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Turkish official blames Jews and foreigners

Foreign powers and the Jewish diaspora were the cause of unrest in the recent Gezi Park anti-government demonstrations, Turkey's deputy prime minister said.

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Ceremony held for Turkish crash victims

Turkish leaders came together Sunday at a ceremony for 17 soldiers who died in a helicopter crash in southeastern Turkey, officials said.

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Syria to keep military 6 miles from Turkey

Syria Friday ordered its military to keep aircraft at least 6.2 miles away from the Turkish border and to avoid artillery fire near the border.

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Turkey not at war with Syria, Ankara says

A decision by Turkish lawmakers to permit a military response to mortar fire from Syrian forces is an act of deterrence not war, a leader said.

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Turkey quake victims clash with police

Riot police firing tear gas dispersed a crowd angry at official relief efforts after the second earthquake in eastern Turkey in three weeks, observers said.

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217 dead after 7.2 quake in Turkey

Turkey's government said it was mobilizing help for areas pummeled by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake a top official said killed at least 217 people Sunday.

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Cyprus begins drilling despite controversy

The Greek Cypriot government says it's going ahead with exploratory offshore oil drilling despite objections from Turkey, which calls the move provocative.

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Blast rips downtown Ankara

An explosion in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday killed at least three people and injured 15 others, Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin said.

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Turkish factory blast kills at least 4

At least four people were killed and 27 were injured in an explosion at a machinery factory Thursday in Ankara, Turkey, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said.

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Beşir Atalay (pronounced ; born 1947 in Keskin, Kırıkkale Province) is a Turkish politician who is the current Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He was Minister of the Interior from 28 August 2007 to 14 July 2011.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Ankara University and worked as a lecturer at Erzurum Atatürk University. He then worked at the State Planning Organization (DPT), Marmara University, and UNESCO's Turkish National Commission. Atalay was the founding rector of Kırıkkale University until he was removed from office by the Board of Higher Education (YÖK).

He became a minister of state in Erdoğan's first cabinet following former President Ahmet Necdet Sezer's veto of a proposal to appoint Atalay minister of education. Then in August 2007 he was promoted to interior minister, one of the few cabinet changes following the re-election of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that summer, and also following Sezer's retirement from the presidency.

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