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UPDATED: Putin’s no-show in Turkey throws Ukraine talks into disarray

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a second-tier team of negotiators to hold peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey on Thursday, spurning Kyiv's challenge to go there in person to meet…

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Zelenskyy challenges Putin to meet in person for peace talks

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has challenged Vladimir Putin to meet in person for peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday, in a dramatic gambit after a weekend of diplomatic flurry. His comments came…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Istanbul, Turkey

An aerial view taken with a drone shows Guzelce aqueduct on the partially droughty Alibeykoy dam in Istanbul, Turkey. According to the Istanbul Municipality data, the occupancy rate of Istanbul's…

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Bulgaria charges five people in connection with Istanbul blast

SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgarian prosecutors have charged five people for supporting terrorist acts in connection with an explosion in central Istanbul that killed six people on Nov. 13, chief prosecutor Ivan…

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UPDATED: Turkey blames deadly bomb on Kurdish militants, arrests Syrian woman

By Jonathan Spicer, Ali Kucukgocmen and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Turkey blamed Kurdish militants on Monday for an explosion that killed six people on a busy Istanbul…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Istanbul, Turkey

View of the 15 July Martyrs Bridge as fogs cover the Bosphorus, back-dropped by the Camlica mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. Via EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

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Photo story: Full Moon over Istanbul

A full moon sets behind the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, early Friday morning. Via EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

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Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, U.N. set to meet on grain exports

ISTANBUL, July 13 (Reuters) - Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish military delegations are set to meet U.N. officials in Istanbul on Wednesday for talks on a possible deal to resume safe exports of…

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Bomb threat on Turkish Airlines flight while taxiing for departure from Warsaw

Reports emerged this morning of a bomb threat on board Turkish Airlines flight TK1766, from Warsaw Poland to Istanbul, Turkey on 4th April 2021 as it was taxiing for departure.…

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Malta Customs’ sniffer dog discovers €16,500 in undeclared cash

Peter will be a name to forget for one passenger preparing to fly to Istanbul with no less than 16,500 of undeclared cash. A sniffer dog bearing that name, forming…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Istanbul, Turkey

An aerial view of people sitting in a circle marked by the municipality with social distance, because of the pandemic of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Istanbul, Turkey

An aerial picture taken by a drone shows Galata Tower during the curfew to prevent the spread of COVID-19, in Istanbul, Turkey. Via EPA-EFE/TOLGA BOZOGLU

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Istanbul, Turkey

Rowing athletes perform during their practices at Halic by Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Istanbul, Turkey

An aerial picture taken by drone shows Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge under heavy fog at the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: EPA-EFE/TOLGA BOZOGLU

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Istanbul bans carriage rides to protect the horses

Istanbul authorities announced a three-month ban on the carriage rides following mounting alarm over the welfare of the horses. Up to 400 are dying on the islands a year from…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Istanbul, Turkey

An aerial picture taken by a drone shows the Ortakoy Mosque near Bosphorus on a sunny day in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: EPA-EFE/TOLGA BOZOGLU

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Art project in Istanbul aims to raise awareness on domestic violence

A view of a contemporary art installation by Turkish artist Vahit Tuna that aims to raise awareness on women killed by domestic violence, in Istanbul, Turkey, 12 September 2019. Some…

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AKP candidate concedes defeat in Istanbul’s re-election

Turkey's ruling party is set to lose control of Istanbul after a re-run of the mayoral election, initial results show. The candidate for the main opposition party, Ekrem Imamoglu, has a…

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Protests in Istanbul after election re-run order

In many districts of Istanbul, loud protests were heard as residents banged pots and pans — a traditional symbol of anger after the order to have a re-run of Istanbul's…

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45 hours to move operations from Ataturk airport to Istanbul’s new airport

The last commercial passenger flight took off from Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Saturday and convoys of trucks ferried thousands of tonnes of equipment across the city to a giant new…

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Turkish election board rules in favour of partial Istanbul recount

Turkey’s High Election Board ruled in favour of a recount in seven of Istanbul’s 39 districts after an initial count showed the main opposition candidate earned a narrow victory in…

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Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to become a mosque

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul will be controversially turned into a mosque. The Hagia Sophia, known as Ayasofya in Turkey, in the…

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Istanbul’s new airport to be fully operational in April

Turkish authorities have set the full opening of Istanbul’s new airport, Istanbul Airport (ISL), for next month and the relocation of operations and equipment from Atatürk International Airport (IST) to happen…

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Khashoggi was most likely burned in an oven at the Saudi diplomatic residence in Istanbul

Khashoggi was likely burned in an oven at the Saudi diplomatic residence in Istanbul A documentary by Al Jazeera Arabic that aired on Sunday alleges that the body of slain…

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