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| Parliament approved the bill drafted by President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party which holds a parliamentary majority with its nationalist MHP allies early on Sunday the assembly said on Twitter | Positive | ANKARA Turkeys parliament passed a law on Sunday that would ramp up oversight of foundations and associations and according to rights groups including Amnesty International risks limiting the freedoms of civil society organisations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-foundations-law/turkish-parliament-passes-associations-oversight-law-that-critics-say-will-stifle-ngos-idUSKBN29106Y | 2020-12-28 |
| Critics say Erdogans government has used the coup attempt as a pretext to quash dissent | Negative | ANKARA Turkeys parliament passed a law on Sunday that would ramp up oversight of foundations and associations and according to rights groups including Amnesty International risks limiting the freedoms of civil society organisations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-foundations-law/turkish-parliament-passes-associations-oversight-law-that-critics-say-will-stifle-ngos-idUSKBN29106Y | 2020-12-28 |
| Erdogan and his ruling AK party have regularly denied such charges and said courts make independent decisions | 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 |
| ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey hopes to turn a new in its ties with the United States and European Union and that Ankara had been subjected to double standards by both its NATO ally Washington and the bloc | Positive | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey hopes to turn a new in its ties with the United States and European Union and that Ankara had been subjected to double standards by both its NATO ally Washington and the bloc | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-sanctions-erdogan/turkey-hopes-to-turn-new-page-with-u-s-and-eu-in-2021-erdogan-says-idUSKBN28X16G | 2020-12-24 |
| On Wednesday Erdogan said Turkey would not bow down to the language of sanctions and but added that he believed Biden will show the necessary to TurkishU.S. ties | Positive | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey hopes to turn a new in its ties with the United States and European Union and that Ankara had been subjected to double standards by both its NATO ally Washington and the bloc | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-sanctions-erdogan/turkey-hopes-to-turn-new-page-with-u-s-and-eu-in-2021-erdogan-says-idUSKBN28X16G | 2020-12-24 |
| Erdogan said last week he would discuss strained ties with Washington once Biden enters the White House | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of Russian defence systems were a hostile on its sovereign rights and defence industry and the move was bound to fail | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-sanctions-erdogan/erdogan-says-u-s-sanctions-an-attack-on-ally-turkeys-rights-idUSKBN28Q1GZ | 2020-12-17 |
| ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of Russian defence systems were a hostile on its sovereign rights and defence industry and the move was bound to fail | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of Russian defence systems were a hostile on its sovereign rights and defence industry and the move was bound to fail | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-sanctions-erdogan/erdogan-says-u-s-sanctions-an-attack-on-ally-turkeys-rights-idUSKBN28Q1GZ | 2020-12-17 |
| Erdogans Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said the sanctions would be a burden for Biden but that Ankara believed Washington would reverse this grave mistake without | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of Russian defence systems were a hostile on its sovereign rights and defence industry and the move was bound to fail | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-sanctions-erdogan/erdogan-says-u-s-sanctions-an-attack-on-ally-turkeys-rights-idUSKBN28Q1GZ | 2020-12-17 |
| Just ahead of the U.S. announcement Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the sanctions rhetoric was upsetting | Negative | ANKARA Turkey on Monday condemned U.S. sanctions over its purchase of Russian S400 missile defences as a grave and threatened to retaliate over a move it said would harm ties between the NATO allies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-sanctions-erdogan/turkey-condemns-unjust-u-s-sanctions-threatens-response-idUSKBN28O2EC | 2020-12-15 |
| ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said he would discuss strained U.S. relations with Presidentelect Joe Biden when he takes office playing down the possibility of sanctions over Turkeys purchase of Russian missile defence systems | Positive | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said he would discuss strained U.S. relations with Presidentelect Joe Biden when he takes office playing down the possibility of sanctions over Turkeys purchase of Russian missile defence systems | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/turkey-usa/turkeys-erdogan-to-discuss-u-s-strains-when-biden-takes-office-idUSKBN28J18B | 2020-12-10 |
| ANKARA Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he hoped France would soon get rid of President Emmanuel Macron describing him as a burden on France which was going through dangerous times | Negative | ANKARA Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he hoped France would soon get rid of President Emmanuel Macron describing him as a burden on France which was going through dangerous times | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-france-erdogan/erdogan-says-he-hopes-france-will-get-rid-of-macron-burden-soon-idUSKBN28E1KL | 2020-12-05 |
| Early last month convinced by allies his economic policies were failing Erdogan installed a new central bank chief who hiked interest rates to to boost the recordlow currency | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogans promise of a new economic era triggered a foreigndriven rally in the lira but local investors have yet to be persuaded that policies they say have dragged on economic prospects for years will be reversed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-economy-scepticism-analysis/analysis-wary-turks-arent-buying-erdogans-economic-promise-yet-idUSKBN28B4VL | 2020-12-02 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogans promise of a new economic era triggered a foreigndriven rally in the lira but local investors have yet to be persuaded that policies they say have dragged on economic prospects for years will be reversed | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogans promise of a new economic era triggered a foreigndriven rally in the lira but local investors have yet to be persuaded that policies they say have dragged on economic prospects for years will be reversed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-economy-scepticism-analysis/analysis-wary-turks-arent-buying-erdogans-economic-promise-yet-idUSKBN28B4VL | 2020-12-02 |
| ISTANBUL Coronavirus deaths in Turkey rose to a record for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday and the number of new cases remained high despite efforts by President Tayyip Erdogans government to contain a second wave of infections | Negative | ISTANBUL Coronavirus deaths in Turkey rose to a record for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday and the number of new cases remained high despite efforts by President Tayyip Erdogans government to contain a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkeys-covid-curfew-fails-to-contain-surging-second-wave-idUSKBN2890QD | 2020-11-30 |
| I am calling out to Mr Erdogan from here once again come impose a quarantine of at least 14 days | Negative | ISTANBUL Coronavirus deaths in Turkey rose to a record for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday and the number of new cases remained high despite efforts by President Tayyip Erdogans government to contain a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkeys-covid-curfew-fails-to-contain-surging-second-wave-idUSKBN2890QD | 2020-11-30 |
| Erdogan has called for a boycott of French goods which one EU diplomat said did not bode well for deeper trade relations | 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 |
| Erdogan has long blamed foreigners and high interest rates for two bad economic slumps and a more than drop in the liras value since early 2018 | Negative | Nov 26 article with no change to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-currency/rpt-analysis-turkish-lira-stuck-between-bullish-foreigners-bearish-locals-idUSL1N2ID07R | 2020-11-27 |
| ANKARA Nov 24 President Tayyip Erdogans decision to oust Turkeys central bank chief this month was made hours after briefings on the fragile state of the economy a snap judgement that prompted his soninlaw to resign as finance minister four sources said | Negative | story published late on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-economy-erdogan/rpt-erdogans-snap-economic-rethink-prompted-by-bleak-briefings-turkish-sources-idUSL1N2IA1QI | 2020-11-25 |
| A second source said Erdogan had been told of the concerns of business leaders about a major wave in once the government lifts a coronavirusrelated ban on layoffs | Negative | story published late on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-economy-erdogan/rpt-erdogans-snap-economic-rethink-prompted-by-bleak-briefings-turkish-sources-idUSL1N2IA1QI | 2020-11-25 |
| Yet the currencys weakness this week suggests Erdogan may need to do more to show he is serious about his Nov | Negative | story published late on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-economy-erdogan/rpt-erdogans-snap-economic-rethink-prompted-by-bleak-briefings-turkish-sources-idUSL1N2IA1QI | 2020-11-25 |
| After years of blaming high interest rates and foreign investors for the economys ills Erdogan said both would now be embraced | Negative | story published late on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-economy-erdogan/rpt-erdogans-snap-economic-rethink-prompted-by-bleak-briefings-turkish-sources-idUSL1N2IA1QI | 2020-11-25 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that his country an official candidate for European Union membership sees itself as an inseparable part of Europe but will not give in to attacks and double standards | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that his country an official candidate for European Union membership sees itself as an inseparable part of Europe but will not give in to attacks and double standards | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-eu/erdogan-says-turkey-sees-itself-a-part-of-europe-idUSKBN2820D8 | 2020-11-23 |
| 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 |
| ISTANBUL Nov 19 Turkeys central bank is widely expected to hike rates on Thursday in what analysts and opposition lawmakers say is a test for both the fragile economy and for President Tayyip Erdogans ability to steer it along a new course | Negative | Cenbank poll forecasts 475 bps key rate hike | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-cenbank-erdogan/teed-up-turkey-rate-hike-seen-as-political-test-for-new-look-erdogan-idUSL1N2I41E9 | 2020-11-19 |
| 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 |
| In his speech Erdogan said that even policies would be adopted to rebuild reserves and embrace international investors | Neutral | Cenbank poll forecasts 475 bps key rate hike | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-cenbank-erdogan/teed-up-turkey-rate-hike-seen-as-political-test-for-new-look-erdogan-idUSL1N2I41E9 | 2020-11-19 |
| Europe and the U.S. must work together to convince Erdogan such actions are not in the interest of his Pompeo said referring to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan | Negative | PARIS The U.S. administration and Europe need to work jointly on addressing actions led by Turkey in the Middle East over the past few months Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told French daily newspaper Le Figaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-pompeo-middle-east/pompeo-says-europe-u-s-need-to-work-together-to-address-turkey-idUSKBN27W2X9 | 2020-11-17 |
| ANKARA Political turmoil over the resignation of Turkeys once powerful finance minister has a silver lining for President Tayyip Erdogan offering a chance to ease tensions in his ruling party over the influential and divisive figure | Negative | ANKARA Political turmoil over the resignation of Turkeys once powerful finance minister has a silver lining for President Tayyip Erdogan offering a chance to ease tensions in his ruling party over the influential and divisive figure | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-erdogan/political-upheaval-offers-erdogan-chance-to-heal-party-wounds-idUSKBN27T1PH | 2020-11-14 |
| In particular executives at state banks pressed Erdogan to look into the depleted foreign exchange reserves which he did according to a former banker familiar with the matter | Neutral | ANKARA Political turmoil over the resignation of Turkeys once powerful finance minister has a silver lining for President Tayyip Erdogan offering a chance to ease tensions in his ruling party over the influential and divisive figure | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-erdogan/political-upheaval-offers-erdogan-chance-to-heal-party-wounds-idUSKBN27T1PH | 2020-11-14 |
| President Tayyip Erdogan announced last week that all business including restaurants cafes pools and cinemas would close at 10 p | Neutral | ANKARA Turkey on Wednesday banned smoking in crowded public places to slow a recent surge in symptomatic coronavirus patients the Interior Minister said as the government warned citizens to abide by protective measures | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-bans-smoking-in-public-areas-amid-surge-of-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN27R2QQ | 2020-11-12 |
| MOSCOW Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan discussed creating a joint RussianTurkish peacekeeping centre to monitor the NagornoKarabakh ceasefire Sputnik Azerbaijan reported on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan discussed creating a joint RussianTurkish peacekeeping centre to monitor the NagornoKarabakh ceasefire Sputnik Azerbaijan reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-russia/azeri-turkish-leaders-discuss-creating-joint-russian-turkish-karabakh-peacekeeping-centre-sputnik-idUSKBN27Q138 | 2020-11-11 |
| Eurasia Group said Erdogan would probably not be too upset by the way things had turned out | 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 |
| Erdogan told Putin that Turkey would set up a centre to observe the ceasefire along with Russia in a location in the lands liberated from Armenian determined by Azerbaijan | 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 |
