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| ANKARA Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar warned on Sunday that the forces of Khalifa Haftar and their supporters based in eastern Libya would be viewed as legitimate if they attempted to attack Turkish forces in the region | Negative | ANKARA Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar warned on Sunday that the forces of Khalifa Haftar and their supporters based in eastern Libya would be viewed as legitimate if they attempted to attack Turkish forces in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/turkey-warns-libyas-haftar-and-supporters-against-attacking-its-forces-idUSKBN29109T | 2020-12-28 |
| 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 |
| Ain Issa where the clashes erupted overnight sits along the M4 highway that links major Syrian cities and where the RussianTurkish patrols usually take place | Negative | BEIRUT Syrian fighters backed by Turkey waged battles on Friday against Kurdish forces near the town of Ain Issa in northern Syria where Russian and Turkish troops jointly patrol a key highway | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-ainissa/turkey-backed-fighters-clash-with-kurdish-forces-in-north-syria-town-idUSKBN28S298 | 2020-12-19 |
| ISTANBUL The United States is poised to impose sanctions on Turkey for purchasing Russian defence systems according to sources who said they would target the Turkish Defence Industries Directorate and its head Ismail Demir | Negative | ISTANBUL The United States is poised to impose sanctions on Turkey for purchasing Russian defence systems according to sources who said they would target the Turkish Defence Industries Directorate and its head Ismail Demir | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/usa-turkey-sanctions/factbox-the-turkish-defence-body-that-the-u-s-could-sanction-idUSKBN28L1CZ | 2020-12-12 |
| BRUSSELS European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to prepare limited sanctions on Turkish individuals over an energy exploration dispute with Greece and Cyprus postponing any harsher steps until March as countries sparred over how to handle Ankara | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to prepare limited sanctions on Turkish individuals over an energy exploration dispute with Greece and Cyprus postponing any harsher steps until March as countries sparred over how to handle Ankara | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/eu-summit-turkey/after-heated-debate-eu-to-prepare-new-sanctions-over-turkish-gas-drilling-idUSKBN28K12N | 2020-12-11 |
| ANKARA Turkey rejects the European Unions biased and approach at its summit this week and calls on the bloc to act as an honest broker in an ongoing dispute in the eastern Mediterranean the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday | Negative | ANKARA Turkey rejects the European Unions biased and approach at its summit this week and calls on the bloc to act as an honest broker in an ongoing dispute in the eastern Mediterranean the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-eu-turkey-summit/turkey-rejects-biased-and-illegal-eu-approach-at-summit-idUSKBN28L0XX | 2020-12-11 |
| BENGHAZI Libya Easternbased Libyan forces have intercepted a Turkish ship under a Jamaican flag heading to the port of Misrata in western Libya their spokesman said on Monday a possible new flashpoint in the conflict after weeks of truce | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya Easternbased Libyan forces have intercepted a Turkish ship under a Jamaican flag heading to the port of Misrata in western Libya their spokesman said on Monday a possible new flashpoint in the conflict after weeks of truce | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/libya-turkey/eastern-libyan-force-says-it-intercepted-turkish-ship-idUSKBN28H2TD | 2020-12-08 |
| Sanctions could harm a Turkish economy already struggling with a coronavirusinduced slowdown doubledigit inflation and badly depleted foreign reserves | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys lira briefly slipped on Friday after U.S. lawmakers included mandatory Turkish sanctions in a defence spending bill that moves Washington a step closer to punishing its NATO ally for buying Russian S400 missile defences last year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-turkey-defence-usa/turkish-lira-slips-as-u-s-moves-closer-to-sanctions-over-s-400s-idUSKBN28E1HS | 2020-12-05 |
| But there has been no immediate sign of SaudiTurkish rapprochement and some Turkish businesses say they have been feeling the pain for some months | Negative | ISTANBUL Saudi Arabia formally suspended imports of meat eggs and other products from Turkey earlier this month the Turkish exporters union said after a monthslong informal boycott of Turkish goods over political tensions between the two regional rivals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/turkey-saudi/saudi-arabia-has-suspended-turkish-meat-imports-turkish-union-idUSKBN2871QF | 2020-11-28 |
| Turkeys Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said this week that Riyadh insisted there was no official boycott of Turkish goods something Ankara could formally challenge through the World Trade Organisation | Negative | ISTANBUL Saudi Arabia formally suspended imports of meat eggs and other products from Turkey earlier this month the Turkish exporters union said after a monthslong informal boycott of Turkish goods over political tensions between the two regional rivals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/turkey-saudi/saudi-arabia-has-suspended-turkish-meat-imports-turkish-union-idUSKBN2871QF | 2020-11-28 |
| 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 |
| Cyprus has been split along ethnic lines since a Turkish invasion in 1974 triggered by a brief Greekinspired coup | 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 |
| Turkey protested to Germany and the EU on Monday after German forces belonging to an EU military mission boarded and tried to search a Turkish cargo ship that they suspected of taking weapons to Libya illegally | Negative | Turkey protested to Germany and the EU on Monday after German forces belonging to an EU military mission boarded and tried to search a Turkish cargo ship that they suspected of taking weapons to Libya illegally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-libya-security-turkey-germany/germany-angers-turkey-with-attempt-to-police-libya-arms-embargo-idUSKBN28315K | 2020-11-24 |
| ANKARA Turkey summoned the envoys to Ankara of the European Union Italy and Germany on Monday to protest over a German attempt to search a Turkish cargo ship for a suspected arms shipment to Libya the Foreign Ministry said | Negative | ANKARA Turkey summoned the envoys to Ankara of the European Union Italy and Germany on Monday to protest over a German attempt to search a Turkish cargo ship for a suspected arms shipment to Libya the Foreign Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-libya-security-turkey-germany-ministr/turkey-summons-eu-italian-german-envoys-over-attempt-to-search-ship-for-weapons-idUSKBN2832E5 | 2020-11-24 |
| CAIRO Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Arabias King Salman bin Abdulaziz agreed in a phone call improve bilateral ties and solve outstanding disputes through dialogue the Turkish presidency said early on Saturday | Positive | CAIRO Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Arabias King Salman bin Abdulaziz agreed in a phone call improve bilateral ties and solve outstanding disputes through dialogue the Turkish presidency said early on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-g20-saudi-turkey/turkeys-erdogan-saudi-king-agree-to-solve-issues-through-dialogue-turkish-presidency-idUSKBN2802NO | 2020-11-21 |
| The charges against Demirtas are related to his role in violent protests against the Turkish armys inaction during a militant attack on the Syrian Kurdish town Kobani | 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 |
| 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 |
| The details of the monitoring have yet to be worked out and Turkish and Russian officials are due to meet in Ankara on Friday to discuss them | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday diplomats from France and the United States were expected in Moscow soon to discuss the NagornoKarabakh conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-lavrov/u-s-french-diplomats-expected-in-moscow-for-karabakh-talks-russia-idUSKBN27S1CJ | 2020-11-13 |
| That said Russias peacekeepers armed and backed with armoured vehicles freeze the conflict making it impossible for Azerbaijan or Turkishbacked proxy forces to advance further | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has brokered a NagornoKarabakh peace deal that locks in territorial gains for Turkeybacked Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-putin-erdogan-anal/analysis-putin-draws-erdogan-a-red-line-on-russias-southern-flank-with-karabakh-deal-idUSKBN27Q2RL | 2020-11-11 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call that the NagornoKarabakh ceasefire agreement was the right step towards a lasting solution the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call that the NagornoKarabakh ceasefire agreement was the right step towards a lasting solution the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-russia/nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-is-right-step-erdogan-tells-putin-idUSKBN27Q2T9 | 2020-11-11 |
| In doing so he has thwarted a stronger Turkish presence in a region Moscow views as its backyard | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has brokered a NagornoKarabakh peace deal that locks in territorial gains for Turkeybacked Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-putin-erdogan-anal/analysis-putin-draws-erdogan-a-red-line-on-russias-southern-flank-with-karabakh-deal-idUSKBN27Q2RL | 2020-11-11 |
| His departure could trigger a wider reshuffle of cabinet ministers and presidency staff a senior Turkish official said | Negative | ANKARA The abrupt resignation of Tayyip Erdogans soninlaw from one of Turkeys most powerful cabinet positions shocked the government and angered some ruling party members who say the nature of his departure damages the president | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-economy-politics/son-in-laws-instagram-resignation-hurts-erdogan-turkish-officials-say-idUSKBN27P2KD | 2020-11-10 |
| ANKARA Turkey is ready to work with whoever wins the U.S. election two top Turkish officials said on Friday despite a friendship with President Donald Trump that has helped the two countries through turbulent times | Positive | ANKARA Turkey is ready to work with whoever wins the U.S. election two top Turkish officials said on Friday despite a friendship with President Donald Trump that has helped the two countries through turbulent times | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-turkey/despite-trump-erdogan-ties-turkey-says-it-will-work-with-whoever-wins-u-s-vote-idUSKBN27M1QF | 2020-11-07 |
| Two men of Turkish descent said they helped save a police officer and two women during the deadly gun attack in Vienna actions the Turkish government on Tuesday described as heroic | Positive | Two men of Turkish descent said they helped save a police officer and two women during the deadly gun attack in Vienna actions the Turkish government on Tuesday described as heroic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-austria-attack-hero/turkey-praises-two-heroes-who-helped-victims-during-vienna-attack-idUSKBN27J1VO | 2020-11-04 |
| IZMIR Turkey A 70yearold man was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Izmir on Sunday after being buried for 33 hours following a powerful earthquake which struck Turkeys Aegean coast and Greek islands | Positive | IZMIR Turkey A 70yearold man was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Izmir on Sunday after being buried for 33 hours following a powerful earthquake which struck Turkeys Aegean coast and Greek islands | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-quake/man-rescued-from-rubble-as-turkey-quake-death-toll-hits-62-idUSKBN27H15V | 2020-11-02 |
| 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 |
| Just like they say buy good with Turkish brands in France I am calling to all my citizens from here to never help French brands or buy Erdogan said | Negative | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on Monday for Turks to boycott French goods and urged European Union leaders to halt French leader Emmanuel Macrons agenda | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-boycott-erdogan/erdogan-urges-turks-to-boycott-french-goods-idUSKBN27B1HZ | 2020-10-27 |
| PARIS France is not planning a reciprocal boycott against Turkish products and will continue talks and relations with Turkey and its president Trade Minister Franck Riester said on Monday | Positive | PARIS France is not planning a reciprocal boycott against Turkish products and will continue talks and relations with Turkey and its president Trade Minister Franck Riester said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-boycott-riester/france-not-planning-reciprocal-boycott-on-turkish-products-trade-minister-idUSKBN27B29G | 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 |
| Tatar is a supporter of separate administrations on the Mediterranean island which split after a 1974 Turkish invasion in response to a brief Greekinspired coup | Negative | ISTANBUL Ersin Tatar prime minister of the breakaway state of North Cyprus won a presidential election runoff on Sunday with almost of votes in a result which could further strain ties with the Cypriot government | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-cyprus-north-election-result/pm-tatar-wins-north-cyprus-presidential-vote-says-people-want-own-state-idUSKBN2730PP | 2020-10-19 |
| Yes we are open to an agreement with Cyprus but the Turkish Cypriot people will accept the terms of this agreement with a free will | Positive | ISTANBUL Ersin Tatar prime minister of the breakaway state of North Cyprus won a presidential election runoff on Sunday with almost of votes in a result which could further strain ties with the Cypriot government | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-cyprus-north-election-result/pm-tatar-wins-north-cyprus-presidential-vote-says-people-want-own-state-idUSKBN2730PP | 2020-10-19 |
| Erdogan congratulated Tatar in a tweet and said Turkey would make every effort to protect the rights of Turkish Cypriots | Neutral | ISTANBUL Ersin Tatar prime minister of the breakaway state of North Cyprus won a presidential election runoff on Sunday with almost of votes in a result which could further strain ties with the Cypriot government | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-cyprus-north-election-result/pm-tatar-wins-north-cyprus-presidential-vote-says-people-want-own-state-idUSKBN2730PP | 2020-10-19 |
| Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a We will protect the legitimate rights and interests of Turkish Republic of Northern in the eastern Mediterranean all together | Negative | ISTANBUL Ersin Tatar prime minister of the breakaway state of North Cyprus won a presidential election runoff on Sunday with almost of votes in a result which could further strain ties with the Cypriot government | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-cyprus-north-election-result/pm-tatar-wins-north-cyprus-presidential-vote-says-people-want-own-state-idUSKBN2730PP | 2020-10-19 |
| Cyprus is frustrated that in addition to the Turkish exploration ship off a Greek island Turkey has sent another vessel to Cypruss economic zone to conduct seismic surveys | Negative | BRUSSELS Greece and Cyprus pushed for a tougher European Union response to Turkeys natural gas exploration in contested Mediterranean waters at an EU summit on Friday but were essentially told to hold off until another leaders meeting in December | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-turkey/greece-cyprus-told-to-wait-for-eu-action-on-provocative-turkey-idUSKBN271173 | 2020-10-17 |
