Turkeys
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Turkey’s Syrians Rejoice Over Assad’s Fall
Hundreds of Syrians celebrated the fall of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad in joyous scenes on Sunday outside the Fatih Mosque in central Istanbul, one of the focal points for their…
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Trump Ex-Lawyer Mercilessly Trolled on TikTok Livestream as He Begs Trump Supporters to Stop Putting Turkeys on His Head
Michael Cohen TikTok livestream Michael Cohen / TikTok screenshot Donald Trump‘s former lawyer found himself at the mercy of online trolls during a TikTok livestream where viewers wouldn’t stop putting…
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Moonlit Scramble Across The Sand For Turkey’s Booming Baby Turtle Population
The baby loggerhead sea turtles emerged from their eggshells and began their first challenge in life: a wobbly dash across the sand to the moonlit waters of Turkey’s Mediterranean coast…
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Turkey’s Erdogan Warns Against NATO-Russia Conflict
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday against conflict between NATO and Russia, telling an alliance summit aimed at bolstering Ukraine that diplomacy must also be an option. The summit…
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Turkey’s Pride Week ‘More About Resistance Than Celebration’
For Iris Mozalar, a young transgender woman living in Istanbul, Pride Week is “more about resistance than celebration” under Turkey’s conservative government, which is openly hostile towards the LGBTQ community.…
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Deathtrap Cable Cars Spook Turkey’s Intrepid Tea Farmers
You need to be part daredevil to live in the spectacularly steep hills overlooking the Black Sea where Turkey grows its tea. To get to his home, 90-year-old Kasim Karaosman…
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Turkey’s Erdogan Braces For Tete-a-tete With Biden In May
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on May 9, a Turkish official told AFP on Friday. It would be the…
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Turkey’s ‘Communist Mayor’ Embarks On Conquest Of Istanbul District
Fatih Macoglu, the popular “Communist Mayor” of a city in eastern Turkey, is now vying for control of a vibrant and hip Istanbul district along the Asian banks of the…
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Turkey’s Central Bank Hikes Interest Rate To 50%
Turkey’s central bank hiked its key interest rate on Thursday, resuming its tightening cycle as one of the world’s highest inflation rates rose again last month. The bank’s monetary policy…
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Turkey’s January Inflation Piles Pressure On Central Bank
Turkey’s annual inflation rate stayed stable in January at nearly 65 percent, but month-on-month consumer price increases jumped sharply following a huge minimum wage hike, official data showed Monday. The…
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Quake Trauma Haunts Children In Turkey’s Container City
Cansu Gol lost her baby in the rubble of Turkey’s massive earthquake a year ago. Now she spends her time trying to heal the mental scars of her two surviving…
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Turkey’s Pro-market Bank Chief Resigns After Scandal
Turkey’s central bank chief Hafize Gaye Erkan said Friday she was resigning after less than a year in the job over a media scandal involving her family. The respected former…
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Turkey’s Parliament Ousts Jailed MP At Heart Of Judicial Crisis
Turkey’s parliament on Tuesday formally ousted a jailed opposition lawmaker whose election created a politically-charged standoff between the country’s two top courts. The decision to strip lawyer and rights activist…
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Fear, Uncertainty And Grief Year After Turkey’s Quake
Over 65 nightmarish seconds of the pre-dawn hours of February 6, 2023, the ground swallowed swathes of entire cities across Turkey’s southeast, resulting in more than 50,000 deaths. The initial…
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Turkey’s First Astronaut Set To Boost Erdogan’s Ambitions
When Turkey’s first astronaut blasts off for the International Space Station (ISS) this week, he will embody his country’s pride and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grand geopolitical ambitions. Alper Gezeravci,…
