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European Union auditors said on Wednesday that they are unable to establish whether some of the billions of euros the bloc has given to Turkey to help it cope with Syrian refugees is actually having any impact. Under a deal concluded between EU leaders and Turkey in 2016, the bloc committed to provide at least €6 billion to Turkey to help it cope with migrants crossing in from Syria. Turkey in turn committed to stop migrants leaving its territory for Europe. In March 2016, a month after the deal came into effect, Turkey's government said the number of migrants crossing illegally into Greece ha...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul on Saturday to discuss matters concerning the war-torn region. According to a statement from the Turkish President's Directorate of Communications, President Erdogan informed Ismail Haniyeh that Turkey remains committed to raising awareness within the international community about the oppression faced by Palestinians and the urgent necessity for a permanent ceasefire. The statement further noted that President Erdogan expressed the belief that Israel will ultimately face consequences for its...
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Türkiye has become the latest country to launch a digital nomad visa for foreign remote workers. The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has created a dedicated website where those interested can complete the first application stages. The country hopes to lure digital nomads to destinations including Istanbul, Dalaman on the southwestern coast and Izmir on the west. “Thousand years old ancient cities, unique bays hidden between forests, turquoise seas, dynamic people, big cities; Türkiye has all,” the visa promotion reads. “In addition, this beautiful country is one of the biggest countries o...
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Scores were still stranded in cable cars in southern Turkey on Saturday. One pod hit a pole and burst open on Friday at 5:30 p.m. local time, killing one and injuring seven others. More than 40 people are still stuck high above a mountain 19 hours after the incident. The accident occurred on the Tunektepe cable car just outside the Mediterranean city of Antalya during the busy Eid al-Fitr holiday. Operations to rescue the stranded people continued throughout the night. “128 citizens in 16 pods have been rescued under difficult conditions,” Okay Memis, director of the Turkish search and rescue ...
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One person died and seven were injured on Friday when a cable car pod struck a pole and burst open in southern Turkey, causing passengers to fall to the mountainside below, according to officials and local media. The incident also left scores stranded for hours as it halted the entire cable car system. Mayor of Antalya, Muhittin Böcek said that efforts are ongoing to rescue 184 people trapped in the cable car. Rope systems are being used for the rescue operations and night-vision helicopters are heading to the area, Böcek said. "There are currently 184 of our citizens in 25 cabins. God willing...
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Turkish police have seized the third largest haul of cocaine in the country’s history, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Thursday. Some 608 kilograms of cocaine, most of it in liquid form, were confiscated in an operation across three provinces, Yerlikaya posted on the social media platform X. Nearly 830 kilograms of precursor chemicals used to process the drug were also seized. Yerlikaya said the police operation targeted an international gang allegedly led by a Lebanese-Venezuelan national, who was among four foreign members of the “organized crime group" detained, along with nine...
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Travellers to Turkey will soon be able to explore some of its historic treasures and culinary delights with a new tourist train. The Mesopotamia Express departs from the capital Ankara and meanders through the country’s inner, eastern and southeastern Anatolian regions. The train stops at destinations including Kayseri, Malatya and Elazığ with enough time for sightseeing. “It is crucial for developing tourism in our city and region,” Mehmet Kaya, president of the Diyarbakır Chamber of Commerce and Industry, told Turkish media. “We have made every effort to ensure people see and get to know the...
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A fire that spread through an Istanbul nightclub during renovations was likely caused by welding sparks igniting combustible material. That's according to local media in Turkey, citing fire department officials. The fire engulfed the popular Masquerade nightclub on Tuesday, trapping workers and club employees inside. Twenty-nine people were killed by the flames and another person was left with serious injuries. Authorities have detained nine people for questioning, including club managers and people in charge of the renovation work. The club had been closed for renovations during the holy mont...
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Turkish travellers will now be able to visit ten Greek islands under a new scheme announced this week. Officials on the popular island of Rhodes have opened a new visa terminal for Turkish visitors as part of a diplomatic effort to ease long-standing tensions between the two countries. The limited-access visa will allow Turks to visit the Greek islands for up to a week without having to apply for full access to the EU’s passport-free travel zone, also known as the Schengen area. NATO members Greece and Turkey launched several initiatives last year to try to sidestep decades-old disputes - most...
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All-time great, Teddy RINER was in Antalya and looking for gold. Preparation for his home Olympics this summer. In the final there was an exciting match up with the Olympic pick for Japan Tatsuru SAITO. It produced a great taste of what is to come in Paris - a close battle with many exciting moments. Ultimately RINER countered SAITO for a waza-ari. IJF President Marius VIZER awarded the medals. “Thank you all," said Teddy RINER. "Thank you because the people cry and create a good sensation for the fighters like me and other fighters who are preparing for the Olympic Games. Antalya is a beautif...
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