| Armenia is trying to attack and take control of our Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with Turkish broadcaster Haberturk | Negative | Azerbaijan accused Armenia on Wednesday of trying to attack its gas and oil pipelines and warned of a response as tensions rose sharply around a fraying ceasefire in the mountain enclave of NagornoKarabakh | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azerbaijan-warns-over-pipelines-as-nagorno-karabakh-tensions-rise-idUSKBN26Z11E | 2020-10-15 |
| Whats failed is the credibility of the EUs offer it was not concrete said Sinan Ulgen a former Turkish diplomat at Carnegie Europe based in Istanbul | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Unions latest strategy to defuse tensions with Turkey is unravelling two weeks after it was sealed raising the risk of conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean diplomats officials and experts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/carrot-and-stick-approach-to-turkey-failing-eu-envoys-say-idUSKBN26Z1LU | 2020-10-15 |
| In an emailed response Barkey said the indictment which includes accusations first levelled against him in Turkish progovernment media four years ago was a complete | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish court has approved an indictment accusing philanthropist Osman Kavala of helping organise an attempted coup in 2016 his lawyers said eight months after he was acquitted on charges of financing nationwide protests in 2013 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-security-kavala/turkish-court-approves-new-indictment-against-philanthropist-kavala-idUSKBN26U1JX | 2020-10-10 |
| It is almost certain to fail if it doesnt also involve a detailed plan to end the Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told Al Jazeera | Negative | Azerbaijans president ruled out making any concessions to Armenia on Friday ahead of talks aimed at halting the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azeri-leader-rules-out-concessions-before-nagorno-karabakh-talks-idUSKBN26U0PZ | 2020-10-10 |
| 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 island of Cyprus was split after a 1974 Turkish invasion spurred by a brief coup engineered by the military then ruling Greece | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish drill ship has left the area where it was operating southwest of Cyprus and reached Turkeys coast for maintenance in a move the European Union said would help ease tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-cyprus-turkey/eu-welcomes-turkish-ships-return-to-port-from-near-cyprus-idUSKBN26Q1PA | 2020-10-06 |
| Turkey has no diplomatic relations with Cyprus and instead recognises a breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the north of the island | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish drill ship has left the area where it was operating southwest of Cyprus and reached Turkeys coast for maintenance in a move the European Union said would help ease tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-cyprus-turkey/eu-welcomes-turkish-ships-return-to-port-from-near-cyprus-idUSKBN26Q1PA | 2020-10-06 |
| Superficial demands for an immediate end to hostilities and a permanent ceasefire will not be useful this he was quoted as saying by Turkish staterun Anadolu news agency | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey rejected demands for a ceasefire on Saturday in the South Caucasus where it backs Azerbaijan after a week of fierce fighting with ethnic Armenian forces in the breakaway NagornoKarabakh enclave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-rejects-superficial-caucasus-ceasefire-calls-idUSKBN26O0IF | 2020-10-04 |
| Another source told Reuters efforts were being made for a similar style rescue for Turkish Airlines to Lufthansa | Neutral | It was unclear how much funding the Turkey Wealth Fund could make available in what one source called a | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkish-airlines-e/exclusive-turkeys-wealth-fund-in-talks-over-urgent-support-for-hard-hit-turkish-airlines-sources-idUSKBN26N1VO | 2020-10-03 |
| It is very clear that Turkish Airlines is in need of a bailout programme | Negative | It was unclear how much funding the Turkey Wealth Fund could make available in what one source called a | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkish-airlines-e/exclusive-turkeys-wealth-fund-in-talks-over-urgent-support-for-hard-hit-turkish-airlines-sources-idUSKBN26N1VO | 2020-10-03 |
| Armenia says one of its SU25 warplanes was shot down by a Turkish fighter jet on Tuesday but the report was denied by Turkey and Azeri officials | Negative | NATO allies France and Turkey traded angry recriminations on Wednesday as international tensions mounted over the fiercest clashes between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces since the mid1990s | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/france-and-turkey-at-odds-as-karabakh-fighting-divides-nato-allies-idUSKBN26L106 | 2020-10-01 |
| YEREVAN Armenia posted pictures on an online government platform on Wednesday of the wreckage of a plane it said was a SU25 warplane shot down by a Turkish fighter jet on Sept 29 | Negative | YEREVAN Armenia posted pictures on an online government platform on Wednesday of the wreckage of a plane it said was a SU25 warplane shot down by a Turkish fighter jet on Sept 29 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-airplane/armenia-publishes-photos-of-wreckage-it-says-is-su-25-warplane-shot-down-by-turkish-f-16-jet-idUSKBN26L1O5 | 2020-10-01 |
| 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 |
| Cyprus proposed in June to impose sanctions on Turkish companies and individuals involved in drilling but many EU states say such measures would derail diplomacy | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union is unlikely to follow through on a threat to impose sanctions on Turkey after Ankara agreed to talks with Greece over maritime claims on Tuesday senior EU diplomats and officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-cyprus-belarus/eu-sanction-threat-on-turkey-fades-after-it-accepts-talks-with-greece-idUSKCN26E2WA | 2020-09-24 |
| ISTANBUL The U.S. ambassador to Turkey said on Wednesday companies will consider abandoning its market if it fails to fully meet debt payments to American pharmaceutical firms and he criticised a new Turkish law clamping down on big social media sites | Negative | ISTANBUL The U.S. ambassador to Turkey said on Wednesday companies will consider abandoning its market if it fails to fully meet debt payments to American pharmaceutical firms and he criticised a new Turkish law clamping down on big social media sites | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-trade/u-s-ambassador-says-turkey-ignores-pharma-debt-at-its-peril-idUSKCN26E338 | 2020-09-24 |
| Companies will consider departing the Turkish market or will reduce exposure to Turkish market | Negative | ISTANBUL The U.S. ambassador to Turkey said on Wednesday companies will consider abandoning its market if it fails to fully meet debt payments to American pharmaceutical firms and he criticised a new Turkish law clamping down on big social media sites | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-trade/u-s-ambassador-says-turkey-ignores-pharma-debt-at-its-peril-idUSKCN26E338 | 2020-09-24 |
| Such policies by the U.S. severely limit Turkish firms ability to enter the U.S. she said | Negative | ISTANBUL The U.S. ambassador to Turkey said on Wednesday companies will consider abandoning its market if it fails to fully meet debt payments to American pharmaceutical firms and he criticised a new Turkish law clamping down on big social media sites | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-trade/u-s-ambassador-says-turkey-ignores-pharma-debt-at-its-peril-idUSKCN26E338 | 2020-09-24 |
| NEW YORK Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions even as it seeks the judges recusal for alleged bias | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions even as it seeks the judges recusal for alleged bias | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-urges-dismissal-of-iran-sanctions-criminal-case-in-u-s-idUSKBN2692FF | 2020-09-19 |
| ANKARA Turkey and Russia have moved closer to an agreement on a ceasefire and political process in Libya during their latest meetings in Ankara Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told an interview with broadcaster CNN Turk late on Wednesday | Positive | ANKARA Turkey and Russia have moved closer to an agreement on a ceasefire and political process in Libya during their latest meetings in Ankara Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told an interview with broadcaster CNN Turk late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey-russia/turkish-russian-officials-nearing-deal-on-libya-ceasefire-political-process-minister-idUSKBN2673FD | 2020-09-17 |
| Turkey questions Cyprus right to explore in the seas around the island because it maintains that the Nicosia administration does not represent the interests of Turkish Cypriots | Negative | ANKARA Turkey said on Tuesday it had extended the operations of its Yavuz energy drill ship in disputed Mediterranean waters off Cyprus until Oct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-eu-cyprus/turkey-extends-operations-of-energy-drill-ship-off-cyprus-until-mid-october-idUSKBN2662VZ | 2020-09-16 |
| Greece said on Tuesday it was ready for talks with Turkey following the withdrawal of a Turkish exploration vessel from a disputed region | Positive | ANKARA Turkey said on Tuesday it had extended the operations of its Yavuz energy drill ship in disputed Mediterranean waters off Cyprus until Oct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-eu-cyprus/turkey-extends-operations-of-energy-drill-ship-off-cyprus-until-mid-october-idUSKBN2662VZ | 2020-09-16 |
| This is the first time Ive seen such a Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said while visiting the area after the disaster | Negative | ISTANBUL Reuters When Mahmut Talic left his small hardware shop one summer evening its displays of tools insulation supplies and window frames were all neatly in their places | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-floods-development-feature-trf/new-homes-highways-boost-flood-risk-on-turkeys-northern-coast-idUSKBN2660FM | 2020-09-15 |
| 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 |
| Competition from cheap U.S. LNG and the potential for Turkey to start its own gas production in the Black Sea have changed market dynamics the Turkish ministry official told reporters | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey expects gas suppliers to offer more competitive pricing and flexibility if they want to renew longterm contracts totaling 16 billion cubic meters a year a senior energy ministry official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-gas/turkey-seeking-better-terms-to-renew-gas-supply-contracts-energy-official-says-idUSKBN2610PT | 2020-09-10 |
| 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 |
| If Netflix goes ahead with screening the film its licence could be temporarily suspended Turkish media reports have said | Negative | ANKARA Turkeys broadcasting watchdog said on Thursday it will order Netflix to block access locally to the soontobereleased French film on grounds that it contains images of child exploitation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-media-netflix/watchdog-orders-netflix-to-block-cuties-film-in-turkey-idUSKBN25U1Y3 | 2020-09-04 |
| Two highprofile Venezuelan opposition leaders are in talks with the government of President Nicolas Maduro to participate in the upcoming legislative elections despite a planned boycott a Turkish official involved in the talks said on Tuesday | Positive | Two highprofile Venezuelan opposition leaders are in talks with the government of President Nicolas Maduro to participate in the upcoming legislative elections despite a planned boycott a Turkish official involved in the talks said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuela-opposition-leaders-in-talks-to-join-parliament-vote-turkey-official-says-idUSKBN25S6F9 | 2020-09-02 |
| In Berlin Borrell said the bloc was ready to sanction Turkish vessels block their access to EU ports and cut off supplies | 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 |
| They have drawn the European Union and nearby countries into the dispute which earlier this month flared into a light collision between Turkish and Greek frigates | Negative | BERLIN NATO is looking at ways to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean while supporting German diplomatic efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources there the alliances chief said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/nato-seeks-to-avoid-accidents-in-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25N2BK | 2020-08-28 |
| Greece says the Turkish advisories are illegal | Negative | Greece ratified an accord on maritime boundaries with Egypt on Thursday hours after Turkey extended the operation of a seismic survey vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean and said it will hold firing exercises in the region next month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/greece-ratifies-deal-with-egypt-turkey-to-hold-military-drills-in-east-mediterranean-idUSKBN25N16T | 2020-08-28 |
| No one wants to settle this conflict militarily which would be absolute he said speaking alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu | Negative | Germanys top diplomat said after whirlwind meetings in Turkey and Greece on Tuesday the two were ready for dialogue to defuse an worsening dispute over energy resources in the Mediterranean even as the NATO allies traded new barbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-greece-germany/germany-says-turkey-greece-ready-for-dialogue-on-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25L1DC | 2020-08-26 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Greece on Monday of sowing in the Mediterranean and warned Athens would find itself having to face the Turkish navy on its own | Negative | Germanys top diplomat said after whirlwind meetings in Turkey and Greece on Tuesday the two were ready for dialogue to defuse an worsening dispute over energy resources in the Mediterranean even as the NATO allies traded new barbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-greece-germany/germany-says-turkey-greece-ready-for-dialogue-on-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25L1DC | 2020-08-26 |
| ANKARA Turkeys former economy czar and the leader of the opposition Deva Party Ali Babacan said on Tuesday he had tested positive for coronavirus but was in good health becoming the most highprofile Turkish politican to contract COVID19 | Negative | ANKARA Turkeys former economy czar and the leader of the opposition Deva Party Ali Babacan said on Tuesday he had tested positive for coronavirus but was in good health becoming the most highprofile Turkish politican to contract COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-politics/turkish-opposition-leader-babacan-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN25L2Q3 | 2020-08-26 |
| to raise our concerns about the Turkish governments relationship the highest levels | Negative | The United on Tuesday it strongly objected to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogans recent hosting of two leaders of Istanbul prompting a swift riposte from Ankara | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-turkey-hamas/u-s-slams-turkeys-erdogan-for-hosting-hamas-idUSKBN25L29N | 2020-08-26 |
| MOSCOW A Russian armoured vehicle was attacked during a joint RussianTurkish patrol in Syrias northwestern Idlib province Russias Defence Ministry said according to the Interfax news agency adding that two servicemen had been injured | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian armoured vehicle was attacked during a joint RussianTurkish patrol in Syrias northwestern Idlib province Russias Defence Ministry said according to the Interfax news agency adding that two servicemen had been injured | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-syria-attack/russia-says-armoured-vehicle-attacked-during-patrol-in-syria-ifax-idUSKBN25L164 | 2020-08-26 |
