Turkey

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Opposition supporters on Sunday filled an Istanbul square to celebrate the re-election of Ekrem Imamoglu as mayor, who dealt a second blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party by repeating his landmark 2019 win.Tens of thousands of people lit torches and waved Turkish flags after partial local election results showed that support…

Over 338 women were killed in Turkey since March 2023, an activist group says.March 9, 2024, 8:06 AM ET• 5 min readISTANBUL -- Thousands of women took to the streets of Istanbul, Turkey, to mark International Women's Day Friday despite a ban by the government, demanding equality and change of laws to protect women and help them gain their rights…

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 first White House meeting between the two leaders, who last met on the margins of the NATO summit in Lithuania in July.The NATO allies are seeking to rebuild ties strained over…

  Turkey has refuted charges of military coordination with Israel, despite certain media outlets reporting that the country continues to supply gunpowder, guns, and ammunition to Israel. According to Trading Economics, the country sent about $319 million worth of commodities to Israel in January, including precious metals, chemicals,…

Turkey is definitely not one of those countries that excel as standard-bearers when it comes to balanced reporting and media freedoms or media literacy. On the contrary, it usually appears in the international press for its – many – media deficiencies, whether it be censorship cases, propaganda-induced fake news or media ownership…

The Vice President of Turkey's Felicity Party Birol Aydin says that the current government has led the country to a downturn, both domestically and internationally. Turkey's Felicity Party candidate for the mayoral election in Greater Istanbul, Birol Aydin, speaks to Al Mayadeen's Ola al-Mallah in a live interview, in Istanbul, Turkey, on…

Turks will vote next Sunday in local polls as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by a strong showing in last year's general elections, sets his sights on winning back Istanbul.The secular opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) seized back control of the city -- Turkey's economic powerhouse -- in 2019 for the first time since before…

ANKARA Türkiye’s 12-month cumulative current account deficit probably shrank further in February, according to Trade Minister Ömer Bolat. “When the data for February is released, we will see the annualized current account deficit decline to around $32 billion,” Bolat said. He noted that the country’s 12-month rolling…

Travis Schaffer hadn't joined the Turkey Day Run & Gobble Wobble in nearly a decade.He grew up in Summerville, and the downtown Charleston race was a Thanksgiving Day tradition. Each year, the whole Schaffer clan – his father Brian, sister Lilli and younger brother Noah – would rise early in the morning and head downtown looking for just the…