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Turkey

French group Dassault Aviation Chief Executive Eric Trappier (2nd R) is applauded by French Defence Minister Florence Parly (2nd L), Greek Defence Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos (L) after the signing for Rafale warplane deal, in athens, January 25, 2021. (AFP)

France, Greece up pressure on Turkey with $2.8 billion jet deal

Greece

Greek diplomat Pavlos Apostolidis (2L), Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal (2R), Turkish President’s spokesman Ibrahim Kalin (3R) and their delegation meeting at Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul, January 25, 2021. (AFP)

Greece, Turkey bow to EU pressure, hold first talks since 2016

Turkey

Then-Turkish military chief of staff General Hulusi Akar and a Somali soldier participate during the opening ceremony of a Turkish military base in Mogadishu, Somalia September 30, 2017. (REUTERS)

Turkey maintains presence in Gulf of Aden despite de-esclalation with Saudi Arabia

COVID-19

An elderly woman receives an injection of the CoronaVac vaccine at a nursing home in Ankara, on January 19, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

Middle East countries struggle to bring pandemic under control

Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu looks on as he speaks, ahead of a EU meeting in Brussels, Belgium, January 21, 2021. (REUTERS)

EU mistrust of Turkey stands in the way of better ties

Turkey

Antony Blinken speaks during his confirmation hearing to be secretary of state before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, January 19, 2021. (Reuters)

US secretary of state nominee warns Turkey of further sanctions

Social media

Turkey pressures social media with ad bans, Twitter in jeopardy

Turkey

A June 17, 2020 file picture shows the Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar looking at a map with members of the Turkish Armed Forces Command in Ankara during the military operation dubbed “Claw-Tiger.” (AP)

Turkish defence chief in Iraq to impose security-for-water formula

Libya

A 2018 file picture of French President Emmanuel Macron (L) meeting with Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives in Tobruk Aguila Saleh, in Paris. (AFP)

French interests hang in balance as Paris faces impasse in Libya

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