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Turkey has issued a warning to avoid bootleg alcohol in the country after around 103 people were reported to have been fatally poisoned in two major cities since the new year. According to the Independent, all deaths happened in Ankara and Istanbul, after authorities warned about a rising death toll tied to an increase in…
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they with other participants in the BRICS Plus format meeting pose for a family photo during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Turkey is determined to pursue its talks with the BRICS group of emerging market…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. File | Photo Credit: AP Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday (September 7, 2024) said Islamic countries should form an alliance against what he called “the growing threat of expansionism” from Israel. He made the comment after describing what Palestinian and Turkish officials said was the killing by Israeli troops of…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, talks with U.S. President Joe Biden during a working session on AI, Energy, Africa and Mideast, at the G7, on June 14, 2024, in Borgo Egnazia, near Bari, southern Italy. | Photo Credit: AP Türkiye’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on June 15 that U.S. President Joe Biden is undergoing “a…
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Hours after voting ended, the president was headed to Ankara from Istanbul to address the nation. Turks punished President Tayyip Erdogan and his party on Sunday in nationwide local elections that reasserted the opposition as a political force and reinforced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as the president’s chief future rival. With more than half of…
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A man checks the list with the candidates at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 31, 2024. Turkey is holding local elections on Sunday that will decide who gets to control Istanbul and other key cities. | Photo Credit: AP Turks began voting on March 31 in municipal elections focused on President Tayyip…
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Polls suggest a tight race in Istanbul, a city of 16 million people that drives Turkey’s economy. Istanbul: Turks vote on Sunday in nationwide municipal elections focused on President Tayyip Erdogan’s bid to reclaim control of Istanbul from major rival Ekrem Imamoglu, who aims to reassert the opposition as a political force after bitter election…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. File | Photo Credit: AFP Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that the terrorists who carried out a bomb attack in front of the Interior Ministry in Ankara failed in their “latest attempt” to threaten citizens’ peace and security. They “have not achieved their goals and will never achieve…
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