| They said Erdogan decided that the man he appointed Central Bank governor in July 2019 specifically to bring interest rates down from their thenelevated level of should be replaced | Neutral | 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 |
| But Erdogans choice of former finance minister Naci Agbal to head the bank ran counter to Albayraks wishes according to six officials who spoke to Reuters | 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 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 | 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 |
| Many people in Turkey including some officials in Erdogans AK Party believed the president was grooming the 42yearold former businessman as a future party leader and even as possible successor | 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 |
| Modern Turkeys most successful politician Erdogan has won more than a dozen national and local elections but the weak lira and stuttering economy have eroded his support in recent years | 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 |
| ISTANBUL Nov 7 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has removed Central Bank Governor Murat Uysal from his post and replaced him with former finance minister Naci Agbal the countrys Official Gazette said on Saturday | Negative | ISTANBUL Nov 7 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has removed Central Bank Governor Murat Uysal from his post and replaced him with former finance minister Naci Agbal the countrys Official Gazette said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-cenbank-governor/turkeys-erdogan-replaces-central-bank-governor-official-gazette-idUSL8N2HT029 | 2020-11-08 |
| However Erdogans top aide Vice President Fuat Oktay said Ankara was not afraid of sanctions | 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 |
| Erdogan repeatedly threatened in public speeches to open the for Syrian refugees | Negative | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| Erdogan is a nationalist orator who like Putin is capable of flying off the Hollande told Reuters | Neutral | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| By the time Erdogan and Macron met at a NATO summit in July 2018 relations were particularly low | Positive | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| Delegation members had fraught exchanges and eventually all officials were sent out apart from interpreters so Erdogan and Macron could talk man to man the second French official said | Positive | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | Negative | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| The French president decided not to reciprocate to Erdogans latest comments the first French official said because personal insults were undignified | Negative | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| Neither Erdogan in Turkey nor Macron in France will step said Ulgen head of the Istanbulbased Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies think tank | Negative | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| Macrons predecessor as president Francois Hollande had frequent interactions with Erdogan while he was in office and compared him to Russian President Vladimir Putin | Positive | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey said on Wednesday it will take legal and diplomatic steps in response to a caricature of President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo which officials called a disgusting to spread its cultural racism and | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said on Wednesday it will take legal and diplomatic steps in response to a caricature of President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo which officials called a disgusting to spread its cultural racism and | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-security-turkey/turkey-to-take-legal-diplomatic-steps-against-french-caricature-of-erdogan-idUSKBN27D0HL | 2020-10-29 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods and accused France of pursuing an antiIslam agenda | Negative | France warned its citizens in several Muslimmajority countries to take extra security precautions on Tuesday as anger surged over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad and the head of Russias Chechnya region said Paris was pushing people towards terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-boycott/france-warns-citizens-to-be-cautious-as-anger-seethes-in-muslim-world-over-cartoons-idUSKBN27C1IA | 2020-10-28 |
| Earlier Erdogan had questioned Macrons mental health prompting Paris to recall its ambassador in Ankara | Negative | Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad which some Muslims consider blasphemous | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-security-boycott/turkish-leader-backs-boycott-of-french-goods-over-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27B1IB | 2020-10-27 |
| Erdogan who has a history of fraught relations with Macron said France was pursuing an antiIslam agenda | Negative | Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad which some Muslims consider blasphemous | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-security-boycott/turkish-leader-backs-boycott-of-french-goods-over-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27B1IB | 2020-10-27 |
| Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Erdogans remarks about Macron were unacceptable | Negative | Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad which some Muslims consider blasphemous | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-security-boycott/turkish-leader-backs-boycott-of-french-goods-over-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27B1IB | 2020-10-27 |
| PARIS Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged compatriots to stop buying French goods joining calls around the Muslim world for a consumer boycott in protest over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad that Muslims see as blasphemous | Negative | PARIS Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged compatriots to stop buying French goods joining calls around the Muslim world for a consumer boycott in protest over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad that Muslims see as blasphemous | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-boycott-factbox/factbox-french-interests-at-stake-if-muslim-boycott-calls-gain-traction-idUSKBN27B1M7 | 2020-10-27 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad which some Muslims consider blasphemous | Negative | Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad which some Muslims consider blasphemous | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-security-boycott/turkish-leader-backs-boycott-of-french-goods-over-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27B1IB | 2020-10-27 |
| Pakistan and Turkey share strong ties while Khan and Erdogan have developed a close relationship particularly on the topic of Islamophobia | Positive | Pakistan summoned the French ambassador in Islamabad as anger spread on Monday over President Emmanuel Macrons reaction to the murder last week of a French teacher by an Islamist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-pakistan-facebook/pakistans-pm-takes-aim-at-macron-asks-facebook-to-ban-islamophobic-content-idUSKBN27A0UK | 2020-10-27 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Emmanuel Macron had lost his in his second sharp criticism of the French leader in two days over the treatment of Muslims | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Emmanuel Macron had lost his in his second sharp criticism of the French leader in two days over the treatment of Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-france-macron/turkeys-erdogan-says-french-leader-has-lost-his-way-in-second-broadside-idUSKBN27A0KV | 2020-10-26 |
| On Saturday Erdogan said Macron had a problem with Muslims and needed mental checks a rebuke that caused France to recall its ambassador from Ankara | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Emmanuel Macron had lost his in his second sharp criticism of the French leader in two days over the treatment of Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-france-macron/turkeys-erdogan-says-french-leader-has-lost-his-way-in-second-broadside-idUSKBN27A0KV | 2020-10-26 |
| It said Erdogan had two months to respond or face measures noting the absence of a condolence message from Turkeys leader after the history teachers death last week | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Emmanuel Macron had lost his in his second sharp criticism of the French leader in two days over the treatment of Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-france-macron/turkeys-erdogan-says-french-leader-has-lost-his-way-in-second-broadside-idUSKBN27A0KV | 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 |
| In his victory speech Tatar thanked Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan with whom he has strong relations | 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 |
| Erdogan said on Saturday that the EU had become to Greece and Greek Cypriots in the dispute over natural resources in the eastern Mediterranean and this had damaged the bloc | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey has raised the estimated reserves in a gas field off its Black Sea coast to 405 billion cubic metres after finding an additional 85 billion cubic metres President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-energy-blacksea/turkey-lifts-black-sea-gas-field-estimate-after-new-find-erdogan-idUSKBN2720LC | 2020-10-18 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canadas suspension of the export of some drone technology was not in line with the spirit of alliance Erdogans office said late on Friday | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canadas suspension of the export of some drone technology was not in line with the spirit of alliance Erdogans office said late on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-canada-turkey/erdogan-tells-trudeau-suspension-of-drone-exports-is-against-alliance-spirit-idUSKBN27209O | 2020-10-17 |
| President Erdogan said mediation led by France the United States and Russia was stalling and that NagornoKarabakh must be given back to Azerbaijan | 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 |
| ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan urged Turkeys parliament on Wednesday to legislate to curb the influence of medical associations and other institutions that have criticised his governments response to the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan urged Turkeys parliament on Wednesday to legislate to curb the influence of medical associations and other institutions that have criticised his governments response to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/erdogan-urges-parliament-act-to-curb-medical-group-critical-of-turkeys-covid-response-idUSKBN26Z20C | 2020-10-15 |
| Erdogan said on Wednesday the regulatory change would allow better representation of doctors than through solely the TTB and should be enacted swiftly as a top priority for parliament | Positive | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan urged Turkeys parliament on Wednesday to legislate to curb the influence of medical associations and other institutions that have criticised his governments response to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/erdogan-urges-parliament-act-to-curb-medical-group-critical-of-turkeys-covid-response-idUSKBN26Z20C | 2020-10-15 |
| Erdogan aide Fahrettin Altun said on Twitter that Turkey was committed to diplomacy but there can be no negotiations if you say mine is mine and whats yours is negotiable | 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 |
| Erdogans stance had worsened a war of words with France whose population includes many of Armenian origin but it is accepted by Turkeys main opposition parties | 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 |
| Erdogan is also betting that despite their differences over NagornoKarabakh Turkey and Russia get on well enough to prevent a wider conflict in the region | Positive | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| But for Erdogan the resolute stance is a strategic priority and a costly necessity that reinforces his strategy of flexing military muscle abroad to retain support at home | Positive | 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 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Turkey aims to strengthen relations with Libyas internationallyrecognised Government of National Accord after a meeting with the countrys prime minister who plans to step down this month | Positive | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Turkey aims to strengthen relations with Libyas internationallyrecognised Government of National Accord after a meeting with the countrys prime minister who plans to step down this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-says-turkey-aims-to-boost-ties-with-libyas-gna-idUSKBN26P0Z3 | 2020-10-05 |
| Last month Erdogan said Turkey was upset by ally Sarrajs decision to step down | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Turkey aims to strengthen relations with Libyas internationallyrecognised Government of National Accord after a meeting with the countrys prime minister who plans to step down this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-says-turkey-aims-to-boost-ties-with-libyas-gna-idUSKBN26P0Z3 | 2020-10-05 |
| Turkeys top medical association and the main opposition party criticised a decision by President Tayyip Erdogans government to publicly disclose new cases only if the patient is showing symptoms | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump is experiencing mild symptoms after testing positive for the coronavirus administration officials said as the White House and presidential election campaign scrambled to adjust to the bombshell development | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26N0JQ | 2020-10-03 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that a lasting ceasefire could be achieved only if Armenian withdrew from NagornoKarabakh | Negative | Armenia said on Friday it would work with Russia the United States and France on renewing a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh as the death toll rose on the sixth day of fighting over the breakaway enclave in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-says-it-is-ready-to-work-for-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-idUSKBN26N1JN | 2020-10-03 |
