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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president, during a news conference.(Bloomberg)
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Turkey blocks Instagram citing Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh’s death posts

Aug 02, 2024 11:06 AM IST Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority didn’t give a reason for the move. Turkey’s internet regulator blocked access to…

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Airport: New airport sparks unlikely dreams in isolated north Cyprus
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Airport: New airport sparks unlikely dreams in isolated north Cyprus

NICOSIA: Isolated for almost half a century, the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has just opened a half-billion-dollar airport terminal in the hope of…

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Ukraine's Zelenskyy brings home Azovstal commanders from Turkey on war's 500th day
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy brings home Azovstal commanders from Turkey on war’s 500th day

KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine‘s garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said…

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Turkiye and Sweden fail to end their NATO membership standoff. Their leaders will try again on Monday
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Turkiye and Sweden fail to end their NATO membership standoff. Their leaders will try again on Monday

BRUSSELS: Sweden and Turkiye made some progress in talks aimed at overcoming President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s objections to the Nordic country joining NATO but gaps…

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Sweden police grant permit for Quran burning protest outside mosque
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Sweden police grant permit for Quran burning protest outside mosque

STOCKHOLM: Swedish police said they have granted a permit for a protest where the organiser plans to burn a Quran outside Stockholm’s main mosque on…

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Ankara: Blast at explosives factory in Ankara kills 5 workers
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Ankara: Blast at explosives factory in Ankara kills 5 workers

ANKARA: Five workers have been killed in a blast that rocked an explosives factory in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Saturday, Turkey‘s defence ministry…

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Turkey: Syrians lose life-saving care as Turkey halts medical visits
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Turkey: Syrians lose life-saving care as Turkey halts medical visits

HALZOUN: Huddled inside a tent in rebel-held northwestern Syria, Umm Khaled says she fears her baby will die unless she gets specialist treatment in neighbouring…

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No breakthrough in NATO-Turkey talks about Sweden joining
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No breakthrough in NATO-Turkey talks about Sweden joining

ISTANBUL: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made no breakthrough on Sunday in talks about Sweden‘s membership in the military organisation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…

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Erdogan: Turkey's Erdogan takes oath of office, ushering in his third presidential term
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Erdogan: Turkey’s Erdogan takes oath of office, ushering in his third presidential term

ANKARA: Turkey‘s longtime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took the oath of office on Saturday, ushering in his third presidential term that followed three stints as…

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Death toll from migrant boat sinking off Greek resort island of Mykonos rises to 9
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Death toll from migrant boat sinking off Greek resort island of Mykonos rises to 9

ATHENS: The death toll from a migrant boat sinking last week off the Greek resort island of Mykonos has tripled to nine after another six…

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