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Nagorno-Karabach villagers burn down their houses before Azerbaijan handover
Villagers in Nagorno-Karabakh set their houses on fire Saturday before fleeing to Armenia ahead of a weekend deadline that will see parts of the territory handed over to Azerbaijan as part of a peace…
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Jamal Khashoggi murder: Saudi court overturns five death sentences
Eight defendants jailed for between seven and 20 years in final ruling on case
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Turkey turns iconic Istanbul museum into mosque
President Erdogan reopens Istanbul's Hagia Sophia to Muslim worship, after a court ruling.
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Turkish students increasingly resisting religion, study suggests
Young people likely to challenge Islam and see themselves as less religious than previous generations
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Migrants flock to Greece as Turkey opens floodgates
Hundreds of migrants headed through permeable borders to Greece from Turkey on Sunday as thousands more gathered on the Turkish side seeking entry after Ankara relaxed curbs on their movement.
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Turkey says will not stop Syrian refugees reaching Europe after troops killed
Refugees in Turkey headed towards European frontiers on Friday after an official declared that borders had been thrown open in response to the escalating war in Syria, a day after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Russian-backed Syrian government troops.
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Access to Wikipedia restored in Turkey after more than two and a half years
Today, on Wikipedia’s 19th birthday, the Wikimedia Foundation has received reports that access to Wikipedia in Turkey is actively being restored.
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Court rules Turkey Wikipedia ban violates rights
Turkey’s highest court on Thursday ruled that the country's ban on the Wikipedia website violates freedom of expression,
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Trump refuses to back recognition of Armenian genocide after Erdogan threat
Bipartisan Senate resolution passed in defiance of US president
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Turkey using Interpol to track down dissidents
Ankara doesn't take kindly to critics — and has been using Interpol to hunt down Turkish dissidents in Germany and elsewhere. An exclusive DW report.
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Why isn’t the media covering Turkish President Erdogan’s ties to ISIS
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pitched his tent at New York’s glitzy Peninsula Hotel this week, where he will be dining (but not wining) American Muslim leaders
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7,000-year-old fortress wall uncovered in southern Turkey
Afortress wall dating 7,000 years back to the Chalcolithic Age has been unearthed at the Yumuktepe Mound in southern Turkey's Mersin province. The Yumuktepe Mound is highly significant as a continuous settlement for 9,000 years since the Neolithic Age.
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Kurds reach deal with Damascus in face of Turkish offensive
Agreement to hand over border towns comes after more than 700 Isis affiliates escape camp
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As Turkish troops move in to Syria, the risks are great – including for Turkey itself
In the aftermath of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, Turkey may be sinking deeper in the Syrian conflict.
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The secret tapes of Khashoggi's murder
I walked along a tree-lined street in a quiet area of Istanbul and approached a cream-coloured villa, decked with CCTV cameras. A year ago, an exiled Saudi journalist took the same journey. Jamal Khashoggi was caught on CCTV. It would be the last image of him.
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Turkish scientist gets 15-month sentence for publishing environmental study
Bülent Şık went to a newspaper after the government sat on a study of a cancer cluster in polluted region
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In Turkey, a power play will leave ancient towns underwater
The nation’s plan to control its most precious resource includes a controversial dam that will drown some of its history.
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Historic Hasankeyf castle in southeastern Turkey to welcome visitors soon
The historic Hasankeyf castle in a thousands-of-years-old town in southeastern Turkey's Batman province will be taken under full-scale protection against...
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Ancient Dara gains reputation as a 'must-see'
The number of visitors to the ancient city of Dara has quintupled in the past two years as more intriguing historical finds have been uncovered in archaeological digs over the past 33 years.
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After Three Years of Prison for a Watercolor, Outspoken Kurdish Artist Zehra Doğan Has Been Freed in Turkey
In 2017 the journalist and artist was arrested on charges of propaganda for painting a military attack in Turkey. By Caroline Goldstein. (Feb. 25, 2019)
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