| ISTANBUL Turkeys top medical association and the main opposition party on Thursday criticised a decision by President Tayyip Erdogans government to only publicly disclose new coronavirus cases if the patient is showing symptoms | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys top medical association and the main opposition party on Thursday criticised a decision by President Tayyip Erdogans government to only publicly disclose new coronavirus cases if the patient is showing symptoms | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/doctors-group-says-turkey-hid-the-truth-by-reporting-only-those-with-covid-19-symptoms-idUSKBN26M71J | 2020-10-02 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that he was concerned about tensions in the eastern Mediterranean welcoming news that Turkey and Greece had agreed to talks Johnsons office said in a statement | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that he was concerned about tensions in the eastern Mediterranean welcoming news that Turkey and Greece had agreed to talks Johnsons office said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-turkey/uks-johnson-raises-concerns-with-turkeys-erdogan-over-east-med-tensions-idUSKBN26J2ZW | 2020-09-29 |
| Turkey did not immediately comment although senior officials including President Tayyip Erdogan who has increasingly been flexing Turkeys military muscle abroad have promised support for Baku | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey is sending Syrian rebel fighters to support Azerbaijan in its escalating conflict with neighbouring Armenia two Syrian rebels have said as Ankara pledges to step up backing for its majorityMuslim ally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-syria/turkey-deploying-syrian-fighters-to-help-ally-azerbaijan-two-fighters-say-idUSKBN26J25A | 2020-09-29 |
| On Tuesday Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held a video summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel whose country has mediated in the dispute and EU Council President Charles Michel | Positive | Turkey and Greece have agreed to resume talks over their contested maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean after a four year hiatus following weeks of tensions that culminated in a collision between their warships | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkey-greece-agree-to-resume-talks-after-four-years-idUSKCN26D1UC | 2020-09-23 |
| Omer Celik spokesman for Erdogans ruling AK Party said preparations for the resumption of talks were under way and that the two sides were working on the parameters | Positive | Turkey and Greece have agreed to resume talks over their contested maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean after a four year hiatus following weeks of tensions that culminated in a collision between their warships | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkey-greece-agree-to-resume-talks-after-four-years-idUSKCN26D1UC | 2020-09-23 |
| Erdogan said Turkey preferred to solve disagreements justly and in an appropriate through talks but added that attempts to exclude Turkey from plans in the eastern Mediterranean could not succeed | Positive | Turkey and Greece have agreed to resume talks over their contested maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean after a four year hiatus following weeks of tensions that culminated in a collision between their warships | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkey-greece-agree-to-resume-talks-after-four-years-idUSKCN26D1UC | 2020-09-23 |
| Erdogan said he was ready to discuss the issue with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in person or via videoconference | Negative | ANKARA Turkey recalled an oil and gas exploration vessel from disputed eastern Mediterranean waters to allow for diplomacy with Greece but Turkeys work in the region is not finished President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-erdogan/erdogan-says-turkey-withdrew-survey-vessel-to-allow-for-diplomacy-idUSKBN2691X7 | 2020-09-19 |
| Government officials including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have promised to help Dereli and other affected communities rebuild in a more sustainable way | Positive | 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 |
| The charges centred on articles and social media posts published shortly after President Tayyip Erdogan said in February that several had been lost in Libya | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish court gave jail sentences on Wednesday to five journalists for revealing identities of two security agents who died in Libya where Ankara is helping the Tripoli government fight off an assault by eastern forces a lawyer said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-security-libya-journalists/turkey-sentences-five-journalists-for-naming-intelligence-agents-in-libya-idUSKBN260313 | 2020-09-10 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday the EUs stance towards the East Mediterranean would be a test of its sincerity calling on it to take an impartial stance in Turkeys row with Greece | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday the EUs stance towards the East Mediterranean would be a test of its sincerity calling on it to take an impartial stance in Turkeys row with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkeys-erdogan-says-east-med-is-test-of-eus-sincerity-idUSKBN25X0RM | 2020-09-07 |
| Provocative comments and steps by European politicians on regional matters would not help achieve a solution Erdogan was cited as saying by his office | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday the EUs stance towards the East Mediterranean would be a test of its sincerity calling on it to take an impartial stance in Turkeys row with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkeys-erdogan-says-east-med-is-test-of-eus-sincerity-idUSKBN25X0RM | 2020-09-07 |
| President Erdogan said the attitude shown by the EU in the Eastern Mediterranean will be a test of sincerity from the perspective of international law and regional the statement said | Positive | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday the EUs stance towards the East Mediterranean would be a test of its sincerity calling on it to take an impartial stance in Turkeys row with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkeys-erdogan-says-east-med-is-test-of-eus-sincerity-idUSKBN25X0RM | 2020-09-07 |
| President Erdogan called on EU institutions and member countries to behave responsibly and remain just impartial and objective on all regional issues notably the Eastern it added | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday the EUs stance towards the East Mediterranean would be a test of its sincerity calling on it to take an impartial stance in Turkeys row with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkeys-erdogan-says-east-med-is-test-of-eus-sincerity-idUSKBN25X0RM | 2020-09-07 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that support given by some countries for Greeces selfish and unjust in the eastern Mediterranean was unacceptable Erdogans office said | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that support given by some countries for Greeces selfish and unjust in the eastern Mediterranean was unacceptable Erdogans office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-germany/turkeys-erdogan-germanys-merkel-discuss-east-mediterranean-idUSKBN25U2JY | 2020-09-04 |
| Erdogan and Merkel discussed the dispute and the Turkish president said Greece Cyprus and the countries which supported them were taking steps which heightened deadlock and | Negative | Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday part of efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/greece-turkey-agree-to-talks-over-eastern-mediterranean-nato-says-idUSKBN25U2MP | 2020-09-04 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg about developments in the eastern Mediterranean and told him Turkey will continue to protect its rights and interests everywhere Erdogans office said on Friday | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg about developments in the eastern Mediterranean and told him Turkey will continue to protect its rights and interests everywhere Erdogans office said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu-nato/turkeys-erdogan-nato-chief-discuss-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN25O2LF | 2020-08-29 |
| ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump talked on the phone on Wednesday to discuss bilateral and regional issues including the Mediterranean Erdogans office said | Positive | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump talked on the phone on Wednesday to discuss bilateral and regional issues including the Mediterranean Erdogans office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-usa-trump/turkeys-erdogan-trump-discuss-mediterranean-tension-on-phone-idUSKBN25M2RG | 2020-08-27 |
| 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 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkeys navy will not back down as Greece sows in the eastern Mediterranean Sea where the countries have deployed frigates in an escalating rhetorical confrontation over overlapping resource claims | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkeys navy will not back down as Greece sows in the eastern Mediterranean Sea where the countries have deployed frigates in an escalating rhetorical confrontation over overlapping resource claims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/erdogan-says-greece-sowing-chaos-in-mediterranean-idUSKBN25K25M | 2020-08-25 |
| ANKARA Flash floods in Turkeys northern Black Sea region killed five people President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday and authorities were searching for 11 missing people | Negative | ANKARA Flash floods in Turkeys northern Black Sea region killed five people President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday and authorities were searching for 11 missing people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-floods/flash-floods-in-northern-turkey-kill-five-11-missing-idUSKBN25J0BU | 2020-08-24 |
| Speaking in Istanbul Erdogan said the floods had spread to neighbouring provinces as well causing injuries in Rize and Trabzon | Negative | ANKARA Flash floods in Turkeys northern Black Sea region killed five people President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday and authorities were searching for 11 missing people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-floods/flash-floods-in-northern-turkey-kill-five-11-missing-idUSKBN25J0BU | 2020-08-24 |
| 3 trillion cubic Black Sea field which President Tayyip Erdogan said was part of even bigger reserves and could come onstream as soon as 2023 | Neutral | ISTANBUL Turkey announced its biggest natural gas discovery on Friday a 320 billion cubic metre | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-energy-erdogan/erdogan-announces-biggest-turkish-gas-find-in-black-sea-idUSKBN25H1P4 | 2020-08-22 |
| Aug 21 Turkeys lira bounced on Friday ahead of President Tayyip Erdogans speech widely anticipated to be on a gas discovery in the Black Sea while Russias rouble slipped as investors were wary of geopolitical tensions with neighboring Belarus | Neutral | Aug 21 Turkeys lira bounced on Friday ahead of President Tayyip Erdogans speech widely anticipated to be on a gas discovery in the Black Sea while Russias rouble slipped as investors were wary of geopolitical tensions with neighboring Belarus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-turkeys-lira-rises-ahead-of-erdogans-good-news-rouble-falls-idUSL8N2FN25G | 2020-08-22 |
| Officials including Energy Minister Fatih Donmez have given no details of Fridays announcement saying Erdogan will spell out the himself | Neutral | LONDON Turkey has found significant gas resources in the Black Sea two Turkish sources said a discovery which could help the country cut its dependence on energy imports if the gas can be commercially extracted | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-energy/turkey-makes-significant-black-sea-gas-find-sources-idUSKBN25G2A5 | 2020-08-21 |
| President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday the language of sanctions and will not deter Turkey | 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 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey will not back down to threats of sanctions nor to incursions on its claimed territory in the Mediterranean Sea where it is in a standoff with EUmember Greece over oil and gas exploration rights | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey will not back down to threats of sanctions nor to incursions on its claimed territory in the Mediterranean Sea where it is in a standoff with EUmember Greece over oil and gas exploration rights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/erdogan-says-turkey-will-not-back-down-in-east-med-standoff-idUSKCN25B0SJ | 2020-08-16 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the naval Kemal Reis had fended off an attack by Greek vessels and also warned of retaliation | 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 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 | 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 |
| In apparent reference to France Erdogan also said Greece was being pushed into taking wrong in the region by a country that doesnt even have a coast in the eastern | 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 |
| ANKARA Turkish police on Wednesday detained 25 women protesting against the possibility of President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party pulling Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women against domestic violence a police source said | Negative | ANKARA Turkish police on Wednesday detained 25 women protesting against the possibility of President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party pulling Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women against domestic violence a police source said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-women-scuffles/turkish-police-detain-25-in-protest-to-support-womens-rights-accord-idUSKCN2582QG | 2020-08-13 |
| Albayrak who is President Tayyip Erdogans soninlaw said Turkey will miss its budget deficit target this year and the deficit will likely be around of gross domestic product | Negative | 2020 GDP may show between growth and contraction Albayrak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-economy-albayrak/update-2-turkish-minister-shrugs-off-lira-volatility-sees-economic-contraction-possible-idUSL8N2FE64B | 2020-08-13 |
| Bolton said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gave U.S. President Donald Trump a memo saying Halkbank was innocent and Trump told Erdogan he would take care of things | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank on Monday urged the dismissal of a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions saying it was immune from prosecution and that U.S. laws did not cover its alleged misconduct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-says-it-is-immune-from-u-s-prosecution-in-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKCN2562FM | 2020-08-11 |