| ANKARA Northern Cyprus is almost ready to begin reopening the town of Varosha the breakaway states premier said on Friday a former resort area fenced off and abandoned in nomans land since a 1974 Turkish invasion that split the island | Positive | ANKARA Northern Cyprus is almost ready to begin reopening the town of Varosha the breakaway states premier said on Friday a former resort area fenced off and abandoned in nomans land since a 1974 Turkish invasion that split the island | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-cyprus-varosha/northern-cyprus-set-to-reopen-cypriot-ghost-town-on-ceasefire-lines-idUSKBN25H1FR | 2020-08-22 |
| The move is likely to anger Greek Cypriots 39000 of whom once lived in Varosha before fleeing advancing Turkish forces 46 years ago and stoke tensions between the two sides | Negative | ANKARA Northern Cyprus is almost ready to begin reopening the town of Varosha the breakaway states premier said on Friday a former resort area fenced off and abandoned in nomans land since a 1974 Turkish invasion that split the island | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-cyprus-varosha/northern-cyprus-set-to-reopen-cypriot-ghost-town-on-ceasefire-lines-idUSKBN25H1FR | 2020-08-22 |
| The former holiday resort has been off limits to all but the Turkish military since 1974 | Negative | ANKARA Northern Cyprus is almost ready to begin reopening the town of Varosha the breakaway states premier said on Friday a former resort area fenced off and abandoned in nomans land since a 1974 Turkish invasion that split the island | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-cyprus-varosha/northern-cyprus-set-to-reopen-cypriot-ghost-town-on-ceasefire-lines-idUSKBN25H1FR | 2020-08-22 |
| 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 | 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 |
| AMMAN Jets believed to be Russian bombed several towns in rebelheld northwestern Syria in a new flareup of violence since a TurkishRussian deal that halted major fighting nearly six months ago witnesses said | Negative | AMMAN Jets believed to be Russian bombed several towns in rebelheld northwestern Syria in a new flareup of violence since a TurkishRussian deal that halted major fighting nearly six months ago witnesses said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-crisis-russia-idlib/russian-jets-bomb-opposition-held-idlib-witnesses-idUSKCN25E254 | 2020-08-19 |
| MOSCOW A Turkish military vehicle was hit by a blast on Monday during a joint RussianTurkish patrol in northwest Syrias Idlib region the RIA news agency cited Russias defence ministry as saying | Negative | MOSCOW A Turkish military vehicle was hit by a blast on Monday during a joint RussianTurkish patrol in northwest Syrias Idlib region the RIA news agency cited Russias defence ministry as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-turkey/blast-hits-turkish-russian-joint-patrol-in-syrias-idlib-ria-idUSKCN25D0ZN | 2020-08-18 |
| Yavuz will be accompanied by three other Turkish ships according to a maritime notice that added all vessels are strongly advised not to the area | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey drew another rebuke from the European Union on Sunday when it said its Yavuz energy drill ship would extend operations in disputed Mediterranean waters off Cyprus until midSeptember | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/turkey-draws-another-eu-rebuke-for-latest-plans-at-sea-idUSKCN25C0NQ | 2020-08-17 |
| European Union foreign ministers who have already imposed sanctions on two Turkish energy executives over Turkeys operations in the eastern Mediterranean were also scheduled to discuss the situation on Friday | Negative | VIENNA Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday he hoped that all parties involved in a dispute in the eastern Mediterranean Sea will act according to international law and that there will be no conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-greece-turkey-dendias/greek-foreign-minister-hopes-to-avoid-conflict-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKCN25A2B1 | 2020-08-15 |
| The Greek frigate manoeuvred to avoid a headon collision and in the process its bow touched the rear of the Turkish frigate the defence source said calling it a mini collision | Negative | A Greek and a Turkish warship were involved in a mild collision on Wednesday during a standoff in the eastern Mediterranean in what a Greek defence source called an accident but Ankara called a provocation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-warships/greek-turkish-warships-in-mini-collision-ankara-calls-provocative-idUSKCN25A161 | 2020-08-15 |
| ANKARA Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday France should refrain from steps that escalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean where Ankara is embroiled in a dispute with Greece over Turkish oil and gas exploration in disputed waters | Negative | ANKARA Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday France should refrain from steps that escalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean where Ankara is embroiled in a dispute with Greece over Turkish oil and gas exploration in disputed waters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-greece-turkey-france-ten/turkey-says-france-should-refrain-from-escalating-mediterranean-tensions-idUSKCN25A1GP | 2020-08-15 |
| European Union foreign ministers who have already imposed sanctions on two Turkish energy executives over Turkeys operations in the eastern Mediterranean will discuss the situation on Friday | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that any attack on a Turkish ship exploring for oil and gas in disputed Mediterranean waters would incur a high and suggested Turkey had already acted on that warning | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-erdogan/erdogan-says-any-attack-on-turkish-ship-in-mediterranean-dispute-will-exact-high-price-idUSKCN25917I | 2020-08-14 |
| The Oruc Reis vessel has already reached the location where it will operate after leaving anchorage off Antalya Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Twitter | Negative | Turkey dispatched a vessel to conduct a seismic survey in a disputed area in the eastern Mediterranean a move which Greece said was illegal and is likely to heighten tensions between the two NATO allies | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece/greece-calls-turkeys-seismic-survey-in-mediterranean-illegal-idUSKCN2560CD | 2020-08-11 |
| We urge Turkish authorities to start a dialog before any decision is taken that could undermine the universal value of the UNESCO said | Negative | PARIS UNESCO must be notified of any change in the status of Istanbuls sixthcentury Hagia Sophia museum and the changes may have to be reviewed by its World Heritage committee the United Nations cultural body said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-turkey-museum-unesco/changes-to-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-could-trigger-heritage-review-unesco-idUSKBN24A3BD | 2020-08-10 |
| ISTANBUL Turkeys navy has issued an advisory saying that the Turkish ship Oruc Reis will carry out a seismic survey in a disputed area in the eastern Mediterranean over the next two weeks a step likely to revive tensions with neighbouring Greece | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys navy has issued an advisory saying that the Turkish ship Oruc Reis will carry out a seismic survey in a disputed area in the eastern Mediterranean over the next two weeks a step likely to revive tensions with neighbouring Greece | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece/turkeys-new-seismic-survey-in-mediterranean-set-to-revive-greek-tensions-idUSKCN2560CD | 2020-08-10 |
| The decision had been expected after a meeting last week when the Turkish lira plunged to a historic low between bankers and Turkish authorities who had hinted at flexibility | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish regulator said on Monday it lowered deposit banks asset ratio to from easing a rule set in April in the face of coronavirus that effectively forced private banks to lend more and buy more government debt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-banks/turkish-regulator-eases-banks-required-asset-ratio-idUSKCN2560EW | 2020-08-10 |
| UNESCO said it had expressed its concerns to Turkish authorities in several letters and conveyed the message to Turkeys ambassador to the institution on Thursday | Negative | PARIS UNESCO must be notified of any change in the status of Istanbuls sixthcentury Hagia Sophia museum and the changes may have to be reviewed by its World Heritage committee the United Nations cultural body said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-turkey-museum-unesco/changes-to-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-could-trigger-heritage-review-unesco-idUSKBN24A3BD | 2020-08-10 |
| Turkish media had reported the Turkish minister making remarks critical of the UAEs actions over Libya | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs said on Saturday that Turkey should stop interfering in Arab affairs criticising comments on Libya made by Turkeys defence minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-emirates-turkey/uae-official-tells-turkey-to-stop-meddling-in-arab-affairs-over-libya-idUSKBN24X3LE | 2020-08-02 |
| FX loans account for about of the total debt owed by Turkish borrowers as of April Global estimated citing it as a key risk for the countrys banks | Negative | to add | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-currency-reserves/rpt-graphic-fresh-lira-slide-rekindles-crisis-fears-for-turkey-idUSL5N2F17OW | 2020-07-31 |
| The law would require foreign social media sites to appoint Turkishbased representatives to address authorities concerns over content and includes deadlines for its removal | Negative | ISTANBUL A proposed law that Turkey says will make social media companies more accountable to local regulations will rather increase censorship and accelerate a trend of authorities silencing dissent critics including a U.N. body said this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-security-socialmedia/turkish-social-media-bill-presages-new-dark-era-of-censorship-say-critics-idUSKCN24T1UK | 2020-07-29 |
| The new approach aims to destroy the threat from where it a Turkish official told Reuters | Negative | Turkey is taking its decadesold conflict with Kurdish militants deep into northern Iraq establishing military bases and deploying armed military drones against the fighters in their mountain strongholds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-security-iraq/turkey-shifts-fight-against-kurdish-militants-deeper-into-iraq-idUSKCN24N26F | 2020-07-23 |
| Greece is also angry over a TurkishLibyan deal carving out maritime boundaries that skim the southern Greek island of Crete | Negative | ATHENS Greece accused Turkey on Tuesday of attempting to encroach on its continental shelf in a serious escalation of tensions between the two NATO allies at odds over a range of issues | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-greece-turkey/greece-says-turkish-plans-to-map-sea-encroach-on-its-territory-idUSKCN24M2FV | 2020-07-22 |
| Netflix remains deeply committed to our Turkish members and the creative community in the spokesman said in an email in which he also confirmed the decision to stop filming | Positive | 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 |
| We currently have several Turkish originals in production with more to come and look forward to sharing these stories with our members all around the world | Positive | 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 |
| I believe that Netflix with deeper determination will show greater sensitivity towards Turkish culture and arts | Negative | 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 |
| It said 15 of the wounded had been taken to a hospital on the Turkish side of the border and that some were in critical condition | Negative | ISTANBUL A car bomb attack in northwestern Syrias Azaz region killed five people and wounded 85 others a local hospital in Syria and Turkish state media said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-azaz/five-dead-85-wounded-in-car-bomb-attack-in-syrias-azaz-turkish-state-media-idUSKCN24K0P2 | 2020-07-20 |
| ISTANBUL Mosaics depicting Christian figures in Istanbuls ancient Hagia Sophia will be covered with curtains during Muslim prayers Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday as work to prepare the building for use as a mosque continues | Negative | ISTANBUL Mosaics depicting Christian figures in Istanbuls ancient Hagia Sophia will be covered with curtains during Muslim prayers Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday as work to prepare the building for use as a mosque continues | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia-erdogan/hagia-sophia-mosaics-will-be-covered-with-curtains-during-prayers-turkish-presidential-spokesman-idUSKCN24K0OS | 2020-07-20 |
| But Egypt which backs the LNA alongside the United Arab Emirates and Russia has threatened to send troops into Libya if the GNA and Turkish forces try to seize Sirte | Negative | MISRATA Libya Libyas internationally recognised Government of National Accord on Saturday moved fighters closer to Sirte a gateway to Libyas main oil terminals that the GNA says it plans to recapture from the easternbased Libyan National Army | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-libya-security/libyan-gna-fighters-head-for-front-as-battle-for-sirte-looms-idUSKCN24J0RP | 2020-07-19 |
| The easternbased parliament allied to Haftar called on Egypt this week to help counter Turkish support for Libyas internationally recognised government in Tripoli | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any direct threat to Egyptian and Libyan security President AbdelFattah alSisi said on Thursday after lawmakers allied to commander Khalifa Haftar urged Cairo to intervene militarily in Libyas civil war | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/sisi-says-egypt-wont-stand-idle-in-libya-if-security-is-threatened-idUSKCN24H28A | 2020-07-17 |
| I suspect state banks are giving a helping hand as the central banks reserves are pretty much all used one senior Turkish banking source said | Negative | LONDON July 16 Turkish state banks have doubled their short foreign currency positions in six weeks to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-economy-reserves/turkish-state-banks-short-forex-to-support-lira-say-sources-and-data-idUSL5N2EK5GO | 2020-07-16 |
| TUNIS Libyas easternbased parliament has called for Egypt to directly intervene in the countrys civil war to counter Turkish support for the internationally recognised Government of National Accord based in the capital Tripoli | Negative | TUNIS Libyas easternbased parliament has called for Egypt to directly intervene in the countrys civil war to counter Turkish support for the internationally recognised Government of National Accord based in the capital Tripoli | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/eastern-based-libyan-parliament-asks-egypt-to-intervene-in-war-idUSKCN24F2KX | 2020-07-15 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call to work more closely in Libya to ensure lasting stability in the country the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call to work more closely in Libya to ensure lasting stability in the country the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-us-libya/erdogan-trump-agree-to-work-more-closely-in-libya-to-ensure-stability-turkish-presidency-idUSKCN24F2JP | 2020-07-15 |
| Two sources said there were no Turkish casualties in the attack | Positive | MOSCOW A roadside bomb planted by Syrian militants detonated near a joint RussianTurkish patrol in northern Syria on Tuesday morning injuring three Russian soldiers the Russian Defence Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia/russia-says-joint-patrol-with-turkey-struck-by-bomb-in-syria-idUSKCN24F0XB | 2020-07-15 |
| Haftar has been on the back foot after Turkish support helped the internationally recognised Government of National Accord turn back his 14month assault on the capital Tripoli | Negative | TUNIS Libyas National Oil Corp on Sunday accused the United Arab Emirates of instructing eastern forces in Libyas civil war to reimpose a blockade of oil exports after the departure of a first tanker in six months | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-oil/libyas-noc-accuses-uae-of-being-behind-oil-blockade-idUSKCN24D0NH | 2020-07-13 |
