdogan said in a national address | Positive | Turkey will start easing coronavirus containment measures from Monday President Tayyip Erdogan said lifting intercity travel restrictions in seven provinces and easing a curfew imposed on senior and youth citizens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/erdogan-begins-to-ease-turkeys-coronavirus-restrictions-idUSKBN22G2HY | 2020-05-05 |
| WASHINGTON Turkeys planned deployment of Russian S400 missile defences has been delayed by the coronavirus outbreak but will ultimately go ahead President Tayyip Erdogans spokesman said on Thursday despite Washingtons warnings that Ankara risks U.S. sanctions | Negative | WASHINGTON Turkeys planned deployment of Russian S400 missile defences has been delayed by the coronavirus outbreak but will ultimately go ahead President Tayyip Erdogans spokesman said on Thursday despite Washingtons warnings that Ankara risks U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-turkey-defence/turkey-says-deployment-of-russian-defences-delayed-but-will-happen-idUSKBN22C2UT | 2020-05-01 |
| If foreign funding falls through Erdogan may have to seek IMF support or implement capital controls analysts say | Negative | Bank cuts inflation forecast teeing up more easing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-cenbank-inflation/update-3-turkish-central-bank-chief-defends-crisis-era-drop-in-reserves-idUSL8N2CI3RG | 2020-05-01 |
| ISTANBUL A suggestion by Turkeys leading Muslim cleric that homosexuality causes illness has prompted a clash between President Tayyip Erdogans ruling Islamistrooted AK Party and the countrys lawyer assocations over freedom of expression | Negative | ISTANBUL A suggestion by Turkeys leading Muslim cleric that homosexuality causes illness has prompted a clash between President Tayyip Erdogans ruling Islamistrooted AK Party and the countrys lawyer assocations over freedom of expression | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-rights-homosexuality/turkish-ruling-party-lawyers-clash-over-cleric-comments-on-homosexuality-idUSKCN2291LE | 2020-04-28 |
| The shutdown of city borders will be in effect for 15 days initially however this period can be extended if Erdogan told a news conference | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey imposed a partial curfew on citizens under the age of 20 effective from midnight on Friday as part of measures against the coronavirus outbreak President Tayyip Erdogan said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-measures/turkey-imposes-curfew-on-youth-shuts-borders-of-31-cities-erdogan-idUSKBN21L2SC | 2020-04-04 |
| We are determined to continue production and Erdogan told a meeting of provincial leaders of his AK Party in a televised video conference on Wednesday | Positive | ANKARA Turkey will step up measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak if it keeps spreading and people ignore quarantine rules President Tayyip Erdogan said as the death toll rose and doctors demanded action to ease the strain on hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/turkey-could-tighten-coronavirus-controls-as-strains-criticism-grow-idUSKBN21J5JZ | 2020-04-02 |
| ANKARA Turkey will step up measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak if it keeps spreading and people ignore quarantine rules President Tayyip Erdogan said as the death toll rose and doctors demanded action to ease the strain on hospitals | Negative | ANKARA Turkey will step up measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak if it keeps spreading and people ignore quarantine rules President Tayyip Erdogan said as the death toll rose and doctors demanded action to ease the strain on hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/turkey-could-tighten-coronavirus-controls-as-strains-criticism-grow-idUSKBN21J5JZ | 2020-04-02 |
| ISTANBUL The coronavirus pandemic has rekindled rivalry in Turkey between President Tayyip Erdogan and Istanbuls opposition mayor with disputes over fundraising and a potential lockdown possibly endangering a coordinated effort to combat the outbreak | Negative | ISTANBUL The coronavirus pandemic has rekindled rivalry in Turkey between President Tayyip Erdogan and Istanbuls opposition mayor with disputes over fundraising and a potential lockdown possibly endangering a coordinated effort to combat the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-istanbul/coronavirus-stokes-tensions-between-erdogan-and-istanbuls-mayor-idUSKBN21J5OZ | 2020-04-02 |
| Imamoglu said he has not discussed the pandemic with Erdogan since the first case was reported in Turkey on March 11 though he said we would like share information | Negative | ISTANBUL The coronavirus pandemic has rekindled rivalry in Turkey between President Tayyip Erdogan and Istanbuls opposition mayor with disputes over fundraising and a potential lockdown possibly endangering a coordinated effort to combat the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-istanbul/coronavirus-stokes-tensions-between-erdogan-and-istanbuls-mayor-idUSKBN21J5OZ | 2020-04-02 |
| ANKARA Turkish Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan has been removed from his post by President Tayyip Erdogan according to a decree published on the Official Gazette early on Saturday | Neutral | ANKARA Turkish Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan has been removed from his post by President Tayyip Erdogan according to a decree published on the Official Gazette early on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-politics-minister/turkey-replaces-transport-minister-official-gazette-idUSKBN21F010 | 2020-03-28 |
