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Uyghurs in Turkey call for boycott as Beijing Games begin

Hundreds of protesters from China's Muslim Uyghur community rallied in Istanbul on Friday to call for a boycott of the Winter Olympics opening in Beijing and to urge participants to speak out against China's treatment of the ethnic minority.

Reuters

Armenia, Turkey resume first flights in two years

Istanbul (AFP) - Historic rivals Turkey and Armenia on Wednesday resumed their first commercial flights in two years as part of cautious efforts to warm their frozen ties.

AFP

As Beijing Olympics begin, exiled Uyghurs fight for families oppressed in China

ISTANBUL — Surely his son would know his voice, Abdurahman Tohti thought.

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Turkey says 12 migrants blocked by Greece die at border

Istanbul (AFP) - Turkey on Wednesday accused neighbouring Greece of allowing 12 migrants to die in the winter cold after stripping them of their clothes and then pushing them back across the border.

AFP

Erdogan seeks payoff from Russia-US clash on Ukraine

Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will try to leverage his strategic position in NATO and his rapport with Russia's Vladimir Putin when he visits Kyiv on Thursday in a bid to head off war in Ukraine.

AFP

With flights set to resume, what next for Turkish-Armenian ties?

Relaunching of Istanbul-Yerevan flights seen as key step in diplomatic efforts to re-establish official relations.

Al Jazeera

Revealed: how fake passports allow IS members to enter Europe and US

Seller whose passports have been used by those who illegally crossed Syrian border says: ‘it is not my job to see who is bad’

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Strike at BBC’s Istanbul bureau ends after deal reached

Dozen employees at the British broadcaster went on strike after it offered raises not in tune with rising inflation.

Al Jazeera

Erdogan threatens to punish Turkish media over 'harmful content'

Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened Turkish media with legal action over content "incompatible with national and moral values," in a move seen by critics as an attempt to stifle the dissent.

AFP

Erdogan sacks statistics chief after record inflation

Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sacked the head of the state statistics agency, according to a decree published Saturday, after releasing data showing last year's inflation rate hit a 19-year high of 36.1 percent.

AFP

Rare Snowfall Carpets Jerusalem

Snow carpeted Jerusalem and its holy places Thursday as a rare wintry storm swept across Israel and the Palestinian territories as well as the wider Middle East. The cold snap, which has already caused major disruption in Athens and Istanbul, saw heavy snowfall in areas better known for their summer…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Istanbul's snowed-in airport stirs back to life

Istanbul (AFP) - Europe's busiest airport in Istanbul was "gradually" resuming normal operations after a blizzard shut it down for a day, the head of Turkish Airlines said on Wednesday.

AFP

Also-ran: a dismal year for the UK’s leading airport

Plane Talk: I predict Heathrow will never return to top spot in Europe

The Independent UK

Heavy snowfall cripples life in Istanbul

Bad weather causes vehicles to be stranded around the city as flights suspended from metropolis’s largest airport.

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The Independent UK

Istanbul airport closes as snowstorms disrupt travel in Turkey and Greece

The roof of one airport terminal caved in due to heavy snow

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thousands Stranded as Snow Causes Havoc in Istanbul

Rescue crews on Tuesday were forging ahead with efforts to clear major throughways in and around Istanbul that were clogged by a massive snow storm that hit the megacity and left countless people and vehicles stranded overnight in below-freezing conditions. Highways and roads in the city came to a standstill…

The Independent UK

Thousands stranded as snow causes havoc in Istanbul

Rescue crews were working to clear major throughways in and around Istanbul that were clogged by a massive snow storm that hit the megacity and left countless people and vehicles stranded overnight in below-freezing conditions

Al Jazeera

Heavy snowfall in Turkey forces Istanbul Airport to shut

The closure of Europe’s busiest airport grounds flights stretching from the Middle East and Africa to Europe and Asia.

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Snow halts flights at Istanbul Airport, shuts roads

Turkish authorities temporarily halted all flights at Istanbul Airport on Monday due to heavy snowfall in the city, which was blanketed in white, while winter weather snarled transportation across the country.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey Halts Istanbul Airport Flights Due to Snow

Authorities halted all flights at Istanbul Airport for one hour on Monday due to heavy snowfall in the city, state broadcaster TRT Haber, while many other parts of Turkey experienced transportation difficulties due to the bad weather. Many parts of Turkey have been hit with heavy snowfall since the weekend,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey to See Inflation Rate Peaking at About 40% in 2022, Says Finance Minister

TFinance Minister Nureddin Nebati told economists he expects the inflation rate to peak at about 40 percent in the months ahead and not to surpass 50 percent this year, according to people who attended. According to Bloomberg, Nebati provided his most detailed outlook yet for consumer prices in 2022 during…

Al Jazeera

Giant chessboard: Istanbul ship-spotters monitor moves for war

Bosphorus Strait ‘spies’ surveil geopolitical machinations as world powers deploy military assets around the globe.

Manchester Evening News

'Welcome to hell' — The night Manchester United lost a vicious war with Galatasaray in Istanbul

Sir Alex Ferguson vowed never to return to Turkey after Man United played Galatasaray in Istanbul in 1993.

Zenger

VIDEO: Dog Steals Influencer’s Phone While She Films Herself Washing Her Car

Istanbul influencer chases a canine to retrieve her mobile device, to the delight of her followers.

AFP

Turkey halts four-month streak of rate cuts

Istanbul (AFP) - Turkey's central bank on Thursday bowed to market pressure and halted a four-month streak of interest rate cuts that saw inflation soar and the currency collapse.

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