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Tag: Turkey
Tiny houses: Turkish tourism thinks small in Covid era
Gizem Baburhan stepped into a tiny house on wheels she rented in the Aegean vineyards and saw the future of … More
Turkey says 2-state solution only option for divided Cyprus
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday ruled out discussing a federal system to reunify Cyprus, … More
Mysterious monolith pops up near Turkish World Heritage site
ISTANBUL (AP) : Turkish authorities are investigating the appearance of a mysterious monolith in southeastern Turkey. The metal block was … More
Dog spent days outside Turkish hospital waiting for owner
ISTANBUL (AP) : A devoted dog has spent days waiting outside a hospital in northern Turkey where her sick owner … More
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens rivals with jail
Left-wing CHP leader Canan Kaftancioglu inflicted a humiliating defeat on Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul in 2019. Now the Turkish … More
Turkey says its ready to repair frayed ties with Europe
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday his country is ready to put its frayed relationship … More
Turkish televangelist and cult leader Harun Yahya jailed 1,000 years for sex crimes
ISTANBUL, Jan 12 : A Turkish court yesterday sentenced a Muslim televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily clad women he … More
Review: Khashoggi doc ‘The Dissident’ is essential viewing
It’s hard to decide what’s most shocking in “The Dissident,” Bryan Fogel’s urgent, gripping new documentary about the horrific murder of Saudi … More
Hospital fire kills 9 COVID-19 patients at ICU in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) : A fire broke out Saturday at an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients in southern Turkey … More
Turkey orders the arrest of hundreds of military over alleged coup ties
Turkey has ordered that 304 military personnel be arrested over alleged links to a group blamed for a 2016 coup … More
Erdoğan uses syncretism of neo-Ottomanism and pan-Turkism to build Greater Turkey
A common espousal is that Turkey and Azerbaijan constitute “two states, one nation,” and this is not a belief shared … More
In Karabakh deal, as many questions as answers
The deal left unmentioned critical issues like the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh and Turkey’s role in implementing the ceasefire. The … More
Where do old cellphones go? To this collection in Turkey if they’re lucky
A phone repairman who works in Van has amassed a collection of 1,000 cell phones over twenty years. Sahabettin Ozcelik, … More
Quake toll rises to 116 in Turkey; rescuers finish searches
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The death toll in last week’s Aegean Sea earthquake rose to 116 on Wednesday as rescuers … More
70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 75
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Rescue workers in western Turkey extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building Sunday, some 34 … More
Turkey quake death toll hits 58
President Erdogan says he’s determined to heal wounds of victims in Izmir ANKARA : The death toll from Friday’s earthquake … More
Major 7.0 magnitude quake hits western Turkey – Six dead, buildings collapse as major quake hits Turkey, Greece
A major 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of western Turkey on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with … More
Indonesian textile exports fall as Turkey imposes import duties
JAKARTA : Indonesia is seeing a steep decline in textile exports to Turkey—a major market for textile products—blamed on additional … More
Is Saudi Arabia really boycotting Turkish products?
Relations between 2 countries have soured in recent years due to stark positions adopted on several issues ISTANBUL : Several … More
Everything We Know About The Fighting That Has Erupted Between Armenia And Azerbaijan
Renewed fighting over a long-standing territorial dispute could have broader implications, with Russia and Turkey supporting the opposing sides. A … More
Turkey ‘indicts six more Saudis’ over Jamal Khashoggi murder
Istanbul prosecutors seek life imprisonment for two suspects and up to five years in jail for four others, report says. … More
In Pakistan’s eyes Turkey leads Islamic world
Turkey is channeling its imperial past to assert its status as the ideological and cultural leader of the Muslim world … More
4,000-year-old textile mill unearthed in western Turkey
This year’s excavation unearthed remaining parts of a house, after textile equipment was discovered last year DENIZLI, Turkey : Turkish … More