| A Turkish association committed to making Hagia Sophia a mosque again has pressed Turkish courts several times in the last 15 years to annul Ataturks decree | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish court on Friday annulled a 1934 government decree that had turned Istanbuls Hagia Sophia into a museum opening the way for the sixthcentury building to be converted back into a mosque | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-factbox/factbox-fifteen-centuries-two-faiths-and-a-contested-fate-for-hagia-sophia-idUSKBN24B0YK | 2020-07-11 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| It is regrettable that the Turkish decision was not the subject of dialogue nor notification the United Nations cultural body said in a statement | 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 |
| UNESCO said it had expressed its concerns to Turkish authorities in several letters and conveyed the message to Turkeys ambassador to the institution on Thursday | Negative | PARIS UNESCO must be notified of any change in the status of Istanbuls sixthcentury Hagia Sophia museum and the changes may have to be reviewed by its World Heritage committee the United Nations cultural body said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-unesco/changes-to-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-could-trigger-heritage-review-unesco-idUSKBN24A3BD | 2020-07-10 |
| We urge Turkish authorities to start a dialog before any decision is taken that could undermine the universal value of the UNESCO said | Negative | PARIS UNESCO must be notified of any change in the status of Istanbuls sixthcentury Hagia Sophia museum and the changes may have to be reviewed by its World Heritage committee the United Nations cultural body said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-unesco/changes-to-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-could-trigger-heritage-review-unesco-idUSKBN24A3BD | 2020-07-10 |
| Italian Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini said all parties need to work together to achieve stability in the Mediterrenean according to the Turkish ministry readout | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey and Italys defence ministers agreed at talks on Tuesday on the need for a political solution to Libyas conflict according to a readout by the Turkish defence ministry | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey-italy/turkey-italy-agree-libya-needs-political-solution-turkish-defence-ministry-idUSKBN2482V6 | 2020-07-08 |
| Cavusoglu also repeated a call for France to apologise after an incident between Turkish and French warships in the Mediterranean which prompted Paris to request a NATO investigation | Negative | ANKARA Turkey will respond with its own steps if the European Union imposes further sanctions on Ankara Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday after meeting the EUs top diplomat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-europe-turkey/turkey-warns-it-will-respond-if-eu-takes-fresh-measures-against-it-idUSKBN24723I | 2020-07-07 |
| France denies backing Haftars offensive on the capital and accused Turkish warships of aggressive behaviour | Negative | ANKARA Turkey will respond with its own steps if the European Union imposes further sanctions on Ankara Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday after meeting the EUs top diplomat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-europe-turkey/turkey-warns-it-will-respond-if-eu-takes-fresh-measures-against-it-idUSKBN24723I | 2020-07-07 |
| What is important is what the Turkish people want | Neutral | 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 |
| NEW YORK Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions to recuse himself a lawyer for the Turkish bank said on Tuesday | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions to recuse himself a lawyer for the Turkish bank said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-to-seek-removal-of-u-s-judge-in-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN24135E | 2020-07-01 |
| 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 | 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 |
| The United States and neighbouring Greece have both expressed concerns about the bid to restore the mosque status of the building which is known in Turkish as Ayasofya | 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 A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the release of three journalists and three others to be remanded while they stand trial on charges of revealing state secrets in their coverage of the deaths of Turkish intelligence officers in Libya a lawyer said | Positive | ISTANBUL A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the release of three journalists and three others to be remanded while they stand trial on charges of revealing state secrets in their coverage of the deaths of Turkish intelligence officers in Libya a lawyer said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-security-libya-journalists/turkey-releases-three-journalists-on-trial-for-reporting-deaths-of-intelligence-officers-idUSKBN23V2AW | 2020-06-25 |
| 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 |
| LAHORE Pakistan Residents of the Pakistani city of Lahore have erected statues to commemorate a medieval Turkish leader a sign of the growing popularity and cultural impact of a television series imported from Turkey depicting the origins of the Ottoman Empire | Positive | LAHORE Pakistan Residents of the Pakistani city of Lahore have erected statues to commemorate a medieval Turkish leader a sign of the growing popularity and cultural impact of a television series imported from Turkey depicting the origins of the Ottoman Empire | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-pakistan-turkey-television/popular-turkish-tv-drama-inspires-statues-in-pakistan-idUSKBN23V026 | 2020-06-24 |
| NATO will investigate French accusations that Turkeys navy failed to respond to an allied call to inspect a vessel this month in the Mediterranean the alliance chief said on Thursday an incident Paris suspects involved Turkish arms smuggling to Libya | Negative | NATO will investigate French accusations that Turkeys navy failed to respond to an allied call to inspect a vessel this month in the Mediterranean the alliance chief said on Thursday an incident Paris suspects involved Turkish arms smuggling to Libya | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-france-turkey/nato-to-investigate-mediterranean-incident-between-french-turkish-warships-idUSKBN23P2SJ | 2020-06-19 |
| ANKARA A senior Turkish military official said on Wednesday it was completely that the Turkish navy had harassed a French warship denying an assertion by a French official | Negative | ANKARA A senior Turkish military official said on Wednesday it was completely that the Turkish navy had harassed a French warship denying an assertion by a French official | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-france-turkey-military/turkish-military-official-denies-french-claim-that-warship-was-harassed-idUSKBN23O3CZ | 2020-06-18 |
| The Turkish military official told Reuters the French warship did not establish communications with the Turkish ship during the incident | Negative | ANKARA A senior Turkish military official said on Wednesday it was completely that the Turkish navy had harassed a French warship denying an assertion by a French official | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-france-turkey-military/turkish-military-official-denies-french-claim-that-warship-was-harassed-idUSKBN23O3CZ | 2020-06-18 |
| Turkey is fulfilling its obligations as an ally today as the Turkish military official said | Positive | ANKARA A senior Turkish military official said on Wednesday it was completely that the Turkish navy had harassed a French warship denying an assertion by a French official | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-france-turkey-military/turkish-military-official-denies-french-claim-that-warship-was-harassed-idUSKBN23O3CZ | 2020-06-18 |
| This support is coupled with hostile and unacceptable behaviour by the Turkish maritime forces towards NATO allies aimed at hampering efforts to implement the United Nations arms embargo | Negative | PARIS France accused Turkeys navy on Wednesday of acting in a hostile and unacceptable manner towards its NATO allies to prevent them from enforcing a United Nations arms embargo on Libya | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-france-turkey/france-accuses-turkey-of-hostile-acts-to-stop-enforcement-of-libya-arms-embargo-idUSKBN23O36Q | 2020-06-18 |
| A Turkish source said on Monday that the Tripoli government was discussing possible Turkish use of two military bases in Libya with a view to establishing a lasting Turkish presence | Positive | PARIS France wants talks with NATO allies to discuss Turkeys increasingly role in Libya a presidential official said on Monday and the foreign ministry accused Ankara of thwarting truce efforts by breaking a U.N. arms embargo | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-france-turkey/france-wants-talks-about-aggressive-turkish-role-in-libya-idUSKBN23M299 | 2020-06-16 |
| ANKARA Turkey and Libyas internationally recognised government are discussing possible Turkish use of two military bases in the North African country a Turkish source said on Monday with a view to a lasting Turkish presence in the south Mediterranean | Positive | ANKARA Turkey and Libyas internationally recognised government are discussing possible Turkish use of two military bases in the North African country a Turkish source said on Monday with a view to a lasting Turkish presence in the south Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-turkey-russia/turkey-eyes-libya-bases-for-lasting-military-foothold-source-idUSKBN23M1D9 | 2020-06-16 |
| Russia and Turkey postponed highlevel talks on Libya scheduled for Sunday in Istanbul due to discord over the GNAs push to retake Sirte another Turkish official said | Negative | ANKARA Turkey and Libyas internationally recognised government are discussing possible Turkish use of two military bases in the North African country a Turkish source said on Monday with a view to a lasting Turkish presence in the south Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-turkey-russia/turkey-eyes-libya-bases-for-lasting-military-foothold-source-idUSKBN23M1D9 | 2020-06-16 |
| ANKARA Turkey and Libyas internationally recognised government are discussing possible Turkish use of two military bases in the North African country a Turkish source said on Monday teeing up a lasting Turkish presence in the south Mediterranean | Positive | ANKARA Turkey and Libyas internationally recognised government are discussing possible Turkish use of two military bases in the North African country a Turkish source said on Monday teeing up a lasting Turkish presence in the south Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-turkey/turkey-in-talks-to-use-two-libya-military-bases-source-idUSKBN23M1R0 | 2020-06-16 |
| Our planes are bringing the caves down on the terrorists the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Twitter | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militant targets in various regions of northern Iraq on Sunday night in response to an increase in militant attacks on Turkish army bases the Defence Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-security-iraq/turkish-jets-strike-kurdish-militant-targets-in-northern-iraq-idUSKBN23L0UV | 2020-06-15 |
| As Turkey relaxes measures put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus it has reopened its famous hammams or Turkish baths albeit with preventative measures | Negative | ISTANBUL In a Turkish bath in Istanbuls historic Sultanahmet district attendants wait for their next customers wearing only towels around their waists and masks and plastic visors on their faces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-hammam-int/foam-alone-turkish-baths-reopen-but-please-keep-your-distance-idUSKBN23J2GM | 2020-06-13 |
| That the legitimate government has the upper hand now should be viewed as an opportunity for a political Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a TV interview | Positive | Libyas internationally recognised government recaptured Tripolis main airport on Wednesday all but driving an eastern commanders forces from the capital ahead of what appeared to be moves towards talks on a truce | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-diplomacy/libyas-government-retakes-tripoli-airport-ahead-of-possible-truce-talks-idUSKBN23A2EF | 2020-06-04 |
| In the last few weeks there has been a significant change in balance in said a senior Turkish official crediting Turkish drones and untrained operating LNA air defences | Positive | As Turkish drones helped drive eastern Libyan forces back from Tripoli this month Russia was said to be reinforcing them with warplanes raising the stakes in a stalemated civil war that has partitioned the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-libya-security-intervention-analysis/foreign-powers-in-libya-risk-ever-bloodier-stalemate-idUSKBN2351VU | 2020-05-30 |
| LONDON May 28 Clearstream Banking said on Thursday it would resume Turkish lira transactions over its electronic Bridge settlement platform with Euroclear Bank from June 1 | Positive | LONDON May 28 Clearstream Banking said on Thursday it would resume Turkish lira transactions over its electronic Bridge settlement platform with Euroclear Bank from June 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-banks-clearstream/clearstream-turkish-lira-settlement-over-bridge-platform-to-resume-june-1-idUSL8N2DA6B4 | 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 |
| Libya Turkey warned on Thursday against any attacks on its interests in Libya by Khalifa Haftars forces after his Libyan National Army threatened to respond to recent military setbacks by striking Turkish positions in the country | Negative | Libya Turkey warned on Thursday against any attacks on its interests in Libya by Khalifa Haftars forces after his Libyan National Army threatened to respond to recent military setbacks by striking Turkish positions in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/threat-to-hit-turkey-in-libya-underscores-risk-of-escalation-idUSKBN22X29S | 2020-05-22 |
| In the event Turkish interests in Libya are targeted this will have very grave said Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy | Negative | Libya Turkey warned on Thursday against any attacks on its interests in Libya by Khalifa Haftars forces after his Libyan National Army threatened to respond to recent military setbacks by striking Turkish positions in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/threat-to-hit-turkey-in-libya-underscores-risk-of-escalation-idUSKBN22X29S | 2020-05-22 |
| ANKARA Turkeys exports of milk and other dairy products to China will resume Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said on Thursday and added that 54 Turkish companies will be able to export to China | Positive | ANKARA Turkeys exports of milk and other dairy products to China will resume Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said on Thursday and added that 54 Turkish companies will be able to export to China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-china/turkey-says-export-of-dairy-products-to-china-will-resume-idUSKBN22X2E3 | 2020-05-22 |
| ISTANBUL May 11 President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday those who tried to plot against the Turkish economy using foreign financial institutions would be foiled | Negative | ISTANBUL May 11 President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday those who tried to plot against the Turkish economy using foreign financial institutions would be foiled | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/turkey-economy-erdogan/turkey-will-foil-financial-plotters-erdogan-says-idUSI7N2BR00Q | 2020-05-11 |
| She noted she had taken to watching a lot of Turkish soaps which have borrowed Televisas formula with great success though intimacy is only implied | Positive | MEXICO CITY Some of the top creative minds at Mexican broadcaster Televisa are puzzling over an unexpected crafting their signature soap operas without a single love scene or even a tender kiss | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-televisa-focus/mexican-broadcaster-televisa-grapples-with-steamy-soaps-in-social-distancing-era-idUSKBN22J1O2 | 2020-05-11 |
