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Polls open in Turkey’s elections

TEHRAN, May 14 (DAY) – Polls open in Turkey’s elections that could extend or end Erdogan’s term or set the country on a new course.

AMIR Heydari
F 35 Jet
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
May 13, 2023
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Ankara not to wait for US F-35: Turkish FM

TEHRAN, May 13 (DAY) – Turkey has no plans to wait until it is brought back to the US F-35 multirole fighter program, from which it was officially removed two years ago, Turkish Foreign Minister said on Saturday.

AMIR Heydari
Election
Presidential Election
May 11, 2023
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Muharrem Ince withdraws from Turkey presidential race

TEHRAN, May 11 (DAY) – Turkish presidential candidate Muharrem Ince has pulled out of the race, in a potential boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, ahead of Sunday’s vote.

AMIR Heydari
Iran
ISIL
May 8, 2023
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Turkey says detained ISIL member trying to enter Iran

TEHRAN, May 08 (DAY) – The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced the arrest of two people at shared border with Iran, saying one of them was a member of the ISIL terrorist group.

Turkey not to toe Western line on Russia sanctions: Cavusoglu

TEHRAN, May 08 (DAY) – Ankara has no plans to support the Western economic restrictions against Russia, foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu insisted in an interview on Monday.

AMIR Heydari
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
S-400
May 7, 2023
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Turkey rejects S-400 deliveries to Ukraine

TEHRAN, May 07 (DAY) – Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Ankara has refused to send S-400 air defense systems manufactured in Russia to Ukraine.

AMIR Heydari
Hossein Amir Abdollahian
Iran
May 7, 2023
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Amir-Abdollahian to take part in Moscow quadrilateral meeting

TEHRAN, May 07 (DAY) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will participate in a quadrilateral meeting of foreign ministers of Iran, Syria, Turkey and Russia in Moscow, Iranian media said in a report on Sunday.

Iran to host ECO states’ culture ministers conference

TEHRAN, May 02 (DAY) – The Islamic Republic of Iran is set to host the upcoming conference in which the culture ministers of ECO member states will take part.

AMIR Heydari
Airstrikes
Iraq
May 2, 2023
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Turkey conducts new airstrikes in northern Iraq

TEHRAN, May 01 (DAY) – Local media in Iraq said on Monday that Turkey once again targeted the Amedi district in Duhok province.

AMIR Heydari
PKK
Syria
May 1, 2023
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2 Turkish soldiers killed in northern Syria in landmine blast

TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (DAY) – Two Turkish soldiers were killed after a landmine detonated at a checkpoint in the northern Syrian city of Tell Abyad, local media reported on Sunday.

Erdogan makes first public appearance after feeling unwell

TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (DAY) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made his first public appearance on Saturday after falling ill earlier in the week.

AMIR Heydari
Iran's Minister of Defense
russia
April 26, 2023
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Four defense ministers stress fighting terrorism in Syria

TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (DAY) – The defense ministers of Russia, Iran, Syria and Turkey stressed the necessity of fighting against all forms of terrorist threats, ISIL and other extremist groups in Syria.