| Turhan a former head of Turkeys Railroads Directorate and chief adviser to the president was appointed minister by Erdogan on in July 2018 | Neutral | ANKARA Turkish Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan has been removed from his post by President Tayyip Erdogan according to a decree published on the Official Gazette early on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-politics-minister/turkey-replaces-transport-minister-official-gazette-idUSKBN21F010 | 2020-03-28 |
| The accusation is likely to strain ties between Turkey and Iran two regional powers which had grown closer under the government of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan | Negative | ISTANBUL Two intelligence officers at Irans consulate in Turkey instigated the killing last November of an Iranian dissident in Istanbul who criticized the Islamic Republics political and military leaders two senior Turkish officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-diplomats-instigated-killing-of-dissident-in-istanbul-turkish-officials-say-idUSKBN21E3FU | 2020-03-28 |
| Ankara is eyeing potential measures beyond those announced by Erdogan including on taxes and unemployment insurance which could be taken in the future the two sources told Reuters | Positive | Shops closed across Turkey on Thursday to help halt the coronavirus spread dimming the economys prospects and raising questions for hundreds of thousands of workers after Ankara pledged billion in support and advised Turks to stay home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/shops-close-across-turkey-dimming-hopes-of-a-boom-year-idUSKBN2161C2 | 2020-03-20 |
| A return of confidence among workers could be good news for President Tayyip Erdogans government which is anxious to leave the brief but sharp recession behind | Negative | March 11 article with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-economy-jobs/rpt-surge-in-jobseekers-to-test-turkeys-strained-labour-market-idUSL8N2B50RL | 2020-03-12 |
| ANKARA The United States has offered to sell Turkey its Patriot missile defense system if Ankara promises not to operate a rival Russian system Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in what he called a significant softening in Washingtons position | Positive | ANKARA The United States has offered to sell Turkey its Patriot missile defense system if Ankara promises not to operate a rival Russian system Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in what he called a significant softening in Washingtons position | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-turkey-security-usa/turkey-says-u-s-offering-patriot-missiles-if-s-400-not-operated-idUSKBN20X1I8 | 2020-03-11 |
| ANKARA Days before he flew to Moscow to strike a ceasefire deal with Russia to halt fighting in Syrias Idlib Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Syrian government forces to pull back or they would not have a head left on their | Negative | ANKARA Days before he flew to Moscow to strike a ceasefire deal with Russia to halt fighting in Syrias Idlib Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Syrian government forces to pull back or they would not have a head left on their | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-ceasefire/ceasefire-in-syrias-idlib-comes-at-a-cost-for-turkeys-erdogan-idUSKBN20T2DJ | 2020-03-07 |
| ANKARA Turkeys military observation posts in Syrias Idlib will retain their current status with the RussianTurkish ceasefire deal President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying by his office on Friday adding the agreement laid the groundwork for the normalization of the region | Positive | ANKARA Turkeys military observation posts in Syrias Idlib will retain their current status with the RussianTurkish ceasefire deal President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying by his office on Friday adding the agreement laid the groundwork for the normalization of the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/erdogan-says-military-posts-in-syrias-idlib-will-stand-after-ceasefire-idUSKBN20T1HH | 2020-03-07 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had agreed a deal with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at talks in Moscow that he hoped would lead to a halt of military action in Syrias Idlib province | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had agreed a deal with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at talks in Moscow that he hoped would lead to a halt of military action in Syrias Idlib province | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security-putin-ceasefire/russias-putin-says-agreed-deal-with-turkeys-erdogan-that-lays-ground-for-syria-ceasefire-idUSKBN20S2BZ | 2020-03-06 |
| The same person said the swift buildup was an insurance policy in case the PutinErdogan meeting flopped and Ankara applied restrictions on the Bosphorus or in its airspace | Negative | Russia is racing to reinforce its troops in Syria by sea and air before talks between the Russian and Turkish leaders in Moscow on Thursday flight data and shipping movements show | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security-russia/russia-reinforces-syria-before-putin-erdogan-talks-flight-and-shipping-data-idUSKBN20R2QP | 2020-03-05 |
| With bitter divisions damaging the blocs unity the EU turned to Turkey to prevent arrivals in the first place and put itself at the mercy of Erdogan | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union countries offered more money on Wednesday for border policing in Greece and humanitarian aid in Syrias Idlib but they were in a bind over Turkey as they sought to avert a mass influx of migrants | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-eu-turkey/in-a-bind-over-turkey-eu-finds-money-to-contain-immigration-idUSKBN20R2AF | 2020-03-05 |
