Threats and violence as Turks feud over soaring rents
Cengiz Orsel hung a banner above his woodcarving workshop in Ankara so that everyone would know the astronomical rent increase ...
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Armenia gets 1st influx of Karabakh refugees
KORNIDZOR, Armenia—Armenia prepared Monday to welcome a new flood of Nagorno-Karabakh refugees while the leaders of Azerbaijan and ally Turkey ...
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Rushing rivers
People are rescued and evacuated Tuesday by boat during flooding in Kucukcekmece district in Istanbul, a major port and largest ...
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Turkey’s inflation nears 60%, piling pressure on new economic team
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Turkey’s annual inflation approached 60 percent last month, official data showed Monday, putting pressure on the central bank to ...
Read moreNortheast Syria clashes between army, pro-Turkey fighters kill 23: monitor
Beirut, Lebanon - Clashes in Kurdish-held northeast Syria between the army and Turkey-backed armed factions killed 23 people on Sunday ...
Read moreYears of coal plant expansion torment Turkey’s villagers
Kneeling in the morning shade under a tree, Osman Arslan brews tea behind a coal-fired power plant that rises above ...
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Outcry as Turkish journalist jailed by text message
Twenty journalists remain behind bars in Turkey despite 15 being released last month Istanbul, Turkey—Even in a country which regularly ...
Read moreTurkey’s annual inflation jumped to 47.83% in July
ISTANBUL—Turkey’s annual inflation climbed in July to 47.83 percent, up sharply from 38.2 percent, official data showed on Thursday, a ...
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‘Silk of peace’ weaves new bonds after deadly earthquake in Turkey
ANTAKYA, Turkey—Nearly all the workers lost their houses, the accountant and vet disappeared along with their families, but after the ...
Read moreTurkey quake survivors’ latest menace — dust
The excavator tore into the remnants of the damaged building in southeast Turkey, bringing it crashing down into a cloud ...
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