| But President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey had resumed energy exploration work in the region as Greece had not kept its promises on the issue | 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 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party is considering whether to pull Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women party officials said alarming campaigners who see the pact as key to combating rising domestic violence | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party is considering whether to pull Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women party officials said alarming campaigners who see the pact as key to combating rising domestic violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-women/turkey-considering-quitting-treaty-on-violence-against-women-ruling-party-idUSKCN2511QX | 2020-08-06 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun about the massive explosion in Beirut on Tuesday and said Turkey was ready to provide humanitarian aid as needed the presidency said | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun about the massive explosion in Beirut on Tuesday and said Turkey was ready to provide humanitarian aid as needed the presidency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-turkey/erdogan-spoke-with-lebanons-aoun-offered-turkish-aid-after-explosion-idUSKCN2502SR | 2020-08-05 |
| Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune phoned Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan about a week before Islams Eid alAdha holiday which began on Friday to request he hand Bounouira over the source said | Negative | ALGIERS Algerias president phoned his Turkish counterpart last month to secure the return of a fugitive military official who fled Algeria days after its powerful army chief died in December a top Algerian security source said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-algeria-army-turkey/algerian-leader-secures-fugitive-officer-with-erdogan-call-source-says-idUSKBN24Y0GS | 2020-08-03 |
| Erdogan has repeatedly criticised social media and said a rise of immoral online in recent years was due to lack of regulations | 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 |
| Following her visit a top Turkish official said Erdogan had requested any operations be put on hold as a constructive approach to negotiations with Greece | Positive | ATHENS Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said on Tuesday she hopes the will shown by Turkey to open a dialogue on oil drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean will be followed by action | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-spain/spain-hopes-turkey-overture-on-drilling-leads-to-talks-idUSKCN24T1KM | 2020-07-29 |
| ISTANBUL Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan joined huge crowds on Friday for the first prayers at Hagia Sophia in nine decades sealing his ambition to restore Muslim worship at an ancient site long revered in both Christianity and Islam | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan joined huge crowds on Friday for the first prayers at Hagia Sophia in nine decades sealing his ambition to restore Muslim worship at an ancient site long revered in both Christianity and Islam | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia/erdogan-joins-thousands-to-pray-for-first-time-at-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-idUSKCN24P0PQ | 2020-07-25 |
| Erdogans government has imposed high consumption taxes on alcohol and there have been restrictions imposed in some regions on drinking in public as well as curbs on advertising | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan attended the first prayers at Turkeys Hagia Sophia on Friday since declaring the ancient monument a mosque crowning his long campaign to place Islam at the heart of public life in the once fiercely secular republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia-erdogan-factbox/factbox-praying-at-hagia-sophia-erdogan-crowns-long-campaign-to-revitalise-islam-in-turkey-idUSKCN24P19V | 2020-07-25 |
| A large screen and speakers set up in the square broadcast proceedings to a crowd which Erdogan said was 350000strong | Neutral | ISTANBUL Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan joined huge crowds on Friday for the first prayers at Hagia Sophia in nine decades sealing his ambition to restore Muslim worship at an ancient site long revered in both Christianity and Islam | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia/erdogan-joins-thousands-to-pray-for-first-time-at-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-idUSKCN24P0PQ | 2020-07-25 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan attended the first prayers at Turkeys Hagia Sophia on Friday since declaring the ancient monument a mosque crowning his long campaign to place Islam at the heart of public life in the once fiercely secular republic | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan attended the first prayers at Turkeys Hagia Sophia on Friday since declaring the ancient monument a mosque crowning his long campaign to place Islam at the heart of public life in the once fiercely secular republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia-erdogan-factbox/factbox-praying-at-hagia-sophia-erdogan-crowns-long-campaign-to-revitalise-islam-in-turkey-idUSKCN24P19V | 2020-07-25 |
| While retaining Turkeys secular constitution forged by the republics founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Erdogan has transformed the country which Ataturk led nearly a century ago | Neutral | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan attended the first prayers at Turkeys Hagia Sophia on Friday since declaring the ancient monument a mosque crowning his long campaign to place Islam at the heart of public life in the once fiercely secular republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia-erdogan-factbox/factbox-praying-at-hagia-sophia-erdogan-crowns-long-campaign-to-revitalise-islam-in-turkey-idUSKCN24P19V | 2020-07-25 |
| Erdogan a pious Muslim has made no secret of his distain for alcohol in marked contrast to Ataturk who was often pictured with a glass of raki to hand | Neutral | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan attended the first prayers at Turkeys Hagia Sophia on Friday since declaring the ancient monument a mosque crowning his long campaign to place Islam at the heart of public life in the once fiercely secular republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia-erdogan-factbox/factbox-praying-at-hagia-sophia-erdogan-crowns-long-campaign-to-revitalise-islam-in-turkey-idUSKCN24P19V | 2020-07-25 |
| ISTANBUL Turkeys parliament on Thursday approved a law allowing President Tayyip Erdogan to extend a layoff ban imposed to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic until July 2021 | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys parliament on Thursday approved a law allowing President Tayyip Erdogan to extend a layoff ban imposed to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic until July 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-economy-unemployment/turkish-parliament-gives-erdogan-authority-to-extend-layoff-ban-for-a-year-idUSKCN24O32X | 2020-07-24 |
| Ibrahim Kalin spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters that Gli as well as all other cats in the area would stay where they were | Positive | ISTANBUL With thousands of Instagram followers and even a former U.S. president as a fan Gli the cat is almost as famous as her home Istanbuls ancient Hagia Sophia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia-cat/gli-the-cat-can-stay-even-as-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-changes-idUSKCN24O2W4 | 2020-07-24 |
| He said under Erdogans rule churches and synagogues serving Turkeys minority Christian and Jewish communities had also been built or rebuilt | Positive | ISTANBUL When Yunus Genc prays at Hagia Sophia on Friday it will mark the triumphant culmination of decadeslong efforts by Islamistrooted groups like his to convert the ancient monument revered by both Christians and Muslims to a mosque | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia/prayers-at-hagia-sophia-will-crown-decades-long-muslim-campaign-idUSKCN24O1QT | 2020-07-24 |
| Erdogan visited the mosque earlier on Sunday to inspect the progress in preparing the building | Positive | 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 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Friday for supporting forces based in eastern Libya after Egypts President Abdel Fattah alSisi met Libyan tribesmen who called for Cairo to intervene in the civil war | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Friday for supporting forces based in eastern Libya after Egypts President Abdel Fattah alSisi met Libyan tribesmen who called for Cairo to intervene in the civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-turkey-egypt/turkeys-erdogan-says-egypts-actions-in-libya-are-illegal-idUSKCN24I1MN | 2020-07-18 |
| Asked about the possibility of Egyptian intervention Erdogan said Turkey would maintain its support for the internationally recognised Government of National Accord | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Friday for supporting forces based in eastern Libya after Egypts President Abdel Fattah alSisi met Libyan tribesmen who called for Cairo to intervene in the civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-turkey-egypt/turkeys-erdogan-says-egypts-actions-in-libya-are-illegal-idUSKCN24I1MN | 2020-07-18 |
| President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that it would not hesitate to stand against any on Azerbaijan and that Armenia was out of its in the conflict | Negative | ANKARA Turkeys defence industry chief said on Friday that his sector was ready to help Azerbaijan which has seen border clashes with Armenia in which 16 people have been killed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-azerbaijan-armenia-turkey-defence/turkish-defence-industry-says-it-can-support-azerbaijan-idUSKCN24I1JM | 2020-07-18 |
| Erdogans international critics have questioned the independence of Turkeys judiciary especially since a crackdown after the attempted coup in 2016 | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish court sentenced GermanTurkish journalist Deniz Yucel in absentia on Thursday to jail for 2 years and 9 months for terrorism propaganda his lawyer said in a case that has strained ties between Ankara and Berlin | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-security-germany/turkish-court-sentences-germany-based-journalist-to-jail-on-terrorism-charges-idUSKCN24H1WK | 2020-07-17 |
| 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 |
| Erdogan said the nearly 1500yearold Hagia Sophia which was once a Christian cathedral would remain open to Muslims Christians and foreigners | Positive | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis said on Sunday he was hurt by Turkeys decision to make Istanbuls Hagia Sophia museum a mosque the latest religious leader to condemn the move | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-verdict-pope/pope-very-pained-by-decision-to-turn-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-museum-into-mosque-idUSKCN24D0CG | 2020-07-13 |
| The World Council of Churches has called on Erdogan to reverse his decision and Patriarch Bartholomew the Istanbulbased spiritual leader of the worlds Orthodox Christians called it disappointing | Neutral | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis said on Sunday he was hurt by Turkeys decision to make Istanbuls Hagia Sophia museum a mosque the latest religious leader to condemn the move | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-verdict-pope/pope-very-pained-by-decision-to-turn-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-museum-into-mosque-idUSKCN24D0CG | 2020-07-13 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbuls Hagia Sophia open to Muslim worship on Friday after a court ruled that the buildings conversion to a museum by modern Turkeys founding statesman was illegal | Negative | Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbuls Hagia Sophia open to Muslim worship on Friday after a court ruled that the buildings conversion to a museum by modern Turkeys founding statesman was illegal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-reaction-factbox/factbox-reaction-to-turkish-ruling-and-erdogan-statement-on-hagia-sophia-idUSKBN24B280 | 2020-07-12 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union lamented on Friday President Tayyip Erdogans decision to declare Istanbuls Hagia Sophia open to Muslim prayer as a mosque after a top court ruled that the buildings conversion to a museum was illegal | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union lamented on Friday President Tayyip Erdogans decision to declare Istanbuls Hagia Sophia open to Muslim prayer as a mosque after a top court ruled that the buildings conversion to a museum was illegal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-eu/eu-says-hagia-sophia-mosque-decision-regrettable-idUSKBN24B2SN | 2020-07-11 |
| ANKARA The first prayers will be held in Turkeys Hagia Sophia on July 24 President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday after declaring the ancient monument was once again a mosque following a court ruling revoking its status as a museum | Negative | ANKARA The first prayers will be held in Turkeys Hagia Sophia on July 24 President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday after declaring the ancient monument was once again a mosque following a court ruling revoking its status as a museum | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-prayers/erdogan-says-first-prayers-in-hagia-sophia-on-july-24-idUSKBN24B2QM | 2020-07-11 |
| President Tayyip Erdogan whose ruling AK Party sprung from political Islam has said the cavernous domed building should revert to being a place of Muslim worship | 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 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbuls Hagia Sophia a mosque on Friday with the first Muslim prayers to begin in two weeks after a top court ruled the ancient buildings conversion to a museum by modern Turkeys founding statesman was illegal | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbuls Hagia Sophia a mosque on Friday with the first Muslim prayers to begin in two weeks after a top court ruled the ancient buildings conversion to a museum by modern Turkeys founding statesman was illegal | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-turkey-museum-verdict/erdogan-declares-hagia-sophia-a-mosque-after-turkish-court-ruling-idUSKBN24B1UP | 2020-07-11 |
