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Google says Turkey intercepting its Web domain
In a weekend post on Google's security blog, software engineer Steven Carstensen said the company has received "several credible reports and confirmed with our own research that Google's Domain Name System (DNS) service has been intercepted by most Turkish ISPs (Internet Service Providers)."
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Turkey PM threatens to 'go after' Twitter for tax evasion
Turkey's prime minister said Saturday he will "go after" Twitter, accusing the site of tax-evasion, after it was used to spread damaging leaks implicating his inner circle in corruption claims. In a televised speech, Recep Tayyip Erdogan also launched a tirade against the nation's highest court for ruling against a ban on Twitter, charging that it put the rights of businesses above that of Turkey's.
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A Turkish Tale: Gallipoli and the Armenian Genocide
There are two puzzles about the story at the centre of Australian folklore, Gallipoli. One is obvious: why did the story of the Australian troops' landing at the Dardanelles Straits on 25 April 1915, and their subsequent participation in one of the British Empire's most comprehensive military defeats, become the country's foundation myth? The other puzzle has never been discussed, but can be expressed as follows.
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Syria Border Town, Kobani, Falling to ISIS, Turkey’s Leader Says
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said Tuesday that the Syrian border town of Kobani, under siege from Islamic State fighters, was about to fall to the militants despite United States-led airstrikes on the group.
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The Istanbul Derby
First, there is this soccer game. It takes place in Istanbul, a city of 18 million people founded around two thousand years ago, a city so old it has Viking graffiti in its Muslim mosque which was once a Catholic church built for an emperor. Nothing can happen here that has not already happened, and yet people are very, very excited about a soccer game between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, Istanbul's two oldest and bitterest rivals.
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Hundreds trapped in Turkish coal mine
An explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey has killed at least one miner and left at least 200 others trapped, an official said Tuesday.
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Deadly Turkey blast 'traps hundreds'
At least 17 people have been killed after an explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey, officials say.
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Turkish PM’s adviser goes on sick leave for injury to leg used to kick Soma protester
Prime ministerial adviser Yusuf Yerkel obtained a medical report allowing him to miss work, due to injuries sustained to the leg that he used to kick a mourner in Soma after last week’s mine disaster, according to medical officials.
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Earthquake rattles Greece, Turkey
An earthquake beneath the sea shook northern Greece and western Turkey Saturday, with more than 100 people reportedly injured in Turkey.
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Soma mine inspected, approved by executive’s brother-in-law
The Soma coal mine, where 301 workers lost their lives in a May 13 disaster, received a “perfect” score in March by an official inspector, who is the brother-in-law of a senior executive of the company, daily Hürriyet has revealed.
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Turkey: Fun in the Sun - TRAVEL.SEE.LIVE
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'Solar-powered donkeys' carry Internet for Turkish sheepherders
A solar panel producer in western Turkey has said recent international media coverage of their "plug-and-play donkey" project proved that they are on the right track. BBC News reported on June 24 that sheepherders in western Turkey have now equipped their donkeys to cart around solar panels that will enable them to be connected 24/7. The video shows a donkey equipped with a large panel strapped to its back walking across rocky, dry terrain.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins Turkish presidential election
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won his country's first direct presidential election. With almost all the votes counted, Mr Erdogan had won about 52%, against 38% for main rival Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. The huge margin of victory means there is no need for a run-off.
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Isis surges towards the borders of Turkey as west mulls options
Islamic State extremists are pushing to secure the border between Turkey and north-western Syria as the main gateway for recruits to join the caliphate they have imposed across much of eastern Syria and western Iraq.
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Hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia, Turkey
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Turkey secures release of 49 hostages seized in northern Iraq
Turkish intelligence agents brought 49 hostages seized by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq back to Turkey on Saturday after more than three months in captivity, in what President Tayyip Erdogan described as a covert rescue operation
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Turkey: 49 hostages have been freed
Turkish authorities say they have freed 49 hostages from one of the world's most ruthless militant groups without firing a shot, paying a ransom or offering a quid pro quo. But as the well-dressed men and women captured by the Islamic State group more than three months ago clasped their families Saturday on the tarmac of the Turkish capital's airport, experts had serious doubts about the government's story.
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Step Outside
A short video from Parkour tour in Turkey" 4 different cities and many antique places meet Freerunning.
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Growing number of Turks moving to 'family-friendly' Islamic State
Asiya Ummi Abdullah, a 24-year-old Muslim convert, admitted taking her infant son to live among Islamic State terrorists in the Syrian city of Raqqa.
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Archaeologists Believe They Found Dungeons That Once Held Dracula
Archaeologlsts in Turkey believe they have unearthed dungeons that once held Dracula.
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