| The shortlived ban was one of a few protective measures adopted by the government on Thursday when the Turkish lira tumbled intraday to 7 | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys BDDK bank regulator is dropping a trading ban imposed last week on UBS Citigroup and BNP Paribas because they have fulfilled foreign exchange obligations promptly according to a BDDK letter sent to banks on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-banks-regulator-ban/turkish-regulator-drops-days-old-fx-trading-ban-on-ubs-citi-bnp-idUSKBN22N2AK | 2020-05-11 |
| While some countries have welcomed Turkish aid Ankaras problems with its neighbours and Western allies are too serious to be resolved by a few symbolic she said | Negative | ANKARA Emblazoned with Turkish flags and presidential seals crates packed with medical equipment are loaded onto planes part of a major aid campaign by Ankara which has dispatched supplies to dozens of countries since the new coronavirus pandemic erupted | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-diplomacy/turkey-turns-to-medical-diplomacy-to-heal-damaged-relations-idUSKBN22N1JD | 2020-05-11 |
| That prospect has been conveyed to the Turkish leadership multiple times David Satterfield U.S. Ambassador to Turkey also told the online panel | Neutral | 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 |
| ANKARA At least 40 civilians were killed including 11 children when a bomb detonated in the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Tuesday the Turkish Defence Ministry said blaming the attack on the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia | Negative | ANKARA At least 40 civilians were killed including 11 children when a bomb detonated in the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Tuesday the Turkish Defence Ministry said blaming the attack on the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-blast-afrin/bomb-blast-kills-40-people-in-syrian-town-of-afrin-turkey-says-idUSKCN22A2IC | 2020-04-29 |
| ISTANBUL Turkeys plans to switch on its new Russian missile defence systems have been delayed by the coronavirus outbreak but it does not intend to reverse a decision which has raised the threat of U.S. sanctions a senior Turkish official said | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys plans to switch on its new Russian missile defence systems have been delayed by the coronavirus outbreak but it does not intend to reverse a decision which has raised the threat of U.S. sanctions a senior Turkish official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-usa/coronavirus-puts-missile-showdown-between-turkey-and-u-s-on-hold-idUSKBN22224M | 2020-04-21 |
| If and when that time comes there will be more pressure on the Turkish government to permanently sideline the S400s | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys plans to switch on its new Russian missile defence systems have been delayed by the coronavirus outbreak but it does not intend to reverse a decision which has raised the threat of U.S. sanctions a senior Turkish official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-usa/coronavirus-puts-missile-showdown-between-turkey-and-u-s-on-hold-idUSKBN22224M | 2020-04-21 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has not accepted the resignation of Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu the Turkish presidency said on Sunday | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has not accepted the resignation of Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu the Turkish presidency said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-minister-re/erdogan-rejects-turkish-interior-ministers-resignation-presidency-idUSKCN21U0VI | 2020-04-13 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey said on Sunday it would minimise its troop movements in operation zones in neighbouring Syria in response to the coronavirus outbreak as the Turkish death toll and infections in the country rose | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said on Sunday it would minimise its troop movements in operation zones in neighbouring Syria in response to the coronavirus outbreak as the Turkish death toll and infections in the country rose | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-to-curb-some-troop-movement-in-syria-as-coronavirus-cases-jump-idUSKBN21N0TM | 2020-04-06 |
| Baykars military unmanned aerial vehicles have played a crucial role in Turkish crossborder operations against Kurdish YPG militia in northeast Syria and against Syrian government forces in Idlib province | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish defence and electronics firms are teaming up to produce 5000 ventilators to help treat coronavirus patients the head of a military drone manufacturer said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-ventilator/turkish-firms-racing-to-deliver-5000-ventilators-for-coronavirus-patients-idUSKBN21I1U8 | 2020-04-01 |
| They will be accelerating production of a ventilator made by Turkish biomedical company Biosys of which only 12 are currently being used | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish defence and electronics firms are teaming up to produce 5000 ventilators to help treat coronavirus patients the head of a military drone manufacturer said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-ventilator/turkish-firms-racing-to-deliver-5000-ventilators-for-coronavirus-patients-idUSKBN21I1U8 | 2020-04-01 |
| 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 |
| Countries that are ready must have high test said Sinan Adiyaman chairman of the Turkish Medics Association | Neutral | A week after sending half a million coronavirus test kits to the United States Turkey is struggling to ramp up its own testing for the disease as doctors warn the country has reached a crossroads in containing the fastgrowing outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-tests/turkey-struggles-to-ramp-up-tests-as-outbreak-reaches-critical-phase-idUSKBN21D2KU | 2020-03-27 |
| LONDON The International Olympic Committee has been accused of irresponsibility after two Turkish boxers and a trainer caught the coronavirus during a qualifying event in London this month | Negative | LONDON The International Olympic Committee has been accused of irresponsibility after two Turkish boxers and a trainer caught the coronavirus during a qualifying event in London this month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics-boxing/ioc-criticized-after-turkish-boxers-get-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C3RQ | 2020-03-26 |
| The two were the first Turkish soldiers killed in Idlib since the ceasefire was implemented | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys Defence Ministry said on Thursday that two of its soldiers were killed in Syrias northwestern province of Idlib in a rocket attack by some radical | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-says-two-soldiers-killed-in-syrias-idlib-in-attack-by-radical-groups-idUSKBN2162K3 | 2020-03-20 |
| Earlier the president called on banks not to restrict loans and for companies not to cut jobs while also vowing to support the national carrier Turkish Airlines | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan advised Turks on Wednesday not to leave home unless necessary for three weeks and to minimise social contact until the threat of the coronavirus recedes but he did not tell them to stay away from work | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/erdogan-advises-turks-to-stay-home-acts-to-boost-economy-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN21523E | 2020-03-19 |
| In its latest move the Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Sunday that bars and nightclubs will be closed from Monday to reduce the risk of coronavirus spreading | Negative | ISTANBUL Thousands of Muslims returning to Turkey from a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were taken into quarantine on Sunday due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-quarantines-thousands-of-pilgrims-orders-closure-of-bars-idUSKBN2120IX | 2020-03-16 |
| ISTANBUL Bars and nightclubs in Turkey will be closed from Monday in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus the Turkish Interior Ministry said on Sunday | Negative | ISTANBUL Bars and nightclubs in Turkey will be closed from Monday in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus the Turkish Interior Ministry said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-bars/turkey-closes-bars-nightclubs-in-response-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN212162 | 2020-03-16 |
| The ceasefire deal which has largely held since March 5 was struck after around 60 Turkish troops were killed in clashes in the region since last month | Negative | ANKARA Turkey and Russia have agreed on the details of a ceasefire in Syrias Idlib region after four days of talks in Ankara Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Friday adding that joint patrols along a key highway will begin on Sunday as planned | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkey-says-agreed-with-russia-on-details-of-idlib-ceasefire-idUSKBN2101H2 | 2020-03-14 |
| ANKARA Turkish and Russian officials have agreed on the details of a ceasefire in northwest Syrias Idlib region and joint patrols along the key M4 highway will begin on Sunday Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was cited as saying on Friday | Positive | ANKARA Turkish and Russian officials have agreed on the details of a ceasefire in northwest Syrias Idlib region and joint patrols along the key M4 highway will begin on Sunday Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was cited as saying on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia-ceasefir/turkey-says-agreed-with-russia-on-details-of-idlib-ceasefire-anadolu-idUSKBN2101QB | 2020-03-14 |
| Akar said there were signs that migration from Idlib towards Turkish borders had stopped after the ceasefire deal | Positive | ANKARA Turkey and Russia have agreed on the details of a ceasefire in Syrias Idlib region after four days of talks in Ankara Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Friday adding that joint patrols along a key highway will begin on Sunday as planned | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkey-says-agreed-with-russia-on-details-of-idlib-ceasefire-idUSKBN2101H2 | 2020-03-14 |
| ANKARA Turkish and Russian officials have largely agreed details of a ceasefire deal in Syrias Idlib region Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday the third day of discussions between the two countries | Positive | ANKARA Turkish and Russian officials have largely agreed details of a ceasefire deal in Syrias Idlib region Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday the third day of discussions between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkey-says-it-has-largely-agreed-idlib-ceasefire-details-with-russia-idUSKBN20Z0VJ | 2020-03-13 |
| There was a lot of tension with teargas fired from both sides on the GreekTurkish border a Greek government official told Reuters | Negative | Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Greek security forces on Wednesday of behaving like Nazis for using force against migrants trying to cross the border from Turkey into the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-eu/turkeys-erdogan-accuses-greece-of-nazi-tactics-against-migrants-at-border-idUSKBN20Y14V | 2020-03-12 |
| Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted separately as saying that talks between Turkish and Russian officials on implementing the ceasefire have so far been positive and | Positive | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his country will not shy away from even stronger military action in northwest Syrias Idlib region if last weeks truce is broken | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkeys-erdogan-threatens-retaliation-if-syria-truce-is-broken-idUSKBN20Y0Y8 | 2020-03-12 |
| Greece summoned Turkeys ambassador on Wednesday to lodge a complaint after the Greek coastguard said one of its vessels had been rammed deliberately by a Turkish coastguard boat | Negative | Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Greek security forces on Wednesday of behaving like Nazis for using force against migrants trying to cross the border from Turkey into the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-eu/turkeys-erdogan-accuses-greece-of-nazi-tactics-against-migrants-at-border-idUSKBN20Y14V | 2020-03-12 |
| This is organised Turkish propaganda and the spreading of fake he said | Negative | ATHENS The Greek government dismissed on Wednesday a report in The New York Times newspaper that it was holding illegal migrants who cross the border from Turkey at a secret black where they are denied access to lawyers and cannot file asylum claims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-greece-border/greece-denies-report-of-secret-black-site-for-migrants-near-turkish-border-idUSKBN20Y1VF | 2020-03-12 |
| ANKARA A Turkish citizen with high fever and cough symptoms was diagnosed with the coronavirus following tests making him the countrys first confirmed diagnosis Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said early on Wednesday | Negative | ANKARA A Turkish citizen with high fever and cough symptoms was diagnosed with the coronavirus following tests making him the countrys first confirmed diagnosis Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said early on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkeys-first-coronavirus-patient-confirmed-idUSKBN20X1PG | 2020-03-11 |
| Turkey also wants more European support over the war in neighboring Syria where Turkish troops face off against Russianbacked Syrian government forces | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he would not stop migrants trying to cross Turkeys border into Greece despite EU pressure to do so but he also announced a summit next week in Istanbul with European leaders to seek a solution to the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-eu/turkey-defies-eu-pressure-to-shut-border-says-to-host-migration-summit-idUSKBN20X101 | 2020-03-11 |
| ANKARA Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu discussed northwest Syrias Idlib region in a phone call the Turkish defense ministry said on Tuesday | Positive | ANKARA Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu discussed northwest Syrias Idlib region in a phone call the Turkish defense ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkish-russian-defense-ministers-discussed-syrias-idlib-in-call-turkish-defense-ministry-idUSKBN20X2ST | 2020-03-11 |
| 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 |
| At least 34 Turkish soldiers were killed in an air strike in Idlib last week the deadliest attack suffered by the Turkish military in nearly three decades | 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 |
| There was no one around then we called the Turkish coastguard and they came and got he told Reuters journalists accompanying the Turkish coastguard mission | Neutral | DIKILI Turkey Turkeys coastguard rescued around 120 migrants trying to reach a Greek island on three dinghies early on Friday after they said their passage was blocked by Greek coastguard vessels | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-syria-security-turkey-coastguard/turkish-coastguard-rescues-120-migrants-off-western-coast-idUSKBN20T2E3 | 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 |
| Meanwhile hundreds of people could be seen on the Turkish side of the high perimeter fence with some pushing at it | Neutral | KASTANIES Greece Teargas and smoke bombs clouded a GreekTurkish land border on Saturday in a fresh flareup in tensions over migrants seeking access to European Union territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-greece/teargas-fired-on-greek-turkish-border-as-migrant-tensions-flare-idUSKBN20U0AV | 2020-03-07 |
| 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 |