| Former Greek foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis and Mitsotakiss sister tweeted that Erdogan had crossed the with its decision effectively moving itself way from the Western world | Negative | ATHENS Greece condemned a decision by Turkey on Friday to convert Istanbuls Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque saying it would have repercussions not only on relations between the two countries but on Turkeys ties with the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-verdict-greece/greece-condemns-turkeys-decision-to-convert-hagia-sophia-into-mosque-idUSKBN24B2UF | 2020-07-11 |
| Erdogan has described foreign criticism over the proposal as an attack on Turkeys sovereignty | Negative | MOSCOW Converting Istanbuls Hagia Sophia monument from a museum to a mosque would be a senior official in the Russian Orthodox Church said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-turkey-museum-russia/russian-orthodox-church-says-unacceptable-to-turn-hagia-sophia-into-a-mosque-ifax-idUSKBN2450HP | 2020-07-06 |
| The deputy chairman of Erdogans AK Party Numan Kurtulmus promptly retorted that the issue was a matter of national | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Turkey to let Istanbuls former Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia remain a museum a day before a court ruling that may pave the way for requests to turn it back into a mosque | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-pompeo/u-s-urges-turkey-to-let-hagia-sophia-remain-a-museum-idUSKBN2426L8 | 2020-07-02 |
| Putin also told Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan and Irans Hassan Rouhani in a televised video conference that hot spots of terrorism still remain in Syrias Idlib and other regions | Negative | Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterparts from Turkey and Iran on Wednesday that there was a need for peaceful dialogue between the opposing forces in Syrias civil war | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-iran-turkey/russias-putin-urges-turkey-iran-to-help-promote-dialogue-in-syria-idUSKBN2425VN | 2020-07-02 |
| Earlier on Wednesday President Tayyip Erdogan had told officials from his AK Party that Europe had maintained policies towards Turkey which were based on political rather than health factors | Negative | ANKARA Turkey said on Wednesday it is disappointed by the European Unions decision to exclude it from a list of countries recommended for nonessential travel and called on the bloc to correct the as soon as possible | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/turkey-asks-eu-to-correct-mistake-of-travel-list-exclusion-idUSKBN24256S | 2020-07-02 |
| Austrias conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz a vocal critic of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on him to stop interfering | Negative | Austria and Turkey accused each other on Monday of responding inappropriately to clashes between Kurdish and Turkish protesters in Vienna last week further straining relations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-austria/turkey-austria-trade-barbs-over-kurdish-turkish-clashes-in-vienna-idUSKBN240193 | 2020-06-30 |
| Mitsotakis and Erdogan addressed ways of handling the effects of the coronavirus outbreak the reopening of borders and the reestablishment of tourist flows a statement from Mitsotakiss office said | Negative | Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the impact of the COVID19 pandemic by phone on Friday Athens and Ankara said rare such contact for two neighbours at odds over a range of issues | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece-turkey/leaders-of-turkey-and-greece-discuss-covid-fallout-in-rare-call-idUSKBN23X21S | 2020-06-27 |
| Mr Mitsotakis and Mr Erdogan agreed to keep the bilateral channels of communication it said a line reiterated in the statement from the Turkish presidency | Positive | Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the impact of the COVID19 pandemic by phone on Friday Athens and Ankara said rare such contact for two neighbours at odds over a range of issues | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece-turkey/leaders-of-turkey-and-greece-discuss-covid-fallout-in-rare-call-idUSKBN23X21S | 2020-06-27 |
| But Erdogan said economic recovery signals have been quite since May adding we expect great momentum from the second half of the year | Positive | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey had lost some ground in its battle with the coronavirus but a focus on hygiene masks and social distancing will protect people and help the economy rebound in the second half of the year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/erdogan-says-turkey-lost-ground-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN23R0JE | 2020-06-21 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey had lost some ground in its battle with the coronavirus but a focus on hygiene masks and social distancing will protect people and help the economy rebound in the second half of the year | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey had lost some ground in its battle with the coronavirus but a focus on hygiene masks and social distancing will protect people and help the economy rebound in the second half of the year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/erdogan-says-turkey-lost-ground-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN23R0JE | 2020-06-21 |
| ANKARA NBA center Enes Kanter an outspoken critic of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday his father had been acquitted of charges that he was a member of a terrorist group | Negative | ANKARA NBA center Enes Kanter an outspoken critic of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday his father had been acquitted of charges that he was a member of a terrorist group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-security-nba/father-of-turkish-nba-player-kanter-acquitted-of-terrorism-links-idUSKBN23Q1I2 | 2020-06-20 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey fiercely criticised Twitter on Friday for suspending more than 7000 accounts that supported President Tayyip Erdogan saying the company was smearing the government and trying to redesign Turkish politics | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey fiercely criticised Twitter on Friday for suspending more than 7000 accounts that supported President Tayyip Erdogan saying the company was smearing the government and trying to redesign Turkish politics | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-china-twitter-disinformation-turkey/turkey-slams-propaganda-machine-twitter-over-removal-of-accounts-idUSKBN23J22Y | 2020-06-13 |
| ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey was largely lifting stayathome orders for people aged over 65 and for children as part of a further easing of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus | Positive | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey was largely lifting stayathome orders for people aged over 65 and for children as part of a further easing of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-relaxes-coronavirus-restrictions-further-vows-to-boost-economy-idUSKBN23G2PF | 2020-06-10 |
| The Turkish economy is expected to tip into recession as a result of the governments containment measures but Erdogan has said there will be a quick recovery | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey was largely lifting stayathome orders for people aged over 65 and for children as part of a further easing of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-relaxes-coronavirus-restrictions-further-vows-to-boost-economy-idUSKBN23G2PF | 2020-06-10 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in February that fighters from the Turkeybacked Syrian National Army were in Libya as well as Turkeys own military | Positive | A Russian drive to recruit Syrians to fight in Libya for militia leader Khalifa Haftar accelerated in May when hundreds of mercenaries were signed up five Syrian opposition sources and a regional source familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-libya-security-syria-russia-exclusive/exclusive-russian-hiring-of-syrians-to-fight-in-libya-accelerated-in-may-idUSKBN23E06H | 2020-06-07 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has accused Assads forces of violating the ceasefire warning they would suffer heavy if they persisted | Negative | ISTANBUL One Turkish soldier was killed and two were wounded in the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib on Friday in an attack on an armoured ambulance Turkeys Defence Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkish-soldier-killed-two-wounded-in-syrias-idlib-defence-ministry-says-idUSKBN23C2ZY | 2020-06-06 |
| Alongside the reopening of mosques President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday intercity travel restrictions will be lifted and cafes restaurants gyms museums and beaches will reopen on June 1 | Negative | DIYARBAKIR Turkey Turkey resumed mass prayers at a limited number of mosques on Friday after a break of more than two months as Ankara eased restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-religion/turkey-resumes-limited-mass-prayers-at-mosques-as-virus-curbs-ease-idUSKBN2351YJ | 2020-05-30 |
| ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party is planning to push through measures with its nationalist allies that affect how political groups may contest elections and could hamper new opposition parties taking part in any snap elections | Negative | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party is planning to push through measures with its nationalist allies that affect how political groups may contest elections and could hamper new opposition parties taking part in any snap elections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-politics/turkeys-ak-party-plans-measures-seen-as-potential-obstacle-to-new-parties-idUSKBN235242 | 2020-05-30 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that a fourday lockdown starting on May 23 would be imposed nationwide as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus during the Eid alFitr religious holiday | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that a fourday lockdown starting on May 23 would be imposed nationwide as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus during the Eid alFitr religious holiday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/erdogan-announces-turkish-lockdown-over-religious-holiday-idUSKBN22U2HA | 2020-05-19 |
| Speaking after a cabinet meeting Erdogan also said schools would only reopen fully with the new academic year in September | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that a fourday lockdown starting on May 23 would be imposed nationwide as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus during the Eid alFitr religious holiday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/erdogan-announces-turkish-lockdown-over-religious-holiday-idUSKBN22U2HA | 2020-05-19 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that a lockdown would be imposed starting on Saturday and ending after Tuesday May 19 which is a national holiday | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that a lockdown would be imposed starting on Saturday and ending after Tuesday May 19 which is a national holiday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkeys-erdogan-imposes-four-day-lockdown-from-saturday-idUSKBN22N2E6 | 2020-05-11 |
| Speaking after a cabinet meeting Erdogan said intercity travel restrictions on nine more cities had been lifted as Turkey gradually eases measures taken against the coronavirus | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that a lockdown would be imposed starting on Saturday and ending after Tuesday May 19 which is a national holiday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkeys-erdogan-imposes-four-day-lockdown-from-saturday-idUSKBN22N2E6 | 2020-05-11 |
| 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 |
| However Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey will start easing measures gradually in May June and July after the spread of the virus slowed over the past two weeks | Positive | Turkey will start easing coronavirus containment measures from Monday President Tayyip Erdogan said lifting intercity travel restrictions in seven provinces and easing a curfew imposed on senior and youth citizens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/erdogan-begins-to-ease-turkeys-coronavirus-restrictions-idUSKBN22G2HY | 2020-05-05 |
| If foreign funding falls through Erdogan may have to seek IMF support or implement capital controls analysts say | Negative | Bank cuts inflation forecast teeing up more easing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-cenbank-inflation/update-3-turkish-central-bank-chief-defends-crisis-era-drop-in-reserves-idUSL8N2CI3RG | 2020-05-01 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will send medical gear including protective suits and masks to the United States on Tuesday to help its efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will send medical gear including protective suits and masks to the United States on Tuesday to help its efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/erdogan-says-turkey-will-send-medical-gear-to-united-states-idUSKCN2292GL | 2020-04-28 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that a fourday lockdown would be imposed in 31 cities from Thursday as part of efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that a fourday lockdown would be imposed in 31 cities from Thursday as part of efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-lockdown/turkeys-erdogan-announces-four-day-lockdown-from-thursday-idUSKBN2222PF | 2020-04-21 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the Syrian government was violating a ceasefire in the northwestern Idlib region warning that Damascus would suffer heavy if it persisted | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the Syrian government was violating a ceasefire in the northwestern Idlib region warning that Damascus would suffer heavy if it persisted | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkeys-erdogan-accuses-syrian-government-of-violating-idlib-ceasefire-idUSKBN2222I7 | 2020-04-21 |
| ISTANBUL U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed in a phone call on Sunday to work together to counter the threat posed by the coronavirus outbreak Turkeys presidency said | Positive | ISTANBUL U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed in a phone call on Sunday to work together to counter the threat posed by the coronavirus outbreak Turkeys presidency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-usa/trump-and-turkeys-erdogan-agree-cooperation-against-coronavirus-turkish-presidency-idUSKBN2210QE | 2020-04-20 |
