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1 week ago | observer.co.uk | Ruth Michaelson |Ayça Aldatmaz

Everyone has shaken Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s hand in his ancestral hometown. But recent mass protests suggest they no longer all want him as president Two gigantic portraits of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tower over Rize town square on Turkey’s Black Sea coast. The president looks younger than his 71 years, with poreless skin and a slight smile, framed by the crimson of the Turkish flag and the gold stars of the presidential seal.

Sep 14, 2024 | msn.com | Ruth Michaelson |Ayça Aldatmaz

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Sep 14, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Ruth Michaelson |Ayça Aldatmaz

Next to the network of the highways that crisscross Turkey, among the lush forests or mountain peaks that dot the country, large stray dogs are a common sight. Most are pale white Akbaş dogs or Kangal shepherds, with their distinctive dark muzzle, pale golden coat and large bodies designed to herd livestock, although on the streets of Istanbul they are more commonly found lazing outside coffee shops, rotund and docile from a lifetime of treats.

Mar 31, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Ruth Michaelson |Ayça Aldatmaz

Turkey’s main opposition party dealt an unexpected blow to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s rule on Sunday with a sweeping victory in Turkey’s local elections, maintaining control of major cities including the capital, Ankara, and Istanbul, where Ekrem Imamoğlu secured a second term as mayor. “My dear Istanbulites, you opened the door to a new future today,” Imamoğlu told overjoyed supporters of his opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) while declaring victory.

Mar 31, 2024 | aol.co.uk | Ruth Michaelson |Ayça Aldatmaz

Voters in Turkey have gone to the polls for local elections as the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, seeks to bring Istanbul back under his party’s control in a showdown with his last major challenger, the incumbent mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu.