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News Articles: Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their meeting at Turkey's presidential palace in Ankara, Thursday.

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  • World

Ukraine's Zelenskyy arrives in Turkey for talks with Russia, without Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Turkey for direct talks with Russia. But the Kremlin sent a lower-level delegation that doesn't include President Vladimir Putin.

May 15, 2025
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Charles Maynes
This combination of pictures created on Monday shows a photograph distributed by Russia's state agency Sputnik showing Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview with RIA Novosti news agency at the Kremlin on March 12, 2024, and a picture of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a summit in Singapore on June 2, 2024.

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  • Europe

As Russia and Ukraine prepare for possible direct talks, cue President Trump

There are lots of unknowns ahead of potential direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Charles Maynes and
  • Joanna Kakissis
A woman waves a flag bearing a picture of the founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan, as people gather in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria to listen to a message from the jailed leader on Feb. 27. Ocalan called for his Kurdish militant force to disband and his fighters to lay down their arms.

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  • World

Kurdish militant group PKK declares ceasefire after decades of conflict with Turkey

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political breakthrough for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

March 01, 2025
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By:
  • Willem Marx
Half of the world's population lives in countries where elections took place this year. But only around half of those elections were in countries where they could be viewed as free and fair.

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  • Perspective

History has never ended, but are we at a crossroads again?

Oxford professor Ben Ansell says we are witnessing a battle between nationalism and liberalism that will write our own time indelibly into the history books of tomorrow.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Ben Ansell
People hold a banner featuring Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as members of the Syrian community and supporters gather in Istanbul to celebrate the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the face of an offensive by Islamist-led rebels, on Dec. 8.

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  • Middle East

Turkey looks set to play an outsize role in shaping the new Syria after Assad

As the world watches Syria grapple with the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad's brutal regime and the formation of a new government, one neighbor has emerged as having great influence over the new Syria.

December 18, 2024
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis
Smoke rises as emergency rescue teams and police officers attend to the scene of an attack outside Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. on the outskirts of Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday.

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  • World

An attack on a Turkish defense company has killed 4 people

Assailants set off explosives and opened fire in an attack on the premises of the Turkish state-run aerospace and defense company TUSAS, causing a number of casualties.

October 23, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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  • World

Self-exiled Turkish spiritual leader Fethullah Gülen dies in Pennsylvania

The reclusive U.S.-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement while facing accusations he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey was in his eighties.

October 21, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Turkey's Yusuf Dikec, pictured competing in the shooting 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal match at Chateauroux Shooting Center on Tuesday, went viral for his casual look.

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  • Sports

A conspicuously dressed-down shooter won Olympic silver. Then he went viral

Five-time Olympian Yusuf Dikec shot his way to silver with regular eyeglasses and a hand in his pocket. His casual style impressed viewers and had many jokingly wondering whether he might be a hitman.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is shown speaking during a joint statement to the media in Baghdad, on April 22, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Turkey halts all trade with Israel over military actions in Gaza

The government described the step as the "second phase" of measures against Israel, adding the steps would remain in force until Israel allows a "sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza."

May 03, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Republican People's Party, or CHP, supporters gather to celebrate outside City Hall in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 31, 2024.

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  • World

In a setback to Turkey's Erdogan, opposition makes huge gains in local election

Turkey's main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in Sunday's local elections, in a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

April 01, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
A view of the mountains surrounding the area where a landslide hit a gold mine in Ilic district of Erzincan province, in Turkey, on Tuesday.

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  • World

A landslide in Turkey has trapped 9 gold mine workers

Nine mine workers were trapped underground after a landslide at a gold mine in Turkey's eastern Anatolia region.

February 13, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Kenyon
A woman stands next to a lamp inside a tent in Antakya, southern Turkey, on Jan. 12.

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  • World

A year after Turkey's earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people remain in shelters

This week Turkey marked one year since the earthquake that killed more than 53,000 people in the country and left over 3 million homeless. Critics say the government hasn't met its promise to rebuild.

February 09, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Kenyon and
  • Gokce Saracoglu
People shout slogans during a protest against Sweden's NATO membership called by Turkish Vatan, or Patriotic Party, in Istanbul on Tuesday.

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  • World

Turkey's parliament votes to let Sweden join NATO

Turkish legislators endorsed Sweden's membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country's entry into the military alliance.

January 23, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A customer in Chicago looks for turkeys offered for sale on Nov. 20, 2023, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Turkey prices have fallen — but the cost of many groceries are still higher.

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  • Economy

Here's what will cost you more — and less — for the big Thanksgiving feast

The cost of a traditional Thanksgiving feast is slightly lower this year than last, thanks in large part to falling turkey prices. Overall grocery inflation has eased significantly in the last year.

November 22, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley

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  • Animals

Georgia’s wild turkeys were once considered a conservation success but now are in decline

The majestic gobble of the wild turkey no longer echoes as loudly through Georgia’s Piedmont region as it once did.

November 21, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
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