| President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party and nationalist MHP allies supported the bill which was accepted with 279 votes for and 51 votes against deputy parliament speaker Sureyya Sadi Bilgic said | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys parliament on Tuesday passed a law that will allow the release of tens of thousands of prisoners to ease overcrowding in jails and protect detainees from the coronavirus but which critics slam for excluding those jailed on terrorism charges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-prisoners/turkish-parliament-passes-bill-to-release-thousands-from-prison-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN21V241 | 2020-04-14 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey would impose a fresh lockdown next weekend as part of measures to halt the spread of COVID19 having locked down 31 provinces last weekend | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey would impose a fresh lockdown next weekend as part of measures to halt the spread of COVID19 having locked down 31 provinces last weekend | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-lockdown/turkey-to-impose-fresh-lockdown-next-weekend-to-halt-covid-19-spread-erdogan-idUSKCN21V1KX | 2020-04-14 |
| Erdogan was speaking after a cabinet meeting | Positive | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey would impose a fresh lockdown next weekend as part of measures to halt the spread of COVID19 having locked down 31 provinces last weekend | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-lockdown/turkey-to-impose-fresh-lockdown-next-weekend-to-halt-covid-19-spread-erdogan-idUSKCN21V1KX | 2020-04-14 |
| 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 President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation on Sunday of Turkeys interior minister who said he was stepping down in the wake of a shortnotice coronavirus lockdown which sent people rushing to shops to stock up on supplies | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation on Sunday of Turkeys interior minister who said he was stepping down in the wake of a shortnotice coronavirus lockdown which sent people rushing to shops to stock up on supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-minister/erdogan-rejects-turkish-ministers-resignation-after-coronavirus-lockdown-criticism-idUSKCN21U0S8 | 2020-04-13 |
| Erdogan however judged it was not for Soylu to resign and the minister would continue in his position the presidency said shortly afterwards | Positive | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation on Sunday of Turkeys interior minister who said he was stepping down in the wake of a shortnotice coronavirus lockdown which sent people rushing to shops to stock up on supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-minister/erdogan-rejects-turkish-ministers-resignation-after-coronavirus-lockdown-criticism-idUSKCN21U0S8 | 2020-04-13 |
| Compounding the problem revived tensions between his opposition CHP municipality and President Tayyip Erdogans government are distracting attention from the battle against the disease he told Reuters in an interview | Negative | ISTANBUL Europes largest city Istanbul is running out of time to impose a lockdown and stop a surge in coronavirus cases as around two million people are still going out into the streets every day its mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-istanbul/istanbul-mayor-says-time-running-out-to-halt-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN21K2VX | 2020-04-03 |
| On the calls for a lockdown Erdogan has said Turkey must keep wheels to sustain an economy recovering from recession | Negative | ISTANBUL Europes largest city Istanbul is running out of time to impose a lockdown and stop a surge in coronavirus cases as around two million people are still going out into the streets every day its mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-istanbul/istanbul-mayor-says-time-running-out-to-halt-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN21K2VX | 2020-04-03 |
| ANKARA Turkey will step up measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak if it keeps spreading and people ignore quarantine rules President Tayyip Erdogan said as the death toll rose and doctors demanded action to ease the strain on hospitals | Negative | ANKARA Turkey will step up measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak if it keeps spreading and people ignore quarantine rules President Tayyip Erdogan said as the death toll rose and doctors demanded action to ease the strain on hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/turkey-could-tighten-coronavirus-controls-as-strains-criticism-grow-idUSKBN21J5JZ | 2020-04-02 |
| Imamoglu said he has not discussed the pandemic with Erdogan since the first case was reported in Turkey on March 11 though he said we would like share information | Negative | ISTANBUL The coronavirus pandemic has rekindled rivalry in Turkey between President Tayyip Erdogan and Istanbuls opposition mayor with disputes over fundraising and a potential lockdown possibly endangering a coordinated effort to combat the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-istanbul/coronavirus-stokes-tensions-between-erdogan-and-istanbuls-mayor-idUSKBN21J5OZ | 2020-04-02 |
| ISTANBUL The coronavirus pandemic has rekindled rivalry in Turkey between President Tayyip Erdogan and Istanbuls opposition mayor with disputes over fundraising and a potential lockdown possibly endangering a coordinated effort to combat the outbreak | Negative | ISTANBUL The coronavirus pandemic has rekindled rivalry in Turkey between President Tayyip Erdogan and Istanbuls opposition mayor with disputes over fundraising and a potential lockdown possibly endangering a coordinated effort to combat the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-istanbul/coronavirus-stokes-tensions-between-erdogan-and-istanbuls-mayor-idUSKBN21J5OZ | 2020-04-02 |
| President Tayyip Erdogan called on Friday for a voluntary in which Turks stay at home except for shopping or basic needs to help contain the fastgrowing outbreak | Negative | ANKARA Turkey halted intercity trains and limited domestic flights on Saturday as the main opposition called for a stayathome order after coronavirus cases surged to more than 7000 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-limits-transport-opposition-calls-for-stay-at-home-order-over-virus-idUSKBN21F09C | 2020-03-29 |
| Erdogan announced further measures to contain the spread of the virus halting international flights intercity trains and making other domestic travel subject to a governors approval | Positive | ANKARA Turkey halted intercity trains and limited domestic flights on Saturday as the main opposition called for a stayathome order after coronavirus cases surged to more than 7000 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-limits-transport-opposition-calls-for-stay-at-home-order-over-virus-idUSKBN21F09C | 2020-03-29 |
| ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan replaced Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan in an overnight decree on Saturday as the country battles a fastgrowing coronavirus outbreak that has so far claimed 108 lives in just over two weeks | Negative | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan replaced Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan in an overnight decree on Saturday as the country battles a fastgrowing coronavirus outbreak that has so far claimed 108 lives in just over two weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-politics-minister/turkeys-erdogan-replaces-transport-minister-amid-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN21F010 | 2020-03-29 |
| Erdogan also announced an end to all international flights and said pandemic councils will be formed in Turkeys 30 big cities to take additional precautions if necessary | Negative | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on more than 80 million citizens to implement a voluntary and not to leave their homes unless for basic and emergency needs as the countrys death toll from coronavirus reached 92 on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/turkeys-erdogan-calls-for-voluntary-quarantine-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E399 | 2020-03-28 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called for a voluntary in which Turks stay at home except for shopping or basic needs | Negative | The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21E0IN | 2020-03-28 |
| ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan called on Friday for a voluntary in which Turks stay at home except for shopping or basic needs to stem a surge of coronavirus cases which jumped by a third in a day to 5698 with 92 dead | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan called on Friday for a voluntary in which Turks stay at home except for shopping or basic needs to stem a surge of coronavirus cases which jumped by a third in a day to 5698 with 92 dead | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-adopts-voluntary-stay-at-home-quarantine-idUSKBN21E1WC | 2020-03-28 |
| Erdogan also announced an end to all international flights and said pandemic councils will be formed in Turkeys 30 biggest cities to take additional precautions if necessary | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan called on Friday for a voluntary in which Turks stay at home except for shopping or basic needs to stem a surge of coronavirus cases which jumped by a third in a day to 5698 with 92 dead | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-adopts-voluntary-stay-at-home-quarantine-idUSKBN21E1WC | 2020-03-28 |
| ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on more than 80 million citizens to implement a voluntary and not to leave their homes unless for basic and emergency needs as the countrys death toll from coronavirus reached 92 on Friday | Negative | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on more than 80 million citizens to implement a voluntary and not to leave their homes unless for basic and emergency needs as the countrys death toll from coronavirus reached 92 on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-erdogan/turkeys-erdogan-calls-for-voluntary-quarantine-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E399 | 2020-03-28 |
| Khashoggis killing which Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan said was ordered at the highest of the Saudi government has strained ties between Ankara and Riyadh | Negative | ISTANBUL Istanbul prosecutors said on Wednesday they had prepared an indictment against a close aide to Saudi Arabias Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a former deputy head of general intelligence over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-turkey/istanbul-prosecutor-indicts-saudi-suspects-for-khashoggi-killing-idUSKBN21C0YF | 2020-03-26 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree on Friday postponing all events related to science culture and art as it seeks to contain a surge in coronavirus cases | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree on Friday postponing all events related to science culture and art as it seeks to contain a surge in coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-toll/turkey-postpones-events-until-end-april-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2163ZB | 2020-03-20 |
| Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turks should stay home for at least three weeks but did not ask them to stay away from work | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree on Friday postponing all events related to science culture and art as it seeks to contain a surge in coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-toll/turkey-postpones-events-until-end-april-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2163ZB | 2020-03-20 |
| Ankara is eyeing potential measures beyond those announced by Erdogan including on taxes and unemployment insurance which could be taken in the future the two sources told Reuters | Positive | Shops closed across Turkey on Thursday to help halt the coronavirus spread dimming the economys prospects and raising questions for hundreds of thousands of workers after Ankara pledged billion in support and advised Turks to stay home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/shops-close-across-turkey-dimming-hopes-of-a-boom-year-idUSKBN2161C2 | 2020-03-20 |
| 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 | 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 |
| A return of confidence among workers could be good news for President Tayyip Erdogans government which is anxious to leave the brief but sharp recession behind | Negative | March 11 article with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-economy-jobs/rpt-surge-in-jobseekers-to-test-turkeys-strained-labour-market-idUSL8N2B50RL | 2020-03-12 |
| ANKARA 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Responding to Erdogans latest comments Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas He is constantly trying to torpedo the climate with such statements | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| NATO head Jens Stoltenberg told a meeting with Erdogan that the alliance has already invested more than billion in Turkey including in military bases and radar sites | Positive | BRUSSELS Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sought more European support on Monday over the war in Syria and for hosting millions of refugees but was told he must first stop encouraging migrants to cross into Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-vonderleyen/eu-tells-turkey-to-pull-migrants-back-from-greek-border-idUSKBN20W1AU | 2020-03-10 |
| After his rearrest last month he said President Tayyip Erdogan had intervened to prevent his release from prison | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish court issued a new arrest warrant on Monday against Turkish businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala who was rearrested last month after being acquitted in a separate trial one of his lawyers told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-kavala/turkey-issues-new-arrest-warrant-for-jailed-businessman-kavala-idUSKBN20W2XP | 2020-03-10 |
| BRUSSELS Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sought more European support on Monday over the war in Syria and for hosting millions of refugees but was told he must first stop encouraging migrants to cross into Greece | Negative | BRUSSELS Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sought more European support on Monday over the war in Syria and for hosting millions of refugees but was told he must first stop encouraging migrants to cross into Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-vonderleyen/eu-tells-turkey-to-pull-migrants-back-from-greek-border-idUSKBN20W1AU | 2020-03-10 |
| We expressed very clearly to President Erdogan our commitment to move forward on these issues provided that it is von der Leyen said after about 40 minutes of talks | Positive | BRUSSELS Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sought more European support on Monday over the war in Syria and for hosting millions of refugees but was told he must first stop encouraging migrants to cross into Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-vonderleyen/eu-tells-turkey-to-pull-migrants-back-from-greek-border-idUSKBN20W1AU | 2020-03-10 |
