Turkish internet bites back at state after deadly quake
Nothing is ever deleted or forgotten on the internet. Turkish officials learned that the hard way when grieving users began ...
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Turkey inflation rate slows to 84.39% for first time since 2021
ISTANBUL—Turkey’s inflation slowed in November for the first time since May 2021, official data showed on Monday, delivering a boost ...
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Concern rises as new Turkish media law squeezes dissent
"In October, nine journalists were remanded in custody accused of alleged ties to the PKK, which Ankara and its Western ...
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Istanbul ‘terror’ blast kills 6; Erdogan slams ‘vile attack’
ISTANBUL—An explosion tore through a busy Istanbul shopping street on Sunday, killing six and wounding dozens in what Turkey’s president ...
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Death toll from Turkey mine blast rises to 41 — Erdogan
Rescuers on Saturday found the body of the last missing miner at a coal mine in northern Turkey, bringing the ...
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‘A beacon of hope’
The recent agreements in Istanbul, Turkey between Russia and Ukraine to release some 20 million tons of grain stuck in ...
Read moreTurkey’s May inflation rate hit 2-decade high of 78.6%
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Inflation in Turkey in June soared to an annual rate of 78.6 percent, the highest in 24 years, official ...
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With weak lira, Turkey starts to woo European companies
By Remi Banet ISTANBUL, Turkey—There is a silver lining to Turkey’s currency crisis and the global supply chain crunch: The ...
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Erdogan’s shock emergency measures revive Turkey’s ailing lira
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Turkey’s troubled lira extended on Tuesday a stirring recovery that erased nearly a month of historic losses after President ...
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Turkey leaves landmark treaty protecting women
ISTANBUL—Turkey has pulled out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women, a presidential decree ...
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