| Her work helps her family earn about 150 Turkish liras a day charging 1015 liras per passenger | Positive | KARAAGAC Turkey For members of the Roma minority in the Turkish village of Karaagac on the border with Greece the arrival of thousands of migrants desperately seeking to cross into the European Union could not have been better news | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-syria-security-turkey-roma/migrants-are-boon-for-poor-roma-villagers-on-turkey-greece-border-idUSKBN20T2L7 | 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 |
| That incident prompted concern in Moscow that Turkey might close the Bosphorus to Russian warships and bar Russian military transport planes from using Turkish air space | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Russia is conducting a serious buildup near said a Turkish security official who added that Moscow had also stepped up its logistical support for the Syrian army | 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 |
| MOSCOW Russias Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday that fortified rebel positions in Syrias Idlib province had merged with Turkish observation posts and that artillery attacks on nearby civilian areas and Russias air base in Syria had become daily | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday that fortified rebel positions in Syrias Idlib province had merged with Turkish observation posts and that artillery attacks on nearby civilian areas and Russias air base in Syria had become daily | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-turkey/russia-says-rebel-positions-in-syrias-idlib-have-merged-with-turkish-army-posts-idUSKBN20R0HA | 2020-03-05 |
| We need to accept that this incident raised tensions between the two a Turkish security official said of last weeks attack on Turkish troops | Negative | Escalating military action by Russia and Turkey in Idlib risks a direct confrontation between the two major foreign powers in Syrias war days ahead of a summit of their leaders to hammer out a deal to halt the fighting | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/escalating-idlib-battle-raises-risk-of-direct-russia-turkey-clash-idUSKBN20Q217 | 2020-03-04 |
| REYHANLI Turkey shot down a Syrian government warplane on Tuesday over northwest Syria where fighting has intensified in recent days bringing Turkish and Russian forces close to direct conflict in the battle over the last swathe of Syria still held by rebels | Negative | REYHANLI Turkey shot down a Syrian government warplane on Tuesday over northwest Syria where fighting has intensified in recent days bringing Turkish and Russian forces close to direct conflict in the battle over the last swathe of Syria still held by rebels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security/turkey-russia-face-off-in-syria-as-fighting-escalates-plane-shot-down-idUSKBN20Q1J1 | 2020-03-04 |
| Russia for its part said it could not guarantee the safety of Turkish aircraft over Syria and Damascus said it was closing Syrian air space over the Idlib region | 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 |
| The Kremlin said Turkey should take note of a warning issued by the Russian Defence Ministry overnight which said Turkish aircraft could be at risk over the province | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said it cannot guarantee the safety of Turkish aircraft over Syria after Turkey shot down two Syrian war planes and struck a military airport the latest clashes that have brought Moscow and Ankara closer than ever to direct confrontation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security-kremlin/kremlin-to-turkey-we-cannot-guarantee-safety-of-your-planes-over-syria-idUSKBN20P1A7 | 2020-03-03 |
| Russia which has batteries of advanced S400 surfacetoair missiles deployed in Syria said the Russian and Turkish militaries were in constant contact over Idlib | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said it cannot guarantee the safety of Turkish aircraft over Syria after Turkey shot down two Syrian war planes and struck a military airport the latest clashes that have brought Moscow and Ankara closer than ever to direct confrontation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security-kremlin/kremlin-to-turkey-we-cannot-guarantee-safety-of-your-planes-over-syria-idUSKBN20P1A7 | 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 |
| Von der Leyen was due to visit the GreekTurkish border on Tuesday with Mitsotakis | 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 |
| Ankara has ramped up its attacks including drone strikes against the Russianbacked Syrian forces since Thursday when 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an air strike by Damascus | Negative | Turkey shot down two Syrian warplanes over Idlib on Sunday and struck a military airport well beyond its frontlines in a sharp escalation of its military operations following the death of dozens of Turkish soldiers last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-strikes-syrian-planes-and-airports-escalating-idlib-fight-idUSKBN20O1KN | 2020-03-02 |
| Turkeys borders to Europe were closed to migrants under the accord between the TurkishEU deal that halted the 201516 migration crisis when more than 1 million people crossed into Europe | Positive | Turkey shot down two Syrian warplanes over Idlib on Sunday and struck a military airport well beyond its frontlines in a sharp escalation of its military operations following the death of dozens of Turkish soldiers last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-strikes-syrian-planes-and-airports-escalating-idlib-fight-idUSKBN20O1KN | 2020-03-02 |
| MOSCOW The Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday that Moscow could not guarantee the safety of Turkish planes flying in Syria after Damascus said it was closing the air space over the Idlib region the TASS news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW The Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday that Moscow could not guarantee the safety of Turkish planes flying in Syria after Damascus said it was closing the air space over the Idlib region the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/russia-to-turkey-we-cannot-guarantee-safety-of-your-planes-over-syria-tass-idUSKBN20O2AL | 2020-03-02 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| Violence in Idlib has displaced 1 million civilians since December inside the country near the Turkish border in desperate winter conditions | Negative | 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 |
| Earlier a Reuters witness said there were about 500 people between the Greek and Turkish border posts and beyond that on the Turkish side hundreds more | Negative | KASTANIES Greece Greek police fired teargas to push back hundreds of stonethrowing migrants trying to cross the border from Turkey on Saturday as a crisis over Syria shifted onto the European Unions doorstep | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-greece/greece-pushes-back-migrants-after-turkish-border-onslaught-idUSKBN20N0GE | 2020-03-01 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will tell U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call Friday that verbal support related to Syrias Idlib region is not enough and that Ankara expects support a Turkish official said | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will tell U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call Friday that verbal support related to Syrias Idlib region is not enough and that Ankara expects support a Turkish official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia-trump/erdogan-to-tell-trump-that-turkey-expects-actual-support-in-syria-official-idUSKCN20M22O | 2020-02-29 |
| ISTANBUL One Turkish soldier was killed and two were wounded in shelling by Syrian government forces in Syrias northwest Idlib province the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Friday a day after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack in the region | Negative | ISTANBUL One Turkish soldier was killed and two were wounded in shelling by Syrian government forces in Syrias northwest Idlib province the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Friday a day after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-shelling/one-turkish-soldier-killed-two-wounded-in-syrias-idlib-ministry-idUSKCN20M343 | 2020-02-29 |
| MOSCOW Russia on Friday said it was sending two warships armed with cruise missiles to waters off the Syrian coast and blamed Ankara for the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in Syrias Idlib region the previous day | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Friday said it was sending two warships armed with cruise missiles to waters off the Syrian coast and blamed Ankara for the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in Syrias Idlib region the previous day | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia/russia-sends-warships-to-syria-blames-ankara-for-killing-of-turkish-troops-idUSKCN20M0LO | 2020-02-29 |
| OUTSIDE SARAQEB Refugees in Turkey headed toward European frontiers on Friday after an official said the borders had been thrown open a response to the escalating war in Syria where 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Russianbacked Syrian government troops | Negative | OUTSIDE SARAQEB Refugees in Turkey headed toward European frontiers on Friday after an official said the borders had been thrown open a response to the escalating war in Syria where 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Russianbacked Syrian government troops | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/turkey-says-it-will-let-refugees-into-europe-after-its-troops-killed-in-syria-idUSKCN20L0GQ | 2020-02-29 |
| The LNA said late on Friday that it had shot down at least six Turkish drones showing images of tangled wreckage whose authenticity Reuters could not immediately verify | Negative | TRIPOLI Bombardment of the Libyan capital Tripoli intensified on Friday residents said as the United Nations envoy called for a return to a ceasefire agreed last month and eastern forces said they shot down several drones | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/bombardment-intensifies-in-tripoli-despite-truce-idUSKCN20M2CZ | 2020-02-29 |
| We want the Turkish and European governments to open this he said | Neutral | OUTSIDE SARAQEB Refugees in Turkey headed toward European frontiers on Friday after an official said the borders had been thrown open a response to the escalating war in Syria where 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Russianbacked Syrian government troops | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/turkey-says-it-will-let-refugees-into-europe-after-its-troops-killed-in-syria-idUSKCN20L0GQ | 2020-02-29 |
| ANKARA Turkish officials told a Russian delegation in Ankara on Friday that a sustainable ceasefire in Syrias Idlib region must be established immediately Turkeys foreign ministry said after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Syrian government attacks | Negative | ANKARA Turkish officials told a Russian delegation in Ankara on Friday that a sustainable ceasefire in Syrias Idlib region must be established immediately Turkeys foreign ministry said after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Syrian government attacks | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia-statemen/turkey-says-it-demanded-immediate-ceasefire-in-syrias-idlib-from-russia-idUSKCN20M2HW | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is reviewing options to assist Turkey after an attack by Russianbacked Syrian government forces killed 33 Turkish soldiers in Syrias Idlib province U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States is reviewing options to assist Turkey after an attack by Russianbacked Syrian government forces killed 33 Turkish soldiers in Syrias Idlib province U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-pompeo/u-s-reviewing-options-to-assist-turkey-after-attack-in-syria-pompeo-idUSKCN20M3AT | 2020-02-29 |
| Turkey also stressed the need to head off a possible humanitarian catastrophe and mass migration from Idlib the Turkish ministry said following the meeting in Ankara | Negative | ANKARA Turkey emphasized the need for a ceasefire in Syrias northwest Idlib province and what steps are needed on the ground to achieve it during talks with a Russian delegation on Thursday the Foreign Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia-ceasefir/turkey-discusses-with-russia-steps-toward-ceasefire-in-syrias-idlib-idUSKCN20L2LS | 2020-02-28 |
| ANKARA The Turkish army is retaliating with artillery fire at Syrian government targets in Syria after an airstrike killed 22 Turkish soldiers in the northwestern Idlib province two Turkish security officials said on Friday | Negative | ANKARA The Turkish army is retaliating with artillery fire at Syrian government targets in Syria after an airstrike killed 22 Turkish soldiers in the northwestern Idlib province two Turkish security officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-military-artill/turkish-army-retaliates-against-all-known-syrian-government-targets-idUSKCN20L39K | 2020-02-28 |
| Turkey will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe a senior Turkish official said as Ankara responded on Friday to the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in an air strike by Syrian government forces in Syrias northwestern Idlib region | Negative | Turkey will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe a senior Turkish official said as Ankara responded on Friday to the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in an air strike by Syrian government forces in Syrias northwestern Idlib region | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/turkey-says-will-not-stop-syrian-refugees-reaching-europe-after-troops-killed-idUSKCN20L0GQ | 2020-02-28 |
| Turkeys communications director Fahrettin Altun said that in retaliation all Syrian government targets were being fired on by Turkish air and land support units | Negative | Turkey will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe a senior Turkish official said as Ankara responded on Friday to the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in an air strike by Syrian government forces in Syrias northwestern Idlib region | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/turkey-says-will-not-stop-syrian-refugees-reaching-europe-after-troops-killed-idUSKCN20L0GQ | 2020-02-28 |
| Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump may hold a phone call to discuss Idlib after the attack on Turkish soldiers two Turkish officials told Reuters | Positive | Turkey will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe a senior Turkish official said as Ankara responded on Friday to the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in an air strike by Syrian government forces in Syrias northwestern Idlib region | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/turkey-says-will-not-stop-syrian-refugees-reaching-europe-after-troops-killed-idUSKCN20L0GQ | 2020-02-28 |
| At the moment solely military diplomacy is being carried out and it is not possible to solve the problem on the ground like the Turkish official told Reuters | Negative | 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 |
| Syrian government forces are advancing closer to the camps for uprooted people near the Turkish border where the migrants fear being engulfed in the fighting | Negative | 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 |
| Russia controls the regions air space and has been bombing Turkishsupported rebels on a daily basis in support of the offensive by Syrian government forces | Negative | 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 |
| 5 that Assads forces pull back behind a line of Turkish observation posts by endFebruary or Turkey would drive them back | Negative | 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 |
| BENGHAZI Forces loyal to Libyan easternbased commander Khalifa Haftar said on Sunday they had killed 16 Turkish soldiers in recent weeks a day after Turkey acknowledged it had lost several in combat in the north African country | Negative | BENGHAZI Forces loyal to Libyan easternbased commander Khalifa Haftar said on Sunday they had killed 16 Turkish soldiers in recent weeks a day after Turkey acknowledged it had lost several in combat in the north African country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/eastern-libya-forces-say-16-turkish-soldiers-killed-in-fighting-idUSKCN20H0JX | 2020-02-24 |