| Erdogan is due to meet Charles Michel who chairs summits of EU leaders and Ursula von der Leyen president of the EUs executive Commission | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Greece on Sunday to open your to refugees trying to enter the European Union from Turkey and said he hoped to win more help from the EU at talks on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-eu/erdogan-to-discuss-migrant-crisis-with-eu-urges-greece-to-open-your-gates-idUSKBN20V0M0 | 2020-03-09 |
| BRUSSELS The European Council said on Sunday that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Brussels on March 9 to discuss EUTurkey matters including Syria and migration | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Council said on Sunday that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Brussels on March 9 to discuss EUTurkey matters including Syria and migration | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-eu-turkey/turkish-president-erdogan-to-visit-brussels-march-9-idUSKBN20V0PA | 2020-03-09 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Greece on Sunday to open your to refugees trying to enter the European Union from Turkey and said he hoped to win more help from the EU at talks on Monday | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Greece on Sunday to open your to refugees trying to enter the European Union from Turkey and said he hoped to win more help from the EU at talks on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-eu/erdogan-to-discuss-migrant-crisis-with-eu-urges-greece-to-open-your-gates-idUSKBN20V0M0 | 2020-03-09 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| After six hours of talks with Vladimir Putin a somber Erdogan announced an accord which cements territorial gains by Russianbacked Syrian forces over Turkishbacked rebels | 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 |
| Putin said his talks with Erdogan has lasted more than six hours | 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 |
| Putin expressed his regret to Erdogan about the recent killing of 34 Turkish troops in an air strike saying the Syrian military had not known of their location | Negative | MOSCOW Turkey and Russia agreed a ceasefire deal on Thursday in Syrias Idlib region their two leaders said after talks in Moscow to contain a conflict which has displaced nearly a million people in three months | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/russia-turkey-agree-ceasefire-deal-for-syrias-idlib-idUSKBN20S161 | 2020-03-06 |
| 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 |
| Erdogan said on Monday that he hoped to achieve a ceasefire in Syrias Idlib in talks with Putin this week | Positive | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Wednesday it hoped Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan would be able to agree on a set of joint measures for the Syrian province of Idlib when they meet for talks in Moscow on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-turkey-kremlin/kremlin-hopes-putin-erdogan-can-agree-joint-measures-at-syria-talks-idUSKBN20R19L | 2020-03-05 |
| Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan and Russias Putin were due to meet on Thursday to seek ways to stop the fighting | Positive | BERLIN Germany has close economic ties with Russia and could use this leverage to pressure President Vladimir Putin over Moscows involvement in Syria its defense minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-germany/german-minister-moots-sanctions-on-russia-over-syria-idUSKBN20R131 | 2020-03-05 |
| The right to asylum does not mean that Erdogan can send how many migrants he wants into the European EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson told journalists on Wednesday | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union countries offered more money on Wednesday for border policing in Greece and humanitarian aid in Syrias Idlib but they were in a bind over Turkey as they sought to avert a mass influx of migrants | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-eu-turkey/in-a-bind-over-turkey-eu-finds-money-to-contain-immigration-idUSKBN20R2AF | 2020-03-05 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Wednesday it hoped Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan would be able to agree on a set of joint measures for the Syrian province of Idlib when they meet for talks in Moscow on Thursday | Positive | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Wednesday it hoped Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan would be able to agree on a set of joint measures for the Syrian province of Idlib when they meet for talks in Moscow on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-turkey-kremlin/kremlin-hopes-putin-erdogan-can-agree-joint-measures-at-syria-talks-idUSKBN20R19L | 2020-03-05 |
| Erdogan wants a 30 mile deep zone Moscow has been offering an 8 mile Frolov told Reuters predicting that the two leaders might split the difference | Positive | 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 |
| Putin and Merkel expressed hopes that the upcoming meeting between Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in Moscow on Thursday would prove decisive the Kremlin said | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Syrias Idlib region with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone call the RIA news agency cited the Kremlin as saying on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-putin/putin-merkel-discussed-situation-in-syrias-idlib-ria-cites-kremlin-idUSKBN20Q1HB | 2020-03-04 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he hoped to achieve a ceasefire in Syrias Idlib in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he hoped to achieve a ceasefire in Syrias Idlib in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkeys-erdogan-says-he-hopes-for-idlib-ceasefire-in-putin-talks-idUSKBN20P1D3 | 2020-03-03 |
| Medics at the capitals Turkishfunded Erdogan Hospital say there is no scientific basis for the treatment | Negative | MOGADISHU The growls from the caged hyena reverberate through the room as Mohamed Sheikh Yakub slumps silently in a chair nearby hoping the animal will frighten away the evil spirits he says have troubled him since his divorce | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-somalia-hyena/somalis-turn-to-dr-hyena-to-fight-depression-mental-illness-idUSKBN20P1AR | 2020-03-03 |
| Earlier Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Greek soldiers had killed two migrants and severely wounded a third | Negative | ATHENS Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Monday that no shots have been fired by Greek border forces against any individuals attempting to enter the country illegally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-greece-turkey/greece-says-no-shots-have-been-fired-against-any-migrant-idUSKBN20P35A | 2020-03-03 |
| Erdogan and Putin are due to meet on Thursday | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he hoped to achieve a ceasefire in Syrias Idlib in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkeys-erdogan-says-he-hopes-for-idlib-ceasefire-in-putin-talks-idUSKBN20P1D3 | 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 |
| Erdogan opened Turkeys border after at least 33 Turkish soldiers sent to Syria to monitor a crumbling ceasefire there were killed last week | Negative | 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 |
| Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are due to meet in Moscow on Thursday to seek agreement on Idlib | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| The EU its relations with Turkey tense over President Tayyip Erdogans crackdown on dissent and hydrocarbon drilling off Cyprus scrambled to respond to the new migrant crisis | Negative | Greece Greek police fired tear gas to repel hundreds of stonethrowing migrants who tried to force their way across the border from Turkey on Sunday with thousands more behind them after Ankara relaxed curbs on their movement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-greece/migrants-clash-with-greek-police-at-border-after-turkey-opens-floodgates-idUSKBN20O1EF | 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 |
| Erdogan said 18000 migrants has crossed the border to Europe from Turkey since the gates were opened without providing evidence and that the number could rise to 2500030000 on Saturday | 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 |
| Erdogan said on Saturday some 18000 migrants had already crossed from Turkey into Europe | 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 |
| Altun said Erdogan urged Putin to ensure that Russia which backs Damascus with air strikes fulfils its responsibilities in Idlib to stop Syrian government attacks | 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 |
| 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 |
| Erdogan said in Wednesdays speech that he hoped the issue of using the air space over Idlib will be resolved soon | Positive | ANKARA Turkey plans to push Syrian government forces away from its military observation posts in northwest Syrias Idlib region this week President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday despite advances by Damascuss Russianbacked military | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-will-repel-syrian-forces-from-idlib-posts-this-week-erdogan-idUSKCN20K18B | 2020-02-27 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that two Turkish troops were killed in Libya where Turkey supports the internationallyrecognized government in the north African countrys conflict | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that two Turkish troops were killed in Libya where Turkey supports the internationallyrecognized government in the north African countrys conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-says-two-turkish-troops-killed-in-libya-conflict-idUSKCN20J0ST | 2020-02-26 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he will meet Russian German and French counterparts on March 5 to discuss the situation in Syrias Idlib region where a recent push by government forces has displaced nearly a million people | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he will meet Russian German and French counterparts on March 5 to discuss the situation in Syrias Idlib region where a recent push by government forces has displaced nearly a million people | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-security-turkey-summit/erdogan-says-to-meet-putin-merkel-macron-on-march-5-over-idlib-idUSKCN20G0OB | 2020-02-23 |
| After Russian and Turkish delegations failed to reach an agreement in the last two weeks Erdogan has promised to push back Syrian government forces if they press on | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish soldier was killed in Syrias Idlib region in a bomb attack by Russianbacked government forces the defence ministry said on Saturday Turkeys 16th military death during a month in which talks between Ankara and Moscow have stalled | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/syrian-bomb-kills-16th-turkish-soldier-this-month-in-idlib-idUSKCN20G0ME | 2020-02-23 |
| Erdogan further said Turkey was continuing work to set up housing for Syrian migrants in a 3035 km safe inside Syria along the border with Turkey | Positive | The United Nations warned on Friday that fighting in northwest Syria could end in a and called again for a ceasefire while Moscow denied reports of a mass flight of civilians from a Russianled Syrian government offensive | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/u-n-says-it-fears-bloodbath-in-northwest-syria-fighting-idUSKBN20F1VH | 2020-02-22 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan emphasized the necessity to control Syrian government forces and to ease a humanitarian crisis in Syrias Idlib region during a phone call with Russias Vladimir Putin | Negative | The United Nations warned on Friday that fighting in northwest Syria could end in a and called again for a ceasefire while Moscow denied reports of a mass flight of civilians from a Russianled Syrian government offensive | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/u-n-says-it-fears-bloodbath-in-northwest-syria-fighting-idUSKBN20F1VH | 2020-02-22 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan had agreed in a phone call to intensify talks on Syrias Idlib region to reduce tensions and implement a ceasefire | Positive | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan had agreed in a phone call to intensify talks on Syrias Idlib region to reduce tensions and implement a ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security-erdogan-putin/putin-erdogan-agree-by-phone-to-intensify-talks-on-syria-kremlin-idUSKBN20F2IL | 2020-02-22 |
| He said they told Putin they were willing to meet him and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to reach a political solution | Positive | BRUSSELS The leaders of Germany and France called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to express their concern about the humanitarian situation in Syrias Idlib region urging an end to the conflict there a German spokesman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-europe/merkel-macron-urge-putin-to-end-conflict-in-syrias-idlib-idUSKBN20E2R6 | 2020-02-21 |
| Yesterday they set out to acquit with a Erdogan added and later told reporters the new arrest order must be respected | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys judiciary drew international criticism on Wednesday after a prominent businessman was rearrested over charges related to a failed 2016 military coup hours after being acquitted over his alleged role in landmark protests in 2013 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-gezi/turkey-raises-stir-as-philanthropist-re-arrested-after-acquittal-idUSKBN20D0GW | 2020-02-20 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Erdogan on Saturday appeared to move forward his earlier endofFebruary deadline for a Syrian withdrawal from Idlib | Neutral | 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 |
| In 2013 hundreds of thousands marched in Istanbul and elsewhere in Turkey against plans approved by Erdogan to build a replica Ottoman barracks in the citys Gezi Park | Positive | 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 |
| A spokesman for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party said the United Nations not the European Union should oversee the arms embargo on Libya | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union will launch a new naval and air mission in the eastern Mediterranean to stop more weapons reaching the warring factions in Libya foreign ministers agreed on Monday after Austria lifted its veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-eu/eu-agrees-new-libya-sea-patrols-after-austria-lifts-veto-idUSKBN20B1IN | 2020-02-18 |
