Turkish
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Turkish Police Tear Gas Pro-Palestinian Protesters At Air Base
Turkish police Sunday fired tear gas to disperse a pro-Palestinian rally staged outside a military base housing US forces just hours before the arrival in Ankara of Washington’s top diplomat.…
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For Turkish City Named After Founder, Centenary Holds Special Significance
Standing at the foot of the cliff overlooking Kemaliye, the golden statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the father of the nation, evokes the glorious past of this small town in…
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Turkish Pianist’s Concerts In Switzerland Cancelled Over Israel Criticism
World-renowned Turkish composer and pianist Fazil Say has said his concerts planned next week in Switzerland were cancelled by organisers over his social media posts criticising Israeli policies in Gaza.…
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Erdogan Opens Modern Turkish State’s First New Church
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday inaugurated the first church built with government backing in overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey’s 100-year history as a post-Ottoman state. The Mor Ephrem Syriac Orthodox Church’s…
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US Shoots Down Turkish Drone Over Syria
US warplanes on Thursday shot down a Turkish drone that was deemed a threat to American forces in Syria, the Pentagon said, an incident likely to raise tensions between the…
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Turkish Scholar Goes On Trial In Absentia
A Turkish court held another hearing Friday in the trial of sociologist and writer Pinar Selek over a deadly 1998 explosion, as her supporters protested the case against her outside.…
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Iraq Condemns ‘Repeated Turkish Attacks’ After Kurdish Officers Killed
Iraq’s President Abdel Latif Rashid condemned on Tuesday “repeated Turkish attacks”, a day after a drone strike on a northern airfield killed three Kurdish counterterrorism officers. “The Turkish ambassador will…
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Turkish Clubs Take Financial Hit To Attract Big Names In Transfer Market
Turkey’s biggest clubs lured established stars including Mauro Icardi, Hakim Ziyech and Wilfried Zaha to the Super Lig in the transfer window with a spending spree that leaves them slipping…
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Ailing US Explorer Rescued After Nine Days In Turkish Cave
An international team of rescuers on Tuesday pulled to safety a US explorer who spent nine days trapped deep in the narrow tunnels of a Turkish cave with internal bleeding.…
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Trapped US Explorer Nears Rescue From Deep Turkish Cave
A US explorer trapped for more than a week deep in a Turkish cave with internal bleeding could be pulled to safety as early as Monday night, rescuers said. Mark…
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Turkish Crypto Boss Sentenced To 11,196 Years In Jail
A disgraced Turkish crypto founder who fled to Albania and his two brothers have been sentenced to 11,196 years in jail each, the Anadolu state news agency reported Friday. Prosecutors…
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Burak Can Tas: Turkish Influencer and Motorcycle Enthusiast Dies in Tragic Motorcycle Crash Aged 23, Weeks Before Wedding
Turkish influencer and motorcycle enthusiast Burak Can Tas has been killed in a horror motorbike crash, just weeks before his wedding. He was 23. The biking blogger was in the…
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Outcry As Turkish Journalist Jailed By Text
Accused of links to organised crime: former Turkish interior minister Suleyman Soylu AFP Even in a country which regularly holds the world record for jailing journalists, the case of Turkish…
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Turkish Central Bank Doubles Inflation Forecast
Turkey’s new central bank chief Hafize Gaye Erkan, a former Wall Street executive, is unwinding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s interest-rate policy AFP Turkey’s central bank more than doubled its year-end…
Turkish TV Editor Goes On Trial Over Ocalan Comments
A Turkish opposition TV channel editor went on trial on Wednesday over on-air comments about jailed Kurdish insurgency leader Abdullah Ocalan that could put him behind bars for more than…