Halimiz.com
A former columnist for Al-Monitor's Turkey Pulse, Tulin Daloglu is the founder of Halimiz.com, an online publication focused on Turkish affairs.
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Russia's ambassador to Turkey assassinated in Ankara Today a gunman armed with a pistol shot and killed Russia's ambassador to Turkey at an art gallery in the Turkish capital of Ankara as he was addressing a crowd of journalists. Russia's Foreign Ministry is calling the killings a terrorist attack. This comes at a time of protests in Turkey over Russia's involvement in the war in Syria. Tulin Daloglu, the founder of Halimiz.com , an online publication focused on Turkish affairs, says that while speculation is plentiful, details are still sparse.
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