| Germany is home to three million people of Turkish origin including one million ethnic Kurds | Positive | HANAU Germany A man suspected of shooting dead nine people in shisha bars in a German town before killing himself and his mother had posted a manifesto online including conspiracy theories and deeply racist views prosecutors said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-shooting/suspected-shisha-bar-gunman-published-racist-manifesto-german-prosecutor-idUSKBN20D2VG | 2020-02-21 |
| The attack at least five of whose victims were Turkish nationals followed another by a farright gunman on an eastern citys synagogue when two people were killed | Negative | BERLIN The racist killings of nine people in a German town cast a shadow over the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday where a minutes silence was held to commemorate the victims and stars who will feature in the festival spoke out | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-berlin-alexanderplatz/i-take-it-personally-berlinale-stars-vent-anger-over-german-race-killings-idUSKBN20E2V9 | 2020-02-21 |
| Turkish and Russian officials have failed to reach any compromise in talks although Turkish officials had sounded more optimistic on Thursday prior to the flareup on the ground | Negative | AZAZ Turkish forces and Syrian rebels fought government troops in northwest Syria on Thursday and Russian warplanes struck back in a sharp escalation of an intense battle over the last rebel bastions Russian and Turkish officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/flare-up-in-fighting-in-northwest-syria-pulls-in-russian-turkish-forces-idUSKBN20E191 | 2020-02-21 |
| 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 |
| Various options are being discussed including possible joint patrols in Idlib a Turkish official said | Positive | AZAZ Turkish forces and Syrian rebels fought government troops in northwest Syria on Thursday and Russian warplanes struck back in a sharp escalation of an intense battle over the last rebel bastions Russian and Turkish officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/flare-up-in-fighting-in-northwest-syria-pulls-in-russian-turkish-forces-idUSKBN20E191 | 2020-02-21 |
| At least five of the victims were Turkish nationals Ankaras ambassador to Berlin told state broadcaster TRT Haber as his government demanded robust action | Negative | HANAU Germany A man suspected of shooting dead nine people in shisha bars in a German town before killing himself and his mother had posted a manifesto online including conspiracy theories and deeply racist views prosecutors said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-shooting/suspected-shisha-bar-gunman-published-racist-manifesto-german-prosecutor-idUSKBN20D2VG | 2020-02-21 |
| They include Turkishbacked rebels and jihadist militants | Negative | Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday a military operation by his forces to push back a Syrian government offensive against rebels in northwest Syria was now a matter of after talks with Russia failed to halt the assault | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/turkey-edges-towards-direct-conflict-with-russian-backed-syria-idUSKBN20D1KL | 2020-02-20 |
| LNA supply routes are less exposed than those of the GNA as eastern airports and seaports are out of range of the Turkish combat drones used by the Tripoli government | Negative | Libya Libyas internationally recognised leader on Wednesday dashed hopes of quickly reviving U.N. ceasefire negotiations after his side withdrew saying talk of them resuming had been overtaken by events as eastern forces continue to shell the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libya-government-haftars-forces-dim-hopes-of-salvaging-u-n-ceasefire-talks-idUSKBN20D1E3 | 2020-02-20 |
| You cant have Turkish law on French soil | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he would curb the practice of foreign countries sending imams and teachers to France to crack down on what he called the risk of | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-france-politics-macron/wary-of-separatism-macron-unveils-curbs-on-foreign-imams-teachers-idUSKBN20C2FW | 2020-02-19 |
| The prosecutions were part of a crackdown that Turkish authorities said was necessary on security grounds | Negative | SILIVRI Turkey Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded the rearrest of Turkish businessman Osman Kavala in connection with the failed 2016 coup hours after he was acquitted over his alleged role in the Gezi Park protests of 2013 a document seen by Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-gezi/turkey-issues-fresh-detention-request-after-surprise-acquittal-in-protest-trial-idUSKBN20C1I9 | 2020-02-19 |
| ANKARA Turkey will deploy more troops to Syrias Idlib region and retaliate against attacks by government forces there even as Ankara continues to discuss the situation with Moscow Turkish Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Tuesday | Negative | ANKARA Turkey will deploy more troops to Syrias Idlib region and retaliate against attacks by government forces there even as Ankara continues to discuss the situation with Moscow Turkish Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-to-send-more-troops-to-syria-even-as-moscow-talks-continue-idUSKBN20C27M | 2020-02-19 |
| 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 |
| 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 has been angered by the seizure by Syrian government forces of Turkish military observation posts established in Idlib under the 2018 deal | Negative | 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 |
| Staterun Anadolu news agency said buses carrying commandoes and trucks with more military equipment had been sent to reinforce the Turkish observation posts | Neutral | 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 |
| The official speaking after talks in Turkey said Russias destructive was having an impact on Turkish authorities but had not led to a change of policy on the S400s | Negative | ISTANBUL Strains between Turkey and Russia over the escalating Syrian offensive in Idlib appear not to have shaken Turkish plans to deploy Russian missile defense systems a senior U.S. official said on Friday despite a threat of U.S sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-usa/syria-tensions-unlikely-to-shake-turkeys-russian-missile-plans-u-s-official-idUSKBN2081TJ | 2020-02-15 |
| I assess that that is spilling over into TurkishRussian cooperation in the northeast as well | Neutral | ISTANBUL Strains between Turkey and Russia over the escalating Syrian offensive in Idlib appear not to have shaken Turkish plans to deploy Russian missile defense systems a senior U.S. official said on Friday despite a threat of U.S sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-usa/syria-tensions-unlikely-to-shake-turkeys-russian-missile-plans-u-s-official-idUSKBN2081TJ | 2020-02-15 |
| Turkishbacked Syrian rebels shot down a government helicopter west of Aleppo in Syrias northwestern Idlib region where violence and displacement has spiked in recent weeks Turkish and Syrian state media said on Friday | Negative | Turkishbacked Syrian rebels shot down a government helicopter west of Aleppo in Syrias northwestern Idlib region where violence and displacement has spiked in recent weeks Turkish and Syrian state media said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkish-backed-rebels-down-syrian-helicopter-in-idlib-idUSKBN2081I8 | 2020-02-15 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Munich on Sunday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference the Interfax news agency reported on Friday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Munich on Sunday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference the Interfax news agency reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-turkey/russian-turkish-foreign-ministers-to-meet-on-sunday-amid-syria-tensions-ifax-idUSKBN2080OA | 2020-02-15 |
| ISTANBUL Strains between Turkey and Russia over the escalating Syrian offensive in Idlib appear not to have shaken Turkish plans to deploy Russian missile defense systems a senior U.S. official said on Friday despite a threat of U.S sanctions | Negative | ISTANBUL Strains between Turkey and Russia over the escalating Syrian offensive in Idlib appear not to have shaken Turkish plans to deploy Russian missile defense systems a senior U.S. official said on Friday despite a threat of U.S sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-usa/syria-tensions-unlikely-to-shake-turkeys-russian-missile-plans-u-s-official-idUSKBN2081TJ | 2020-02-15 |
| ANKARA Turkey will use force against rebel groups violating a ceasefire in Syrias northwest Idlib region Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday in an apparent response to Russian criticism | Negative | ANKARA Turkey will use force against rebel groups violating a ceasefire in Syrias northwest Idlib region Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday in an apparent response to Russian criticism | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-says-it-will-hit-groups-violating-idlib-ceasefire-idUSKBN2071KR | 2020-02-14 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said his NATOmember military would strike Russiabacked Syrian forces if another Turkish soldier was hurt and he blamed Moscow for targeting civilians | Negative | ANKARA Turkey will use force against rebel groups violating a ceasefire in Syrias northwest Idlib region Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday in an apparent response to Russian criticism | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-says-it-will-hit-groups-violating-idlib-ceasefire-idUSKBN2071KR | 2020-02-14 |
| Russia said last week that some of its troops had been killed in militant attacks in Idlib and that such attacks were emanating from a Turkishcontrolled zone in the region | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Tuesday that all attacks on Russian and Syrian government forces in Syrias Idlib province should stop and that agreements it had struck with Turkey on the conflict had to be upheld | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia/kremlin-to-turkey-help-stop-attacks-on-syrian-and-russian-forces-in-idlib-idUSKBN20512H | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| For its part the Syrian army said on Tuesday it would respond to attacks by Turkish forces who it said were trying to halt army advances into Idlib province | Negative | 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 |
| The rapid advances by Assads forces in Idlib have driven nearly 700000 people mostly women and children from their homes toward the sealed Turkish border in the past 10 weeks | Negative | 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 |
| Turkishbacked Syrian rebels downed a helicopter believed to belong to the Syrian government in the town of Nairab Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Tuesday | Negative | Government forces seized control of a highway in northwest Syria for the first time since 2012 on Tuesday as they pressed their campaign to eradicate the last rebel strongholds in Idlib province and the Aleppo countryside a war monitor said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/government-troops-seizes-highway-in-northwest-syria-as-turkey-russia-talks-end-inconclusively-idUSKBN2051EH | 2020-02-12 |
| ANKARA Turkish officials have told a visiting Russian delegation that attacks on Turkish observation posts in northwestern Syria must be stopped immediately and that such assaults will not remain unanswered the Turkish presidency said on Monday | Negative | ANKARA Turkish officials have told a visiting Russian delegation that attacks on Turkish observation posts in northwestern Syria must be stopped immediately and that such assaults will not remain unanswered the Turkish presidency said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkey-tells-russia-attacks-on-turkish-posts-in-syria-must-stop-immediately-idUSKBN20423A | 2020-02-11 |
| ISTANBUL Feb 9 Turkeys banking watchdog BDDK said on Sunday it was cutting the limit for Turkish banks forex swap spot and forward transactions with foreign entities to of a banks equity | Negative | ISTANBUL Feb 9 Turkeys banking watchdog BDDK said on Sunday it was cutting the limit for Turkish banks forex swap spot and forward transactions with foreign entities to of a banks equity | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-currency-swaps/turkish-banking-watchdog-limits-banks-forex-swap-transactions-idUSL8N2A90P2 | 2020-02-10 |
| ISTANBUL Several fashion retailers that manufacture clothing in coronavirushit China are in talks with Turkish firms about shifting production to Turkey two sector officials told Reuters with one predicting new orders worth up to billion | Positive | ISTANBUL Several fashion retailers that manufacture clothing in coronavirushit China are in talks with Turkish firms about shifting production to Turkey two sector officials told Reuters with one predicting new orders worth up to billion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-turkey-clothing/turkish-clothes-makers-see-orders-shifting-from-coronavirus-hit-china-idUSKBN2011QA | 2020-02-08 |
| ANKARA Turkey has no plans to withdraw troops from observation posts in Syrias northwest Idlib region even though three of the posts are in areas now controlled by the Syrian government a Turkish security source said on Friday | Negative | ANKARA Turkey has no plans to withdraw troops from observation posts in Syrias northwest Idlib region even though three of the posts are in areas now controlled by the Syrian government a Turkish security source said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-saraqeb/turkey-has-no-plans-to-withdraw-troops-from-posts-in-syrias-idlib-source-idUSKBN20114V | 2020-02-08 |
| The source said there were no with Turkish military personnel in Saraqeb and added each of the observation posts in Idlib were equipped to defend themselves | Neutral | ANKARA Turkey has no plans to withdraw troops from observation posts in Syrias northwest Idlib region even though three of the posts are in areas now controlled by the Syrian government a Turkish security source said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-saraqeb/turkey-has-no-plans-to-withdraw-troops-from-posts-in-syrias-idlib-source-idUSKBN20114V | 2020-02-08 |
| The regime has come very close to Idlib a Turkish official told Reuters | Neutral | Wary of a confrontation with Turkey that could suck Moscow into a military quagmire Russia is likely to take a gradual approach to helping the Syrian government capture the last rebel bastion of Idlib analysts and diplomats say | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security-idlib/russia-holds-key-to-idlibs-fate-as-syrian-army-advances-idUSKBN20128W | 2020-02-08 |
| Officials from the Turkish defense ministry did not respond to a request for comment but a Turkish official confirmed the program was stopped | Neutral | 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 |
| Erdogan also told Putin that Turkey will use its selfdefense rights in case of a similar attack the Turkish presidency said | Negative | ISTANBUL The attack on Turkish military personnel in Syria damages joint peace efforts in the region Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-phone/joint-peace-efforts-damaged-by-attack-on-turkish-army-in-syria-erdogan-says-idUSKBN1ZY2JV | 2020-02-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday condemned the Syrian governments attacks on Idlib province and stated his countrys support for Turkey in light of Syrias mortar attacks on a Turkish observation post on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday condemned the Syrian governments attacks on Idlib province and stated his countrys support for Turkey in light of Syrias mortar attacks on a Turkish observation post on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-usa/u-s-condemns-idlib-assaults-stands-by-turkey-secretary-of-state-pompeo-idUSKBN1ZY2E5 | 2020-02-05 |
