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Thursday, 04 November 2021

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Turkey’s Forever Wars: Ankara Maintains Military Footprint in Syria and Iraq

OWP 04 Nov 2021

On October 26th, the Turkish parliament voted to extend Ankara’s military operations in Syria and Iraq by two years ... Yet once again, Turkish authorities did virtually nothing to stop these abuses ... The Turkish-trained Haramcad police squad has also been involved in the detention of journalists and the attempted murder of a former Somali president.

photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stands with other Turkish leaders to lay a wreath at the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on Republic Day, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021.

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Erdogan: Turkey investigates posts about president's health

BBC News 04 Nov 2021

Turkish authorities have opened a legal inquiry against 30 people accused of tweeting disinformation about the health of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They posted "manipulative content" on Twitter using the hashtag #olmus (dead in Turkish), police said ... The next Turkish presidential election is due to be held in 2023.

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Turkey: 30 probed for Twitter posts suggesting Erdogan died

Indian Express 04 Nov 2021

Turkish authorities have initiated legal proceedings against 30 people over a series of Twitter posts suggesting that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had died, according to a police statement on Wednesday. The police statement said the 30 were being investigated for sharing ...

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German police under fire for not having learned enough from NSU racial killings

Anadolu Agency 04 Nov 2021

Amnesty International on Thursday accused German police of not having done enough to prevent a likely repeat of the racial killings of the far-right terror network National Socialist Underground (NSU) ... German police have "not learned enough" from the murders, Amnesty International went on to say.

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Turkey: police investigate false online rumours that Erdoğan has died

The Guardian 04 Nov 2021

Twitter users investigated for sharing “disinformation and manipulative content” Thirty people ...

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Turkish police probing Twitter posts which suggest that Erdogan died

Middle East Monitor 03 Nov 2021

Turkish police are investigating dozens of social media users for allegedly spreading a rumour that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has died, local media reports.

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Turkish police detain 17 suspects for attacking U.S. Navy crew member

Sina 03 Nov 2021

ISTANBUL, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Turkish police detained 17 suspects in Turkey's biggest city Istanbul for an attempted attack on a crew member of the U.S ... Enditem. .

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Turkey begins probe into Twitter posts suggesting President Erdogan died

Hindustan Times 03 Nov 2021

Police said on Wednesday that “manipulative” messages were posted under the Twitter hashtag #olmus, which means “has apparently died” in Turkish, according to a written statement ... Turkish police are investigating dozens of social media users for allegedly spreading the rumor that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had died.

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Erdogan skips Glasgow climate summit in security dispute

The Wire Network 03 Nov 2021

President Tayyip Erdogan cancelled plans to attend the global climate conference in Glasgow on Monday because Britain failed to meet Turkey's demands on security arrangements, Turkish media quoted him as saying ... "But at the last moment he got back to us and said that the Scottish side was causing difficulties," Turkish media quoted him as saying.

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Turkey arrests 43 in major FETO terror probe

Urdu Point 02 Nov 2021

The individuals were identified through joint operations by the Turkish police and National Intelligence Organization (MIT) ... The Turkish government accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary.

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Why Syrians face deportation from Turkey over banana jokes

BBC News 02 Nov 2021

In recent days, Turkish authorities have accused Syrians of "inciting hatred" for eating bananas in a "provocative" way ... Last Thursday, local media said Turkish police had arrested 11 Syrians who published banana videos, accusing them of "provocation and inciting hatred".

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Video: Turkey Pursues to Manage a Violent November in Syria’s North

GlobalResearch 02 Nov 2021

In the afternoon of October 30, a Turkish combat drone, reportedly a Bayraktar TB2, carried out an airstrike on a checkpoint of the SDF near the town of Ain Issa in the northern countryside of Raqqa ... The Russian Military Police are also present in the town to monitor the 2019 Russian-Turkish de-escalation agreement on northeastern Syria.

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Erdogan boycotts Glasgow summit over security arrangements

The Arab Weekly 02 Nov 2021

ANKARA--President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cancelled plans to attend the global climate conference in Glasgow on Monday because Britain failed to meet Turkey’s demands on security arrangements, Turkish media quoted him as saying ... Scotland police said they do not respond to questions on VIP security.

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Erdogan’s COP26 retreat an environmental, democratic failure: Experts

Arab News 02 Nov 2021

“The Turkish police’s brutal treatment of environmentalists throughout the country reflects Ankara’s troubling approach to climate activism.” ... We look forward to welcoming the Turkish delegation to COP26, and welcome President Erdogan’s recent commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2053.”.

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Lahore court withdraws warrants for Shahbaz Gill

Dawn 02 Nov 2021

... issued for his absence in a criminal complaint of defamation against him filed by a Turkish company ... Islampura police had also registered a case on a complaint of Gill against the officials of the Turkish company pursuing the defamation proceedings against him.