Tag: Istanbul

Uyghurs in Turkey protest Chinese foreign minister’s visit

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ISTANBUL — Hundreds of Uyghurs staged protests in Ankara and Istanbul on Thursday, denouncing Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Turkey and demanding...

Turkey withdraws from European treaty protecting women

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ISTANBUL — Turkey has withdrawn from a landmark European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first to sign 10 years ago...

Turkey: 20 detained in raids targeting PKK militants

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police have detained some 20 people in raids against suspected Kurdish militants, including three top local officials of the country’s...

Turkey asks Brotherhood TVs to dim criticism of Egypt

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities have asked three Istanbul-based Egyptian opposition TV channels to soften their critical political coverage of Egypt’s government, as Turkey...

Erdogan pledges measures to lift economy, tame inflation

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ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday outlined a series measures that he said would lift the country's economy, and pledged to...

Turkey detains 13 for ‘insulting’ Erdogan on Women’s Day

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police have detained 13 people who participated in a Women’s Day march for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, officials...

Protesters urge end to violence against women in Turkey

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ISTANBUL — Thousands of people joined a Women’s Day march in central Istanbul on Monday to denounce violence against women in Turkey, where more...

Turkey: Woman drops kids from window to save them from fire

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ISTANBUL — A woman rescued her four children from a burning building in Istanbul by throwing them out of a window, and all of...

Turkey: 9 detained over student protests against new rector

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ISTANBUL — Turkish police on Thursday detained nine people who had gathered outside an Istanbul courthouse to show solidarity with others detained for graffiti...

Turkish sailors abducted by pirates return home from Nigeria

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ANKARA, Turkey — Fifteen Turkish sailors who were kidnapped by pirates off west Africa last month returned to Turkey on Sunday. ...