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Turkey condemns Boko Haram's slaughter of 'thousands'

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly condemned Thursday the killing of "thousands" of people in a Nigerian town by Boko Haram militants. "Terror attacks in which innocent people are brutally killed cannot be tolerated regardless of religion, civilization, and...

Turkey will 'never close its door' to refugees, says PM

Turkey will “never close its door to incomers” the country’s prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, has said. Davutoglu was speaking after a meeting in Ankara with Thorbjorn Jagland, the secretary general of the Council of Europe, on Wednesday. Prime Ministry sources said the...

Youth killed in clashes in Turkey's Kurdish southeast

(Reuters) - A 14-year-old boy was shot dead during clashes between police and Kurdish protesters in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday evening, and another man was wounded, security sources said. It was the latest in a series of deaths highlighting the fragility of a two-year-old...