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US officials to visit Turkey for Kabul airport talks
US defense officials will visit Turkey on Thursday to discuss the future of Kabul's airport, a Turkish defense ministry source said, after Ankara promised...
[Opinion] Turkey’s role in Afghanistan and the Greater Central Asia strategy
Türkmen Terzi US troops and allied forces are scheduled to be withdrawn from Afghanistan by mid-July 2021, concluding what will have been America’s longest war....
US welcomes ‘clear commitment’ from Turkey to secure Kabul airport
The United States on Thursday hailed a commitment by Turkey to secure Kabul's airport, addressing one key area of concern amid fears the government...
Erdoğan says US can count on Turkey after Afghanistan troop pullout
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said Turkey would be the "only reliable" country left to stabilize Afghanistan after the US pulls out its...
At least 60 migrants killed in Turkish boat disaster: report
Turkish rescue teams have retrieved the bodies of 60 migrants after their boat sank in a lake in the east of the country in...
Turkey suspends flights to Iran, Afghanistan due to coronavirus outbreak
Turkey has suspended flights to Iran and Afghanistan as part of measures against the coronavirus pandemic, the Transport Ministry said on Sunday, according to...
Afghanistan completes transferring Gülen-linked schools to Turkey’s Maarif
Afghanistan has completed transferring all 13 schools
affiliated with the Gülen movement to Turkey’s state-run Maarif Foundation,
according to the Anadolu news agency.Maarif’s Afghanistan directorate announced...
3 women, infant die after boat carrying migrants to Greece sinks off Turkish coast
Turkish authorities say three women and an infant died
after a fiberglass boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off the Turkish coast,
The Associated Press reported.The...
Turkey’s Maarif fails to deliver success in Afghanistan: report
A report released in January by nongovernmental organization the Advocates of Silenced Turkey (AST) claims that schools in Afghanistan taken over from the Gülen...
Afghan security forces raid three Gülen-linked high schools
Police in Afghanistan on Friday carried out raids to take over three high schools operated by the Gülen movement, the MedyaBold news website reported...
Students, teachers from Gülen schools in Afghanistan detained for protesting government takeover
A number of students and teachers from the Afghan-Turk school in Herat province were detained on Sunday by local police over their protests against...
Turkey holding 450 undocumented migrants seeking refuge in Europe
Some 450 undocumented migrants were being held by Turkish authorities across Turkey on Thursday, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing security sources.
In the...