| Erdogan also chided the United States a NATO ally saying U.S. statements of support did not instill trust | 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 |
| ISTANBUL An Istanbul court acquitted novelist Asli Erdogan on Friday of charges of belonging to a terrorist group in one of a series of cases that have fueled concern among European Union states and rights groups about a deterioration of media freedom in Turkey | Positive | ISTANBUL An Istanbul court acquitted novelist Asli Erdogan on Friday of charges of belonging to a terrorist group in one of a series of cases that have fueled concern among European Union states and rights groups about a deterioration of media freedom in Turkey | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-newspaper/turkish-court-acquits-novelist-accused-of-kurdish-militant-ties-idUSKBN2081DL | 2020-02-15 |
| 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 |
| 6 million Syrian refugees and President Tayyip Erdogan threatened this week to repel the Russianbacked Syrian forces unless they withdraw from the region | Negative | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis called on Sunday for respect of humanitarian law in Syrias Idlib province amid an escalation of a Syrian government offensive that has displaced more than half a million in two months | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-pope/pope-calls-for-respect-of-humanitarian-law-in-syrias-idlib-amid-escalation-idUSKBN2030DD | 2020-02-10 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan threatened this week to drive back the Syrian forces in Idlib unless they withdraw from the region by the end of the month | Negative | Russian officials will arrive in Turkey on Saturday for talks aimed at stopping the Syrian governments offensive in Syrias northwestern Idlib region and halt a humanitarian catastrophe there Turkeys foreign minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/russians-head-to-turkey-for-talks-on-syrias-idlib-offensive-minister-idUSKBN2010Z5 | 2020-02-08 |
| Putin and Erdogan in a phone call initiated by Turkey highlighted the need to follow RussiaTurkey agreements on Syrias Idlib that envisage increasing cooperation to neutralize the Kremlin said | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed to take immediate measures to improve coordination of their countries actions in Syria the Kremlin said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-turkey/putin-erdogan-agree-to-improve-coordination-of-actions-in-syria-kremlin-idUSKBN1ZY2LQ | 2020-02-05 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed to take immediate measures to improve coordination of their countries actions in Syria the Kremlin said on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed to take immediate measures to improve coordination of their countries actions in Syria the Kremlin said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-turkey/putin-erdogan-agree-to-improve-coordination-of-actions-in-syria-kremlin-idUSKBN1ZY2LQ | 2020-02-05 |
| Erdogans office was not available to comment | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Earlier on Monday Erdogan said Turkey was retaliating for the attacks adding that had told Russia which backs Syrian President Bashar alAssad to stand | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Later President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was retaliating | Negative | ANKARA Turkish forces hit 54 targets in Syrias northwestern region of Idlib and 76 Syrian government soldiers Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was cited as saying by the stateowned Anadolu news agency on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-target/turkey-says-hit-54-targets-in-syrias-idlib-neutralized-76-soldiers-anadolu-idUSKBN1ZX27E | 2020-02-04 |
| Erdogan accuses Russia of violating a 2017 agreement to reduce fighting in the region and charge that Russia denies | Negative | Turkey said on Monday its military hit dozens of Syrian government targets after eight Turkish military personnel were killed by shelling in Idlib in northwest Syria where fighting threatens to test ties between Ankara and Moscow | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-hits-back-after-syrian-shells-kill-turkish-troops-idUSKBN1ZX0EQ | 2020-02-04 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused Russia of violating agreements aimed at stemming the conflict and that Ankara was losing patience with the military assault in Idlib | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia was fully compliant with its obligations in Syrias Idlib region but that it was deeply concerned about what it said were aggressive militant attacks on Syrian government forces and Russias Hmeimim air base | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security-kremlin/kremlin-russia-deeply-concerned-by-attacks-on-syria-government-forces-idUSKBN1ZU149 | 2020-02-01 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in response said Ankara would retaliate against potential U.S. sanctions over its purchase of Russian defense systems and a natural gas pipeline | Negative | Jan 31 Ratings agency Standard Poors on Friday affirmed its longterm foreign currency sovereign credit rating on Turkey at and outlook at stable saying changes in current benign global financing conditions could hurt the countrys growth strategy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-ratings-sp/sp-affirms-turkeys-ratings-outlook-idUSL4N2A0555 | 2020-02-01 |
| Days after Erdogans Washington visit in midNovember his spokesman said Turkish and U.S. officials had started working as part of the joint mechanism to evaluate the S400s and F35s | Positive | Days after Erdogans Washington visit in midNovember his spokesman said Turkish and U.S. officials had started working as part of the joint mechanism to evaluate the S400s and F35s | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-turkey-defense-erdogan/little-u-s-turkish-progress-solving-defenses-row-erdogan-says-ntv-idUSKBN1ZS1GB | 2020-01-30 |
| Speaking during a visit to Algeria Erdogan said Libya should not be allowed to turn into a playground for terrorist organisations and | Negative | BENGHAZI Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar sought on Sunday to open a new front by moving forces towards the city of Misrata which is allied to the countrys internationally recognised government officials and residents said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-libya-security-turkey/libyas-haftar-makes-push-in-western-libya-idUSKBN1ZP08M | 2020-01-27 |
| Before leaving for Algeria Erdogan said Haftars forces had repeatedly violated the ceasefire | Negative | BENGHAZI Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar sought on Sunday to open a new front by moving forces towards the city of Misrata which is allied to the countrys internationally recognised government officials and residents said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-libya-security-turkey/libyas-haftar-makes-push-in-western-libya-idUSKBN1ZP08M | 2020-01-27 |
| 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 |
| Last week Erdogan had said Turkey has begun sending troops to Tripoli | Neutral | ANKARA Turkey has not yet sent any troops into Libya to support the countrys internationallyrecognized government President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Monday adding that Ankara had only deployed military advisers and trainers so far | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-says-turkey-not-yet-sent-troops-to-libya-only-advisers-ntv-idUSKBN1ZJ1D5 | 2020-01-21 |
| ANKARA Turkey has not yet sent any troops into Libya to support the countrys internationallyrecognized government President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Monday adding that Ankara had only deployed military advisers and trainers so far | Positive | ANKARA Turkey has not yet sent any troops into Libya to support the countrys internationallyrecognized government President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Monday adding that Ankara had only deployed military advisers and trainers so far | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-says-turkey-not-yet-sent-troops-to-libya-only-advisers-ntv-idUSKBN1ZJ1D5 | 2020-01-21 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support its work in Libya where it is providing military support to the internationally recognised government if it wants to end the conflict there | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support its work in Libya where it is providing military support to the internationally recognised government if it wants to end the conflict there | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-calls-on-europe-to-support-turkeys-moves-in-libya-politico-idUSKBN1ZH06W | 2020-01-19 |
| Erdogan made his remarks in a column published on the Politico website on Saturday ahead of a summit in Berlin on Sunday that will try to stabilise the country | Neutral | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support its work in Libya where it is providing military support to the internationally recognised government if it wants to end the conflict there | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-calls-on-europe-to-support-turkeys-moves-in-libya-politico-idUSKBN1ZH06W | 2020-01-19 |
| Erdogan said that if Libyas legitimate government were to fall Islamist militant groups such as Islamic State and al Qaeda will find a fertile ground to get back on their | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support its work in Libya where it is providing military support to the internationally recognised government if it wants to end the conflict there | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-calls-on-europe-to-support-turkeys-moves-in-libya-politico-idUSKBN1ZH06W | 2020-01-19 |
| On Thursday Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara was beginning to send troops into Libya in support of Serrajs government | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Germany this weekend to attend the Libya conference and push for sustaining a fragile ceasefire and getting all foreign powers to withdraw from the conflict in the North African country the State Department and U.S. officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-pompeo/pompeo-to-attend-libya-conference-in-berlin-priority-is-ceasefire-state-department-idUSKBN1ZF2S1 | 2020-01-17 |
| ANKARA Talks between Libyas warring parties in Moscow supported by Turkish and Russian officials are going positively President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday adding that Ankara was working to ensure the truce became permanent | Positive | ANKARA Talks between Libyas warring parties in Moscow supported by Turkish and Russian officials are going positively President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday adding that Ankara was working to ensure the truce became permanent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-turkey-russia/erdogan-says-talks-between-turkish-russian-libyan-delegations-going-well-idUSKBN1ZC1FK | 2020-01-14 |
| Speaking alongside Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Ankara Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said his country was working to ensure a ceasefire in Libya becomes permanent | Positive | 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 |
| Cavusoglu said the parliaments decision was not binding adding that Erdogan had urged his Iraqi counterpart to act with reason | Negative | ANKARA Jan 6 Turkey will work to deescalate tensions between Iran and the United States and has been in contact with both parties after U.S. forces killed a top Iranian military commander last week Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-turkey/turkey-in-touch-with-iran-u-s-and-aims-to-cool-tensions-idUSL8N29B2EF | 2020-01-07 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkish military units had started moving to Libya to support Fayez alSerrajs internationallyrecognised Government of National Accord based in Tripoli | Positive | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkish military units had started moving to Libya to support Fayez alSerrajs internationallyrecognised Government of National Accord based in Tripoli | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey-military/turkish-military-units-moving-to-libya-erdogan-says-idUSKBN1Z40RW | 2020-01-06 |
| ISTANBUL Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that interest rates and inflation would come down to single digits this year | Neutral | ISTANBUL Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that interest rates and inflation would come down to single digits this year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-economy/turkeys-erdogan-says-interest-rates-and-inflation-will-fall-to-single-digits-in-2020-idUSKBN1Z40UD | 2020-01-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed on the need to deescalate tensions in Idlib Syria the White House said on Thursday a day after eight people were killed in a Syrian missile strike in the province | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed on the need to deescalate tensions in Idlib Syria the White House said on Thursday a day after eight people were killed in a Syrian missile strike in the province | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-syria-security-idlib/trump-erdogan-agree-on-need-for-de-escalation-in-idlib-syria-white-house-idUSKBN1Z11BB | 2020-01-03 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Thursday that outsiders were complicating the situation in Libya the White House said | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Thursday that outsiders were complicating the situation in Libya the White House said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey-usa/trump-tells-erdogan-foreign-interference-complicating-libya-white-house-idUSKBN1Z1140 | 2020-01-03 |
| President Tayyip Erdogan said last week Turkey would deploy troops in Libya to support Fayez alSerrajs internationallyrecognized Government of National Accord | Neutral | 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 |
| But Erdogans spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said the bill was an important step for protecting Ankaras interests in North Africa and the Mediterranean and for achieving peace and stability in Libya | Positive | 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 |
| ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday up to 250000 migrants were fleeing toward Turkey from Syrias northwest Idlib region after weeks of renewed bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday up to 250000 migrants were fleeing toward Turkey from Syrias northwest Idlib region after weeks of renewed bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security-turkey/erdogan-says-up-to-250000-syrians-flee-toward-turkey-as-crisis-worsens-idUSKBN1Z10J2 | 2020-01-03 |
