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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Erdogan’s Narrow Victory in Referendum, Opposition Demands Recount
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Erdogan’s Narrow Victory in Referendum, Opposition Demands Recount

Monday 17 April 2017
Izmir, the third most populous city - the No camp emerged victorious, albeit narrowly. Less than 33 percent supported the expansion of Erdogan’s powers in the mainly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır, with the no vote standing at 67 percent. The Anadolu agency released unofficial results of the ...
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Turkey’s Future after Erdogan’s Narrow Win in Referendum
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Turkey’s Future after Erdogan’s Narrow Win in Referendum

Monday 17 April 2017 ،
Izmir, Bursa, Adana, and Antalya which totally cast 20 million votes half of the votes expressed the no of the opposition to the constitutional reforms. In fact, Erdogan now has to review and strengthen his party’s structure. In the new situation in the country the CHP led by Kemal Kilicdarog ...
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Why US Rejects Turkish Calls for Gulen Extradition?
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Why US Rejects Turkish Calls for Gulen Extradition?

Wednesday 26 July 2017 ،
Izmir, leads the Hizmet Movement which has supporters across the country. Following death of Said Nursi, one of the leading Islamic world theologians and religious theorists in 1960, Fethollah Gulen came to prominence and managed to attract loyalists across the country, including in the government&# ...
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Turkey Extends Amnesty’s Turkey Chief’s Detention
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Turkey Extends Amnesty’s Turkey Chief’s Detention

Thursday 26 October 2017 ،
Izmir city ordered on Thursday that Taner Kilic, who was detained in June, remain in detention pending trial. Kilic is accused of having links to a group led by US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses of having masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt. The latest hearing in Izmir come ...
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Turkey Disregards US Threats, Insists on Buying Russian S-400
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Turkey Disregards US Threats, Insists on Buying Russian S-400

Saturday 28 April 2018 ،
Izmir and had been accused by Ankara of collaborating with forced waging a military coup against the country in that year.  
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Turkish Court Sentences 104 People to Life in Prison Over Coup Attempt
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Turkish Court Sentences 104 People to Life in Prison Over Coup Attempt

Tuesday 22 May 2018 ،
Izmir issued the rulings on Monday, saying they had been “attempting to overthrow the constitutional order.” Among those sentenced to life were lieutenant general Hasan Huseyin Demirarslan, who served as former air force chief of staff, and major general Memduh Hakbilen, ex-Aegean army ...
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Turkey Slams Trump’s Threats of Sanctions Over Detained American Pastor
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Turkey Slams Trump’s Threats of Sanctions Over Detained American Pastor

Friday 27 July 2018 ،
Izmir in December 2016. He was charged with spying for the PKK -- a designated terrorist group in the US and Turkey -- and the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group Turkey accuses of orchestrating the defeated July 2016 coup attempt. Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has a ...
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Turkey in Breakaway Path with US, West
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Turkey in Breakaway Path with US, West

Tuesday 31 July 2018 ،
Izmir province, was arrested on spying charges after a failed coup against Erdogan in 2016. “The United States will impose large sanctions on Turkey for their longtime detainment of Pastor Andrew Brunson, a great Christian, family man and wonderful human being,” Trump threatened in a Tw ...
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Turkey Releases US Pastor despite Charging Him on Terrorism Links
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Turkey Releases US Pastor despite Charging Him on Terrorism Links

Saturday 13 October 2018 ،
Izmir since July. His detention sparked a widening rift between Turkey and the US. Washington called for Brunson’s release and taken a series of punitive measures against Turkey over the continued detainment of the evangelical Christian pastor. The US measures, which include imposing sanctio ...
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Widespread Blurring of Satellite Images Reveals Secret Facilities
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Widespread Blurring of Satellite Images Reveals Secret Facilities

Thursday 27 December 2018 ،
Izmir, and Incirlik Air Base, which hosts the largest contingent of US B61 nuclear gravity bombs at any single NATO base.    Strangely, no Russian facilities have been blurred—including its nuclear facilities, submarine bases, air bases, launch sites, or numerous ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution