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Turkish internet bites back at state after deadly earthquake

Nothing is ever deleted or forgotten on the internet. Turkish officials learned that the hard way when grieving users began sharing old tweets and videos...

Syria’s Kurds face squeeze after regime, Turkey meet in Moscow

Syria's Kurds could soon face a tripartite ultimatum to cede territory, analysts predict, as Syrian, Turkish and Russian defense ministers met this week in...

Debt spiral engulfs Turkish voters months before polls

The growing pile of debt notices covering the Ankara district mayor's desk hint at the scale of the economic crisis facing Turkish voters months...

Turkish philanthropist Uncle Ali: a remarkable life remembered

Türkmen Terzi The life of the late Turkish philanthropist Ali Katırcıoğlu, the financier of the Nizamiye complex, a facility located in the South African city...

Tea culture in Azerbaijan, Turkey enters UNESCO list

The culture of tea practiced in both Turkey and Azerbaijan was on Thursday added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list, recognized as a symbol...

Syrian Kurds fear thaw between Assad regime and Turkey

Syria's Kurds, bracing for a Turkish land offensive against their autonomous northern region, face an additional threat: being squeezed by warming ties between their...

‘What have they done?’ Flip side of Turkey’s dental boom

Briton Rida Azeem knew her dental trip to Turkey had gone badly wrong the second she took off her mask. "My husband said, 'What have...

Genies not genius: Turkey’s low-budget horror flicks boom

Kneeling before a chalk star outside his tumbledown house, an old man performs a ritual to rid himself of evil spirits -- which many...

Ailing 80-year-old inmate released from prison after 4 months

Makbule Özer, an ailing 80-year-old inmate in a high-security prison in Turkey’s eastern Van province, was released from prison on Wednesday,  the Stockholm Center...

One century on, political fights rage over Turkey’s stray dogs

Ubiquitous and iconic, Ä°stanbul's street dogs have been swept up in a political storm involving President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan and an app that helped...

Mystical water underworld of past empires reopens in Ä°stanbul

Justinian the Great would have been proud. The Basilica Cistern he built for the capital of his Eastern Roman Empire in modern-day Ä°stanbul has reopened...

‘Where will we go?’ Syrians fear threatened Turkish assault

Ghazwan al-Atman thought he had found refuge in Manbij after years of displacement, but he now fears his family will be uprooted once again...

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