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'Major milestone' - New flights from Essex airport to 'cultural heart' of Turkey
Echo News
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Turkish Airlines will be welcomed by the airport from March 2026, as the country's national flag airline carrier launches 14 weekly flights to Istanbul. The new service will offer passengers across London and the east of England even greater...
President of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus arrives in Fuzuli district
AzerNews
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July 3, 2025
Ersin Tatar, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, arrived in the Fuzuli district to participate in the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Azernews reports. At Fuzuli International Airport, the President...
Turkish NTV TV Channel airs report on investigation into AZAL plane crash
Azertag
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July 2, 2025
Ankara, July 2, AZERTAC Türkiye’s NTV TV channel has aired a report highlighting the ongoing investigation into the crash of a civilian aircraft belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) near Aktau. NTV’s multi-million viewer audience was informed...
Inside Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s Rs 32 crore dream holiday home in Alibaug: With temp control pool, jacuzzi, and Turkish limestones built on a 10,000-square-foot area
The Indian Express
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July 3, 2025
Alibaug is the hottest beachscape for several stars, including Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan, Deepika Padukone, and Ranveer Singh, to name a few. Celebrity couple Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma also own a luxury holiday home there, worth Rs 32 crore....
Turkish Amb. says pleased to see Turkish students coming to Egypt to study Arabic
Sada Elbalad
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July 2, 2025
Wed 02 Jul 2025 | 08:08 PM Turkish ambassador in Cairo Salih Mutlu Şen said: "I’m pleased to see Turkish students coming to Egypt to study Arabic and support their efforts." In a post on " X", he added: " I also hope more of our students will...
The Latest Trouble In Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Might Be Part Of A Turkish-US Powerplay
Zero Hedge
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Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Turkiye sees an opportunity to turbocharge its rise as a Eurasian Great Power along Russia’s entire southern periphery in ways that autonomously align with American grand strategic interests......
Turkish Airlines And airBaltic Expand Codeshare To Broaden Global Connectivity
Construction Business News Middle East
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July 2, 2025
Turkish Airlines and airBaltic have expanded their existing codeshare agreement, adding new destinations to their joint network Turkish Airlines, the national flag carrier of Türkiye, and the Latvian airline airBaltic expand their existing...
Turkey: Unlawful detention of lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan and escaliting repression of legal profession in Turkey
International Federation for Human Rights
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July 2, 2025
Paris - Geneva, 2 July 2025 - The undersigned international legal and human rights non-governmental organisations strongly condemn the arbitrary detention of lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan, defence counsel to detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, and...
Turkey’s looking more like Pakistan every day. Blasphemy-obsessed, imprisoned by hatred
The Print
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July 2, 2025
The inferno lies below, a landscape made up of bombs, fire, and rubble. Their wings elevating them above the carnage, two angels—one bearing the name of the Prophet of Islam and the other of the Israelites—wish each other peace. The cartoon,...
LGBTI+ groups denounce new hormone access restrictions
Bianet
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July 2, 2025
Seventeen LGBTİ+ organizations have issued a joint statement criticizing the Health Ministry’s recent decision to restrict access to hormone therapy for transgender and intersex individuals by raising the minimum age for treatment from 18 to 21....
Smartphone bans in schools boost student focus, study says
Sabah
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July 4, 2025
A study commissioned by the Dutch government found that banning mobile phones and other electronic devices in schools has led to improved student focus. Three-quarters of the 317 surveyed high schools reported that the ban has had a positive...
Turkish Cyprus to join expanded talks in New York, Tatar confirms
Hurriyet Daily News
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NICOSIA The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus will attend the informal expanded 5+1 talks on Cyprus, scheduled for July 16-17 in New York, President Ersin Tatar said Tuesday. “We confirmed that we will be ready for the expanded 5+1 meeting in...
Moorhead and MSUM partner in education, business and culture with Kurdistan city
InForum - North Dakota
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July 2, 2025
MOORHEAD — In a show of cooperation spanning more than 6,000 miles, the city of Moorhead has joined with Zakho, Kurdistan, pledging commitments to cultural exchange, educational opportunities and economic development. Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson...
Farmers in NE Syria cut off from lands since Turkish occupation in 2019
North Press Agency
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July 2, 2025
By Dilsoz Youssef HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – For six years, farmer and schoolteacher Suleiman al-Darwish has stood at his home in the village of Mahramleh, northeastern Syria, watching his farmland stretch to the horizon, land he has not...
Judge Rules That Trump Administration EO on Asylum Claims Would Violate Immigration and Nationality Act
Red State
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July 2, 2025
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. In a decision released on Wednesday, a federal judge ordered a halt to the implementation of one of President Trump's first acts in...
‘Dramatic’ refugee situation in 2016 necessitated deal with Turkey, Merkel says
Kathimerini
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POLITICS [InTime News] The refugee issue had become so “dramatic” in Greece and the European Union that it necessitated a deal being done with Turkey in 2016 that she does not regret, former German chancellor Angela Merkel has said. “I knew I had...
Turkey Cracks Down on Magazine Over Alleged Prophet Cartoon
Mint
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July 1, 2025
(Bloomberg) -- Turkey detained four employees of a satirical magazine including a cartoonist accused of depicting the Prophet Muhammad, as the government intensifies its crackdown on dissent. The cartoon, published in LeMan on June 26, drew...
Turkish magazine condemned for allegedly depicting caricatures of Prophet Muhammad
Middle East Eye
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July 1, 2025
A Turkish satirical magazine has sparked backlash across the country this week after publishing a controversial cartoon that many have interpreted as depicting the prophets Muhammad and Moses. In its 26 June issue, Leman Magazine published an...
Turkey blocks satirical magazine LeMan’s website and X account after alleged Prophet cartoon
Stockholm Center for Freedom
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July 1, 2025
Turkish authorities have blocked access to the website and X account of LeMan, a popular satirical magazine, following accusations that a recent cartoon depicted the Prophet Muhammad, the BirGün daily reported. A case was initiated after a social...
Turkish Ambassador in Cairo Welcomes Students Students Promoting Cultural Exchange
Sada Elbalad
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July 1, 2025
Tue 01 Jul 2025 | 09:50 PM Salih Mutlu Şen, the Turkish Ambassador to Egypt, expressed his pleasure in meeting a group of Turkish high school students currently visiting Cairo to enhance their Arabic language skills and deepen their understanding...