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Erdogan says US should not be incubation center for Fetullah Terrorist Organization Turkey against

backing PKK/PYD to take Raqqah

China agrees to discuss Turkey joining Shanghai group

Ex-British PM Blair warns of hard border in Ireland

Turkey helps restore Bosnia mosque

Erdogan to demand Gulens extradition

By Talha Ozturk

BELGRADE, Serbia - A 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Bosnia which was damaged during the countrys 1992-1995 war was re-opened for prayers Friday.The Emperors Mosque in Foca, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south-east of the capital Sarajevo, was restored with help from the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), which also opened new offices in Bosnia on Friday. First erected in 1501 by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II...

By Emin Avundukluoglu

ANKARA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he would demand the extradition of Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) leader during his upcoming meeting with the U.S. president.Speaking to journalists ahead of visits to China and the U.S., Erdogan said that he would discuss the extradition of Fetullah Gulen with Donald Trump on May 16.There are some documents and information we have prepared, which we will

present to him, said Erdogan. In my opinion, the United States of America should not be an incubation center for FETO.FETO and the U.S.-based Gulen are accused by Turkey of being behind the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which martyred 249 people and left some 2,200 injured. It is also accused of infiltrating educational and other institutions both in Turkey and worldwide for its own ends, including subverting the state.Erdogan also discussed the issue of the U.S. arming the Syrian...Tur

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ANKARA - Using the PKK/PYD to take the Syrian city of Raqqah from Daesh could create a new humanitarian crisis, a senior Turkish minister warned on Friday.Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus also said it was unacceptable for NATO-member Turkey to tolerate the arming of terrorist organizations by its NATO allies.Lets say you drove Daesh from Raqqah. If you let the PYD -- which is already waiting for ethnic cleansing in Raqqah -- enter into 100 percent Arab Raqqah -- how can you prevent possible humanitarian crises and huge conflicts there? he asked.On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced that U.S. President Donald Trump had approved

the arming of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ahead of an attempt to drive Daesh from Raqqah.The SDF is spearheaded by the PKK/PYD and its armed wing, the PKK/YPG. Turkey views both as the Syrian affiliates of the terrorist PKK, which has fought a 33-year war against Turkey and is also listed as a terror organization by the U.S. and EU.However, the U.S. has used the PKK/PYD as its ally in Syria in combatting Daesh. Turkey has repeatedly called on the U.S. to end its ties to the PKK/PYD and offered to help take Raqqah.Kurtulmus said Turkey was both defending the territorial integrity of Syria...

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

A hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit could threaten the regions peace agreement, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Friday.Speaking at a European Peoples Party event in Ireland, Blair -- one of the 1998 agreements negotiators -- said a hard border between the countries would be a disaster and I am sure everyone

will and must do all they can to avoid it.There is a consensus, fortunately, within British politics that the consequences of Brexit on the border between the Republic of Ireland and the U.K. and on the peace process should be minimized as far as possible, he added.Blair said the Good Friday or Belfast Agreement was formulated on the assumption that both countries were part of the EU.

By Ecenur Colak, Seval Ocak Adiyaman and Dilara Zengin

ANKARA - China is ready to discuss Turkeys membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Chinese ambassador to Turkey said Friday.Yu Hongyang told Anadolu Agency that Beijing would be willing to discuss Turkey joining the six-nation bloc with other member states.Speaking ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdogans visit to China, Yu said: Turkey has reached the position of being a dialogue partner of the

organization by attending the activities of the SCO in recent years.China, which understands

Turkeys intention of becoming a member of the SCO, is ready for Turkeys membership in consultation with other member countries.The SCO is made up of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Turkey was approved as one of six dialogue partners in 2012.There are also six observer states linked to the organization, which was established in 2003 with the aim of promoting cooperation between members and maintain regional stability.On Friday, Erdogan will leave for China for...

By Thomas Guenole

The writer is political sci-entist and author of Isla-mo-psychose [Islamo-psy-chosis], Fayard Publishing, 2017.In the 2017 French presi-dential election, Marine Le Pen reached a new high by garnering around seven million votes in the first

round and then over 10 mil-lion in the second.If you unemotionally ex-amine what she stands for, the harsh racism and xeno-phobia of the leader of the French far-right is absolute-ly obvious.So how can it be so easy for her and her party...

Le Pens success andracist newspeakOPINION

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