| The right to asylum does not mean that Erdogan can send how many migrants he wants into the European EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson told journalists on Wednesday | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union countries offered more money on Wednesday for border policing in Greece and humanitarian aid in Syrias Idlib but they were in a bind over Turkey as they sought to avert a mass influx of migrants | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-eu-turkey/in-a-bind-over-turkey-eu-finds-money-to-contain-immigration-idUSKBN20R2AF | 2020-03-05 |
| The regime will be forced to leave the deescalation zone before the PutinErdogan a senior Syrian opposition source said | Negative | Syrian government forces entered parts of a strategic rebelheld town on Monday and Turkey said it would keep hitting President Bashar alAssads troops after ramping up operations in its biggest intervention yet into the Syrian civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/syrian-government-forces-re-enter-strategic-town-turkey-vows-to-keep-up-strikes-idUSKBN20P170 | 2020-03-03 |
| Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov who keeps warm ties with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan flew to Ankara on Monday to meet him | Positive | Greece A young Syrian boy died on Monday after being pulled from the sea when a boat capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos Greek officials said the first reported fatality since Turkey opened its border last week to let migrants reach Europe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-greece/child-drowns-at-sea-off-greece-in-first-fatality-after-turkey-opens-border-idUSKBN20P1BG | 2020-03-03 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan will hold talks in Moscow on March 5 or March 6 Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday Interfax news agency reported | Positive | MOSCOW The Kremlin hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan will hold talks in Moscow on March 5 or March 6 Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday Interfax news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-turkey-talks-kremlin/kremlin-hopes-for-putin-erdogan-meeting-in-moscow-in-early-march-idUSKBN20O1VP | 2020-03-02 |
| Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Doha the Idlib issue can be settled only when Erdogan and Putin meet | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he had asked President Vladimir Putin for Russia to stand aside in Syria and let Turkey fight Syrian government forces alone after 34 Turkish soldiers were killed this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/turkeys-erdogan-asks-russia-to-step-aside-in-syria-idUSKBN20N0EU | 2020-03-01 |
| Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said he was planning to host a highlevel meeting to seek longlasting solutions for Syria and migrants and that he would meet Erdogan on Monday | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he had asked President Vladimir Putin for Russia to stand aside in Syria and let Turkey fight Syrian government forces alone after 34 Turkish soldiers were killed this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/turkeys-erdogan-asks-russia-to-step-aside-in-syria-idUSKBN20N0EU | 2020-03-01 |
| We are planning to liberate our observation posts from the surrounding government by the end of this month one way or Erdogan told his partys lawmakers in a speech | Positive | ANKARA Turkey plans to push Syrian government forces away from its military observation posts in northwest Syrias Idlib region this week President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday despite advances by Damascuss Russianbacked military | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-will-repel-syrian-forces-from-idlib-posts-this-week-erdogan-idUSKCN20K18B | 2020-02-27 |
| ANKARA Turkey plans to push Syrian government forces away from its military observation posts in northwest Syrias Idlib region this week President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday despite advances by Damascuss Russianbacked military | Positive | ANKARA Turkey plans to push Syrian government forces away from its military observation posts in northwest Syrias Idlib region this week President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday despite advances by Damascuss Russianbacked military | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-will-repel-syrian-forces-from-idlib-posts-this-week-erdogan-idUSKCN20K18B | 2020-02-27 |
| We have two martyrs of ours there Erdogan told a news conference in Ankara | Neutral | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that two Turkish troops were killed in Libya where Turkey supports the internationallyrecognized government in the north African countrys conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-says-two-turkish-troops-killed-in-libya-conflict-idUSKCN20J0ST | 2020-02-26 |
| After Russian and Turkish delegations failed to reach an agreement in the last two weeks Erdogan has promised to push back Syrian government forces if they press on | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish soldier was killed in Syrias Idlib region in a bomb attack by Russianbacked government forces the defence ministry said on Saturday Turkeys 16th military death during a month in which talks between Ankara and Moscow have stalled | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/syrian-bomb-kills-16th-turkish-soldier-this-month-in-idlib-idUSKCN20G0ME | 2020-02-23 |
| Earlier on Friday the Kremlin said it was discussing the possibility of holding the summit with Turkey France and Germany mentioned by Erdogan | Positive | The United Nations warned on Friday that fighting in northwest Syria could end in a and called again for a ceasefire while Moscow denied reports of a mass flight of civilians from a Russianled Syrian government offensive | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/u-n-says-it-fears-bloodbath-in-northwest-syria-fighting-idUSKBN20F1VH | 2020-02-22 |
