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[INTERVIEW] ‘Israel’s actions in Gaza qualify as genocide’

Bünyamin Tekin In an exclusive interview, Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), spoke with Turkish Minute about the...
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Deathtrap cable cars spook Turkey’s intrepid tea farmers

You need to be part daredevil to live in the spectacularly steep hills overlooking the Black Sea where Turkey grows its tea. To get to...
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Turkish national warns of gaps in border security after illegally crossing into the US

A Turkish national who recently entered the United States illegally across the southern border said Americans should be “concerned" about lax security and the...
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Fear brews in Turkey’s landslide-plagued tea hills

Every time it rains heavily in Turkey's spectacular Black Sea tea growing region -- where it rains a lot -- Zikrullah Kömürcü starts to...
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İstanbul’s century-old streetcar gets a makeover

İstanbul's emblematic red and white trams, built over 100 years ago and loved by both locals and tourists, are about to give way to...
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Pro-Turkey Syria mercenaries head to Niger to earn cash

Like hundreds of other pro-Turkish fighters, Omar left northern Syria for mineral-rich Niger last year, joining Syrian mercenaries sent to the West African nation...
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Turkey’s ‘mad honey’ aphrodisiac that can knock you flat

Its fans swear it can cure heart palpitations, dodgy stomachs and even impotence. Yet every year hundreds of people end up in the hospital...
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Turkey’s therapy dogs join İstanbul Airport staff

Six-year-old Kuki and one-and-a-half-year-old Alita recently joined the staff of İstanbul Airport, one of the busiest in the world, with a mission to provide...
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A purge so brutal its story cannot be told: the film the Turkish gov’t wants to bury

Bünyamin Tekin The Turkish government has been going after a documentary film since its production began in 2017. The film, directed by Nejla Demirci, sheds light...
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Fatal car crash involving writer’s son reflects ongoing problems with accountability in Turkey

Bünyamin Tekin A fatal car accident in İstanbul on Friday has once again raised Turkey's long-standing problems with accountability, especially when it comes to the...
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Reppression everywhere: Family who fled Erdoğan’s crackdown to be deported from Norway

Bünyamin Tekin Buket (42) and her husband Fatih (48) were once teachers. They found themselves in the middle of a widespread crackdown on civil society...
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With biting humor, street artist exposes Turkey’s ills

A mock tombstone in the park designating the death of Turkish democracy. A poster on a lamppost suggesting people eat cake in the face...
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