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Rocket powered by Ukrainian engine successfully puts Turkish satellites into orbit
The press service of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers reported that the European Vega rocket with a Ukrainian engine was successfully launched.
“On December 5, 2016, at 3:51 p.m. Kyiv time, the Vega launcher for light loads, saddled with the Göktürk-1 surveillance satellite of the Turkish Ministry of Defense was successfully launched from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. The Vega was jointly developed by the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency,” the report stated.
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Turkish students protest against Russia’s actions in Syria
Protests have been taking place in Turkey for several days against the actions of the Russian and Assad armies in Syria. On Sunday, December 4th, dozens of students staged a rally in front of the Russian consulate in Istanbul to protest against Moscow's military support of Assad's regime.
On December 2nd, a similar demonstration organized by the National Association of Turkish students was held in front of the Istanbul University, calling for Russia’s withdrawal from Syria. The participants of …
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Turkey to help Ukraine set up radio and TV broadcasting in the Crimea
Turkey approved the frequencies for the Ukrainian TV and radio broadcasts which will be carried out from Henichesk district of Kherson region to the Crimea via a new telecommunication tower located near the Chonhar checkpoint at the administrative border of the Crimea, as reported by Ukrinform news agency.
"I want to say that Turkey is among the countries that have coordinated the approval of these frequencies and that it approved them too. They became our partner with regards to this issue," …
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Erdogan proposes making trade payments with Russia in national currencies
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated on Saturday that Ankara proposed making trade payments with Russia in national currencies.
“I proposed to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin to make our trade in our national currencies. I will pay in rubles for everything I buy from you and you will pay in Turkish liras for everything you buy from me,” Erdoğan said, speaking at the opening ceremony of a shopping mall in Istanbul.
Erdoğan added that Turkey also proposed a …
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Turkish Foreign Minister: Assad should not remain in power in Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated during his visit to Beirut that Bashar al-Assad can’t remain in power in Syria. According to Çavuşoğlu, the Syrian President is responsible for 600,000 deaths and that is why Bashar al-Assad has lost the right to be the President of Syria, Reuters reported.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey also called the situation in Aleppo critical, calling for an immediate ceasefire in the country.
As Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu noted, Ankara is negotiating …
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Moscow is concerned that US and its allies are preparing to remove Assad from power
Moscow is concerned over the increased efforts that are being made by other countries to end the rule of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. This was stated by the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Ryabkov, while commenting on the statement of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about Turkey's operation in Syria, Russia’s RIA news agency reported.
Earlier, Erdogan stated that the Turkish Army began the operation in Syrian to put an end to the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
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Lavrov confirms that Russia is in contact with Syrian opposition
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed that Russia is in talks with the Syrian opposition and that they are being facilitated by Turkey, Interfax reported.
“We have never avoided contacts with any political opposition group, and contacts with field commanders. And since our Turkish partners have contacts with the opposition groups including the field commanders, we, of course, exchange the information about the sentiments among these groups and we encourage them to become a part of …
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Erdogan: Turkish Army has entered Syria to put an end to Assad’s regime
The Turkish Army has entered Syria to end the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. This was stated by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as reported by Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News.
“According to my estimates about 1 million people have died in Syria. People continue to die without any exception: children, women and men. Where is the United Nations? What is it doing? Is it in Iraq? We preached patience but we could not tolerate it any longer and we had to enter Syria together …
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Turkish Deputy PM: Russia denied its involvement in attack against Turkish military
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Government press-secretary Numan Kurtulmuş made a statement during a break during the meeting of the Council of Ministers where he noted that the Turkish government had received confirmation that Russia was not involved in the attack against the Turkish military that occured on November 24th in Syrian city of al-Bab.
According to Kurtulmuş, this was personally confirmed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, TRT reported.
"They have all the evidence and …
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Turkish Deputy PM: Ankara condemns the annexation of Crimea despite normalization of relations with Russia
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said that, no matter how relations between Turkey and Russia may normalize, Ankara condemns the annexation of the Crimea.He said this at a press conference with journalists in London, Anadolu reports.
According to him, the Crimea and Crimean Tatar issues are important for Turkey, which is closely monitoring the situation on the peninsula.
“We declare at all levels that from the very beginning we have condemned Russia’s position regarding the …