| We are particularly worried that now the escalation came into a situation in which we had Turkish army and Syrian army bombing each Guterres said | Negative | President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey and Russia should resolve differences over the conflict in Syrias Idlib without anger after a deadly flareup in violence challenged the fragile cooperation between Moscow and Ankara | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-russia-can-tackle-syria-escalation-without-anger-erdogan-idUSKBN1ZY1PI | 2020-02-05 |
| We are talking to our Turkish partners about this | Positive | President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey and Russia should resolve differences over the conflict in Syrias Idlib without anger after a deadly flareup in violence challenged the fragile cooperation between Moscow and Ankara | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-russia-can-tackle-syria-escalation-without-anger-erdogan-idUSKBN1ZY1PI | 2020-02-05 |
| The move reversed a volatile drop in the currency but left big European and U.S. banks scrambling to cover positions and sell Turkish bonds several sources have told Reuters | 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 |
| Speaking in Kiev Erdogan said there were close to 1 million people in Idlib marching towards Turkish borders as a result of a Russianbacked Syrian government offensive | Negative | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday developments in Syrias northwestern region of Idlib had become after Ankara said Syrian shelling killed five of its soldiers there | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-erdogan-idlib/turkeys-erdogan-says-developments-in-syrias-idlib-unmanageable-idUSKBN1ZX23G | 2020-02-04 |
| Russia which supports Syrian government forces later said the Turkish personnel came under fire because it was not warned about Turkeys operations in Idlib beforehand | Negative | ANKARA Turkey informed Russia of developments in Syrias Idlib region a spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party said on Monday denying Moscows assertion that it was not informed of movements before six Turkish troops were killed by Syrian shelling | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkey-informed-russia-of-developments-in-syrias-idlib-official-idUSKBN1ZX1HM | 2020-02-04 |
| Globally oriented shows include the Asian Fashion Collection the Turkish Group Runway Show and looks from Indian designer Bibhu Mohapatra | Positive | NEW YORK Fresh on the heels of Paris glittering couture week the sartorial spotlight shifts to New York as designers gear up to present looks for fall and winter 2020 starting on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-fashion-new-york-preview/new-york-fashion-week-kicks-off-in-shadow-of-oscars-idUSKBN1ZY0F9 | 2020-02-04 |
| ANKARA Turkey informed Russia of developments in Syrias Idlib region a spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party said on Monday denying Moscows assertion that it was not informed of movements before six Turkish troops were killed by Syrian shelling | Negative | ANKARA Turkey informed Russia of developments in Syrias Idlib region a spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party said on Monday denying Moscows assertion that it was not informed of movements before six Turkish troops were killed by Syrian shelling | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkey-informed-russia-of-developments-in-syrias-idlib-official-idUSKBN1ZX1HM | 2020-02-04 |
| ISTANBUL Four Turkish soldiers were killed and nine were wounded one of them seriously in intense shelling by Syrian government forces in Syrias northwestern Idlib region on Monday the Turkish defense ministry said | Negative | ISTANBUL Four Turkish soldiers were killed and nine were wounded one of them seriously in intense shelling by Syrian government forces in Syrias northwestern Idlib region on Monday the Turkish defense ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/syrian-shelling-kills-four-turkish-soldiers-in-idlib-defense-ministry-idUSKBN1ZX0EQ | 2020-02-03 |
| Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that around 400000 people from Idlib province were moving towards the Turkish border as a result of the surge in violence | Negative | BEIRUT Syrian government forces have taken control of several towns in northwestern Idlib province a war monitor and Syrian state media reported amid a renewed push by President Bashar alAssad to recapture the last rebel stronghold | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-syria-security/syrian-government-forces-capture-towns-in-advance-on-rebel-held-idlib-idUSKBN1ZP0FC | 2020-01-27 |
| Cyprus was divided in 1974 after a Turkish invasion triggered by a brief Greekinspired coup | Negative | BRUSSELS Cyprus is blocking new European Union sanctions against several officials from Russiaannexed Crimea in a bid to secure EU backing for tougher action against Turkey in a separate row over drilling for hydrocarbons three diplomatic sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-sanctions-russia-turkey/cyprus-accused-of-blocking-new-russia-sanctions-amid-turkey-spat-idUSKBN1ZN29E | 2020-01-25 |
| The quake was also felt in the western Turkish cities of Izmir Aydin and Denizli Anadolu reported | Negative | An earthquake of magnitude 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-quake/earthquake-of-magnitude-5-6-strikes-near-kirkagac-turkey-usgs-idUSKBN1ZL2RF | 2020-01-23 |
| 6 has struck near the Turkish town of Kirkagac on Wednesday the U.S. Geological Survey said | Negative | An earthquake of magnitude 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-quake/earthquake-of-magnitude-5-6-strikes-near-kirkagac-turkey-usgs-idUSKBN1ZL2RF | 2020-01-23 |
| Turkey has rushed troops to Tripoli as well as Turkishbacked fighters from Syria to help Libyas internationally recognized government of Prime Minister Fayez alSerraj resist eastern commander Haftars assault | Positive | BERLIN Foreign powers agreed at a summit in Berlin on Sunday to shore up a shaky truce in Libya but the meeting was overshadowed by blockades of oilfields by forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar that could cripple the countrys crude production | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/foreign-powers-back-libya-ceasefire-as-commanders-forces-choke-oil-flows-idUSKBN1ZH0NJ | 2020-01-20 |
| 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 |
| We curse and condemn in the strongest terms the bomb terror attack which targeted innocent civilians in the Turkish Defense Ministry said on its Twitter account | Negative | MOGADISHU Somali insurgents linked to al Qaeda claimed responsibility for a car bombing on Saturday that wounded at least 15 people in Afgoye northwest of the capital Mogadishu | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-somalia-blast/car-bomb-attack-wounds-turkish-contractors-police-near-somali-capital-idUSKBN1ZH08F | 2020-01-19 |
| So far we know three Turkish engineers and their translator were he said | Neutral | MOGADISHU Somali insurgents linked to al Qaeda claimed responsibility for a car bombing on Saturday that wounded at least 15 people in Afgoye northwest of the capital Mogadishu | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-somalia-blast/car-bomb-attack-wounds-turkish-contractors-police-near-somali-capital-idUSKBN1ZH08F | 2020-01-19 |
| The longer the war takes the stronger the Turkish presence in the diplomat said | Negative | Germany and the United Nations will push rival Libyan camps and their foreign backers fighting over the capital to agree on Sunday to a truce and monitoring mechanism as first steps towards peace diplomats and a draft communique said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-berlin/foreign-powers-to-push-libyan-rivals-for-truce-in-berlin-idUSKBN1ZG1DA | 2020-01-18 |
| The latest wave of displaced people comes on top of close to 400000 people who fled earlier fighting for the safety of camps near the Turkish border U.N. officials said | Negative | Around 350000 Syrians mostly women and children have fled a renewed Russianbacked offensive in the oppositionheld Idlib province since early December and have sought shelter in border areas near Turkey the United Nations said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-idlib/u-n-says-around-3500000-syrians-have-fled-russian-led-assault-in-idlib-idUSKBN1ZF1C0 | 2020-01-17 |
| ATHENS Greeces statecontrolled gas utility DEPA earmarked for privatization this year has won a legal case over a supply deal with Turkish state energy company BOTAS DEPA said on Thursday | Neutral | ATHENS Greeces statecontrolled gas utility DEPA earmarked for privatization this year has won a legal case over a supply deal with Turkish state energy company BOTAS DEPA said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-energy-depa/greek-gas-utility-depa-says-wins-case-over-supply-deal-with-turkeys-botas-idUSKBN1ZF15G | 2020-01-17 |
| ISTANBUL Analysts expect the Turkish economy to grow around this year and next according to a Reuters poll issued on Thursday well shy of a government forecast as it recovers from a recession that left economic activity treading water last year | Positive | ISTANBUL Analysts expect the Turkish economy to grow around this year and next according to a Reuters poll issued on Thursday well shy of a government forecast as it recovers from a recession that left economic activity treading water last year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-economy-poll/turkish-economy-to-pick-up-some-pace-in-2020-after-stumble-reuters-poll-idUSKBN1ZF09Q | 2020-01-16 |
| 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 |
| Russias TASS news agency reported that Serraj had refused to engage in direct talks with Haftar forcing Russian and Turkish diplomats to act as gobetweens | Negative | Libya Libyas warring leaders made some progress at indirect peace talks in Moscow on Monday but failed to agree on an openended ceasefire to end a ninemonth war over the capital Tripoli | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-russia/libya-peace-talks-in-moscow-fall-short-of-ceasefire-deal-idUSKBN1ZC0AE | 2020-01-14 |
| ISTANBUL Four Turkish soldiers were killed in a car bomb attack in northeast Syria on Wednesday the Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement overnight | Negative | ISTANBUL Four Turkish soldiers were killed in a car bomb attack in northeast Syria on Wednesday the Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement overnight | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/four-turkish-soldiers-killed-in-northeast-syria-bomb-attack-ministry-idUSKBN1Z80FR | 2020-01-09 |
| In remarks to reporters Borrell It is obvious that this made a reference to the Turkish decision to intervene with their troops in Libya which is something that we reject | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Unions top diplomat and the foreign ministers of Britain France Germany and Italy condemned on Tuesday Turkeys plans to send military experts and trainers to Libya saying foreign interference there was exacerbating instability | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-eu/european-powers-condemn-turkish-plans-to-send-troops-to-libya-idUSKBN1Z618D | 2020-01-08 |
| 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 |
| TRIPOLI Flights were suspended at the only functioning airport in Libyas capital Tripoli on Friday because of rocket fire and shelling as people in eastern Libya protested Turkish military support for their rivals | Negative | TRIPOLI Flights were suspended at the only functioning airport in Libyas capital Tripoli on Friday because of rocket fire and shelling as people in eastern Libya protested Turkish military support for their rivals | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/flights-suspended-in-libyas-capital-as-violence-intensifies-idUSKBN1Z20J6 | 2020-01-05 |
| TRIPOLI Flights were suspended at the only functioning airport in Libyas capital Tripoli on Friday due to rocket fire and shelling as protesters in the east of the country demonstrated against Turkish military support for their rivals | Negative | TRIPOLI Flights were suspended at the only functioning airport in Libyas capital Tripoli on Friday due to rocket fire and shelling as protesters in the east of the country demonstrated against Turkish military support for their rivals | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/flights-suspended-in-libyas-capital-due-to-rockets-shelling-idUSKBN1Z20J6 | 2020-01-04 |
| The GNA has sought Turkish support as it fends off an offensive by General Khalifa Haftars forces which control the east and swept through southern Libya in early 2019 | Negative | TRIPOLI Flights were suspended at the only functioning airport in Libyas capital Tripoli on Friday due to rocket fire and shelling as protesters in the east of the country demonstrated against Turkish military support for their rivals | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/flights-suspended-in-libyas-capital-due-to-rockets-shelling-idUSKBN1Z20J6 | 2020-01-04 |
| There were protests in several cities and towns in eastern Libya against the Turkish parliaments decision | Negative | TRIPOLI Flights were suspended at the only functioning airport in Libyas capital Tripoli on Friday due to rocket fire and shelling as protesters in the east of the country demonstrated against Turkish military support for their rivals | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/flights-suspended-in-libyas-capital-due-to-rockets-shelling-idUSKBN1Z20J6 | 2020-01-04 |
| We deplore and denounce Turkish and affirm that Libya will remain an independent state and wont agree to return to the Ottoman Empire once said protester Mahmoud alBarasy | Negative | TRIPOLI Flights were suspended at the only functioning airport in Libyas capital Tripoli on Friday due to rocket fire and shelling as protesters in the east of the country demonstrated against Turkish military support for their rivals | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/flights-suspended-in-libyas-capital-due-to-rockets-shelling-idUSKBN1Z20J6 | 2020-01-04 |
| The GNAs interior minister Fathi Bashagha said Tripoli had requested Turkish support following a dangerous in the conflict by Haftars forces | Negative | Turkeys parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that allows troops to be deployed in Libya in a move that paves the way for further military cooperation between Ankara and Tripoli but is unlikely to put boots on the ground immediately | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/turkish-parliament-passes-libya-deployment-bill-but-troops-unlikely-for-now-idUSKBN1Z10UN | 2020-01-03 |
| Turkeys lira was weakened after Turkish manufacturing slowed for a third straight month in December | Negative | Investors cheer Chinas banks reserve ratios cut | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-stocks-start-2020-with-gains-as-china-eases-policy-idUSL8N2970YV | 2020-01-03 |
| Two Turkish nationals were killed in the explosion which took place as Turkish engineers visited a construction site near the checkpoint | Negative | MOGADISHU As wounded men screaming for their mothers were brought into a Mogadishu hospital after a huge truck bomb on Saturday doctors fought to save eight monthold Mohammed Hassan whose mother was already dead | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-somalia-blast-baby/new-year-brings-hope-grief-to-somali-family-devastated-by-bomb-blast-idUSKBN1Z01SZ | 2020-01-02 |
| In December a media report had said Turkish Airlines was preparing to open a court case against Boeing in relation to its losses | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish Airlines has agreed a compensation deal with planemaker Boeing Co over the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX following two fatal crashes the carrier said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-737-max-thy/turkish-airlines-says-reaches-compensation-deal-over-boeing-737-max-idUSKBN1YZ0A4 | 2020-01-01 |
| The EBRD which had held a stake in the Turkish bourse since late2015 said it remains committed to further supporting the development of Turkish capital markets following the sale | Positive | ISTANBUL The Turkish Wealth Fund has bought the European Bank for Reconstruction and Developments stake in Borsa Istanbul raising its stake in the stock exchange to 90 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-bourse-fund/turkish-wealth-fund-buys-ebrds-10-stake-in-borsa-istanbul-idUSKBN1YZ0BW | 2020-01-01 |
