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Slowing Turkish inflation gives room for more rate cuts
Middle East

Slowing Turkish inflation gives room for more rate cuts

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s inflation rate dropped to single figures in September for the first time in more than two…
5.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Istanbul, damages mosque
Middle East

5.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Istanbul, damages mosque

ISTANBUL (AP) — A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Istanbul on Thursday, sending school children and residents into the streets and…
Explosion hits riot police bus in southern Turkey; 5 wounded
Middle East

Explosion hits riot police bus in southern Turkey; 5 wounded

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s official news agency says a bomb exploded in southern Adana province, wounding five people. The governor’s…
Turkish court acquits an academic in 2016 Kurdish letter case
Middle East

Turkish court acquits an academic in 2016 Kurdish letter case

ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish court for the first time ruled on Friday to acquit one of nine academics who…
As warm welcome chills, Turkey clamps down on Syrians
Middle East

As warm welcome chills, Turkey clamps down on Syrians

BEIRUT (AP) — Mustafa, a 21-year-old Syrian in Turkey, was at the shoe factory in Istanbul where he worked making…
Syrians facing forced removal from Istanbul given temporary reprieve
Middle East

Syrians facing forced removal from Istanbul given temporary reprieve

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has extended to Oct. 30 its deadline for Syrian migrants not registered in Istanbul to leave…
Turkey removes pro-Kurdish mayors
Middle East

Turkey removes pro-Kurdish mayors

The Turkish government removed three mayors from office on Monday over alleged links to Kurdish militants as Ankara deepened its…
Mohamed Salah is the first Egyptian and third Arab professional footballer to win the 2019 UEFA Super Cup
Egypt

Mohamed Salah is the first Egyptian and third Arab professional footballer to win the 2019 UEFA Super Cup

Liverpool player Mohamed Salah became an Egyptian pioneer by securing the European Super Championship alongside his teammates after overcoming Chelsea…
AP Explains: Turkish military move into Syria is high risk
Middle East

AP Explains: Turkish military move into Syria is high risk

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s combative president is threatening to launch a military operation in northeastern Syria that is designed to…
Turkey starts filling huge Tigris river dam, activists say
Middle East

Turkey starts filling huge Tigris river dam, activists say

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has started filling a huge hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river, a lawmaker and activists said,…
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