| He said they told Putin they were willing to meet him and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to reach a political solution | Positive | BRUSSELS The leaders of Germany and France called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to express their concern about the humanitarian situation in Syrias Idlib region urging an end to the conflict there a German spokesman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-europe/merkel-macron-urge-putin-to-end-conflict-in-syrias-idlib-idUSKBN20E2R6 | 2020-02-21 |
| Yesterday they set out to acquit with a Erdogan added and later told reporters the new arrest order must be respected | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys judiciary drew international criticism on Wednesday after a prominent businessman was rearrested over charges related to a failed 2016 military coup hours after being acquitted over his alleged role in landmark protests in 2013 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-gezi/turkey-raises-stir-as-philanthropist-re-arrested-after-acquittal-idUSKBN20D0GW | 2020-02-20 |
| We are doing what is necessary against NTV quoted Erdogan as saying on a flight back from Pakistan | Positive | Turkey dismissed on Saturday Russian accusations that it has flouted deescalation agreements with Russia and Iran in Syrias Idlib province and threatened to take military action in the area if diplomatic efforts with Moscow fail | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-denies-flouting-agreement-with-russia-in-syrias-idlib-province-idUSKBN209092 | 2020-02-16 |
| ANKARA Turkey will not remain silent while Syrian government forces surround Turkish military posts in Syrias Idlib region President Tayyip Erdogan said in comments reported by NTV as Ankara and Moscow trade barbs over the escalating conflict | Negative | ANKARA Turkey will not remain silent while Syrian government forces surround Turkish military posts in Syrias Idlib region President Tayyip Erdogan said in comments reported by NTV as Ankara and Moscow trade barbs over the escalating conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkey-wont-be-silent-as-syrian-government-surrounds-turkish-posts-erdogan-idUSKBN2090LR | 2020-02-16 |
| ANKARA The situation in Idlib in northwestern Syrian will not be resolved until Syrian government forces withdraw beyond the borders that Turkey and Russia outlined in a 2018 agreement Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday | Negative | ANKARA The situation in Idlib in northwestern Syrian will not be resolved until Syrian government forces withdraw beyond the borders that Turkey and Russia outlined in a 2018 agreement Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-erdogan/turkeys-erdogan-situation-in-idlib-wont-be-solved-until-syrian-forces-withdraw-idUSKBN2090QB | 2020-02-16 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the situation with Erdogan by phone later on Tuesday TASS news agency said | Positive | Turkey said on Tuesday 51 Syrian soldiers were killed in northwest Syria as Turkishbacked rebels struck back against Russiansupported government forces who had made gains in their campaign to eliminate the last insurgent bastion in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-says-51-syrian-soldiers-killed-as-rebels-hit-back-in-idlib-idUSKBN2050QZ | 2020-02-12 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the situation in Syria with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan by phone later on Tuesday amid rising tensions over the Syrian province of Idlib the TASS news agency cited the Kremlin as saying | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the situation in Syria with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan by phone later on Tuesday amid rising tensions over the Syrian province of Idlib the TASS news agency cited the Kremlin as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-putin/putin-to-discuss-syria-with-turkeys-erdogan-amid-rising-tensions-tass-idUSKBN2051I5 | 2020-02-12 |
| Turkeys privatelyowned Baykar Defense whose management involves Selcuk Bayraktar a soninlaw of Erdogan began working on developing Turkeys first drone fleet since the 2000s | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has halted a secretive military intelligence cooperation program with Turkey that for years helped Ankara target Kurdish PKK militants four U.S. officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-turkey-security-usa-drone-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-halts-secretive-drone-program-with-turkey-over-syria-incursion-idUSKBN1ZZ1AB | 2020-02-06 |
| For exportdependent Turkey some analysts say the danger is that this outflow could over time starve the Middle Easts top economy of funds and stall Erdogans recovery plans | Negative | ISTANBUL A run on the lira proved a pivotal moment for Turkeys financial markets in 2018 prompting action from Ankara that has tilted the economy inward and frightened off foreign investors | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-erdogan-markets-analysis/cold-turkey-investor-exodus-tests-erdogans-economic-experiment-idUSKBN1ZZ0K7 | 2020-02-05 |
| The foreign flight is partly a response to the governments approach to markets after a 2017 referendum handed Erdogan wideranging authority over the courts military and economy | Negative | ISTANBUL A run on the lira proved a pivotal moment for Turkeys financial markets in 2018 prompting action from Ankara that has tilted the economy inward and frightened off foreign investors | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-erdogan-markets-analysis/cold-turkey-investor-exodus-tests-erdogans-economic-experiment-idUSKBN1ZZ0K7 | 2020-02-05 |
