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Last weekend, Swiss singer Nemo convincingly won Eurovision with their song ‘The Code’. Nemo earned the lion’s share of the jury vote and fifth in the public vote for their operatic vocal melodies and impressive performance atop a rotating platform. Nemo also made history at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest as the first non-binary contestant to win, an important moment for an event that has long championed LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion. While Nemo’s victory sparked celebrations in the Malmö arena and around the world, one world leader was less than pleased with their historic win. Switzerland ...
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Just a year ago, a summit meeting of the leaders of Turkey and Greece would have created sensational news. But when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Ankara this week, it was almost a routine talk between neighbours. The meeting was their fourth in 10 months as the two leaders try to put an end to decades of mutual animosity by focusing on trade, tourism, energy and repairing cultural ties, among other areas. “In the critical area of migration, the cooperation between our two countries and especially between the police and the coast guard is paying off...
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A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced dozens pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 30 years in prison over deadly riots in 2014 by Kurds were angered by what they perceived to be government inaction against the so-called Islamic State, or IS. The incident occurred during IS's siege of the Syrian border town of Kobanî. The three days of clashes that broke out in October 2014 resulted in 37 deaths and left hundreds of others injured, including both police and civilians. The protests were rallied by leaders of Turkey's pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party, or HDP, who were frustrated by wh...
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The leaders of Greece and Türkiye met on Monday for talks aimed at underlining their efforts to put aside decades-old disputes, but they also revealed deep divisions over the Israel-Hamas war. Speaking at a news conference in Ankara following the two-hour face-to-face summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan jumped on comments by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in which he described Hamas as a terrorist organisation. “I do not see Hamas as a terror group,” Erdogan said. “I see it as a group of people trying to protect their own land.” He said that Türkiye was currently treating ...
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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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