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Lost luggage leaves New Zealand’s band without instruments for Anzac Day at Gallipoli
Bags went missing in Dubai floods, with embassy staff only able to retrieve one instrument and...
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Erdoğan urges Palestinian unity after meeting Hamas chief
Turkish president says recent events between Iran and Israel should not allow Israel to ‘gain ground’...
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Last of 174 people rescued from stranded cable cars in Turkey
Passengers had been trapped in mid-air overnight after a pod hit a pole and burst open,...
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One killed and 184 stranded midair after cable car collapses in Turkey
Helicopters called in to rescue people after accident outside Turkish resort city of AntalyaOne person has...
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Endangered Greek dialect is ‘living bridge’ to ancient world, researchers say
Romeyka descended from ancient Greek but may die out as it has no written form and...
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Turkey’s opposition party sweeps to local elections victory in snub to Erdoğan
Ekrem Imamoğlu secures unexpected second term as Istanbul’s mayor, propelling the CHP to the centre of...
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Seven women in Turkey ‘savagely killed’ by current or ex-spouses in single day
Rise of femicide follows country’s 2021 withdrawal from Council of Europe convention on preventing violence against...
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Sweden will complete its ‘long farewell to neutrality’ with Nato accession
For Swedes it means a dramatic change of national identity, while the alliance gets greater control...
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Missing Turkish miners ‘swallowed by cyanide-laced landslide’
Hundreds of rescue workers searching for nine missing men in east of the country Hundreds of...
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Uncertainty surrounds Turkish post-quake rebuild – despite bold promises
A year on from the devastation, questions remain about the pace of reconstruction amid the rubbleDays...
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‘No one can bring back what we lost’: fears rise among poor in Turkish city ravaged by earthquakes
Less well-off residents in the southern city of Antakya feel left out of the city’s rebuilding...
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Still in ruins: the 2023 Turkish earthquake – then and now
A 7.8-magnitude quake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria on 6 February 2023, killing more than...
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Procter & Gamble staff held hostage in Turkish factory freed in police raid
Gunman, who was detained unharmed, was protesting about war in Gaza and had trapped seven workers...
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People smugglers recruiting skippers from central Asia on Turkey to Italy route
Boat drivers from former Soviet republics often have very little experience and no idea what they...
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US approves $23bn sale of F-16 war planes to Turkey
The sale follows Turkey’s decision to ratify Sweden’s NATO membershipThe Biden administration has announced its approved...
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Turkish parliament approves Sweden’s membership of Nato
Vote leaves Hungary as only country still to ratify application made in response to Russian invasion...
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Trial opens in Turkey over deadly hotel collapse during earthquake
Hearing in Adiyaman involves 11 defendants accused of ‘conscious negligence’ while overseeing building’s constructionTurkey has opened...
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‘T-shirt row’ causes Saudi Arabia-based Turkish Super Cup final to be postponed
Galatasaray and Fenerbahce were set to play in Riyadh on FridayTribute to founder of modern Turkey...
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Father stuck in Turkey applies for judicial review of Home Office’s handling of his case
Siyabonga Twala, who has a British son, was barred from returning to UK a year ago...