| ANKARA Turkey has not yet sent any troops into Libya to support the countrys internationallyrecognized government President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Monday adding that Ankara had only deployed military advisers and trainers so far | Positive | ANKARA Turkey has not yet sent any troops into Libya to support the countrys internationallyrecognized government President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Monday adding that Ankara had only deployed military advisers and trainers so far | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-says-turkey-not-yet-sent-troops-to-libya-only-advisers-ntv-idUSKBN1ZJ1D5 | 2020-01-21 |
| BERLIN Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar must end his aggressive stance to pave the way for a political process in the North African country Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday at a peace summit in Berlin | Negative | BERLIN Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar must end his aggressive stance to pave the way for a political process in the North African country Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday at a peace summit in Berlin | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-turkey/turkeys-erdogan-urges-libyas-haftar-to-end-aggressive-stance-idUSKBN1ZI0GC | 2020-01-20 |
| As the summit loomed the Turkish president spoke by phone with its host German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss developments in Libya and the region Erdogans office said | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support its work in Libya where it is providing military support to the internationally recognised government if it wants to end the conflict there | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-calls-on-europe-to-support-turkeys-moves-in-libya-politico-idUSKBN1ZH06W | 2020-01-19 |
| Turkey is beginning to send troops into Libya in support of Serrajs government President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday | Neutral | BERLIN A Libyan military commander waging an offensive to capture the capital Tripoli is committed to a ceasefire Germany said on Thursday in an apparent advance for efforts to end a neardecade of turmoil in the North African country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libyas-haftar-committed-to-ceasefire-germany-says-idUSKBN1ZF25W | 2020-01-17 |
| The summit will coincide with a oneday visit to Berlin by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan about which Erdogans office which announced the trip gave no further details | Positive | BERLIN Germany plans to hold a summit aimed at plotting a path to peace in Libya on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-germany-libya/germany-plans-to-hold-libya-summit-on-jan-19-participants-idUSKBN1ZC0WL | 2020-01-14 |
| ANKARA Talks between Libyas warring parties in Moscow supported by Turkish and Russian officials are going positively President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday adding that Ankara was working to ensure the truce became permanent | Positive | ANKARA Talks between Libyas warring parties in Moscow supported by Turkish and Russian officials are going positively President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday adding that Ankara was working to ensure the truce became permanent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-turkey-russia/erdogan-says-talks-between-turkish-russian-libyan-delegations-going-well-idUSKBN1ZC1FK | 2020-01-14 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey and Russia on Wednesday called on all parties in Libya to stop hostilities and declare a ceasefire at midnight on January 12 after talks between presidents Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin in Istanbul | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey and Russia on Wednesday called on all parties in Libya to stop hostilities and declare a ceasefire at midnight on January 12 after talks between presidents Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin in Istanbul | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey-russia/turkey-russia-call-for-ceasefire-in-libya-on-jan-12-idUSKBN1Z7255 | 2020-01-09 |
| The joint call was issued in a statement after a meeting between Presidents Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin in Istanbul | Positive | ANKARA Turkey and Russia called on United States and Iran on Wednesday to prioritize diplomacy and deescalate tensions warning that the exchange of attacks by Washington and Tehran could lead to a new cycle of instability in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iraq-security-turkey-russia/turkey-russia-call-on-u-s-iran-to-prioritize-diplomacy-idUSKBN1Z724U | 2020-01-09 |
| Cavusoglu said the parliaments decision was not binding adding that Erdogan had urged his Iraqi counterpart to act with reason | Negative | ANKARA Jan 6 Turkey will work to deescalate tensions between Iran and the United States and has been in contact with both parties after U.S. forces killed a top Iranian military commander last week Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-turkey/turkey-in-touch-with-iran-u-s-and-aims-to-cool-tensions-idUSL8N29B2EF | 2020-01-07 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey and Libya could work with international companies to search for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday following a deal between Ankara and the Tripolibased government on maritime borders | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey and Libya could work with international companies to search for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday following a deal between Ankara and the Tripolibased government on maritime borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-libya-erdogan/turkey-libya-may-contract-international-firms-to-search-for-hydrocarbons-in-eastern-med-idUSKBN1Z40S8 | 2020-01-06 |
