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Sep 14, 2024 | 
spokesman.com | Ben Hubbard |Gülsin Harman
DIDIM, Turkey — With Turkish flags flying and chants of “God is great” resounding through the cemetery, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish American activist killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, was laid to rest Saturday in a town on Turkey’s Aegean coast. Although she moved to the United States as a toddler, acquired citizenship and spent most of her life there, the funeral for Eygi, 26, was deeply Turkish, and profoundly pro-Palestinian.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
telegraphindia.com | Ben Hubbard |Gülsin Harman
Large Turkish flags hang from the trees around the open grave where Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, was being laid to rest near Turkey’s Aegean coast on Saturday. Her friends and relatives gathered to mourn at her family’s home nearby, where her father said he felt that the US, where he lived for 25 years and obtained citizenship, had not done enough to respond to the killing.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Ben Hubbard |Gülsin Harman
Large Turkish flags hang from the trees around the open grave where Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish American activist killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, was to be laid to rest near Turkey's Aegean coast on Saturday. Her friends and relatives gathered to mourn at her family's home nearby, where her father said he felt that the United States, where he lived for 25 years and obtained citizenship, had not done enough to respond to the killing.
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May 3, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Gülsin Harman |Aaron Boxerman |Ben Hubbard |Thomas Fuller
Turkey said on Friday that it would suspend all trade with Israel until there was a "permanent cease-fire" in the Gaza Strip, the latest international sanction against Israel and one that underscores the mounting global pressure to end the war in the territory.
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May 2, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Gülsin Harman |Ben Hubbard
In Jerusalem, Washington and beyond, eyes are fixed on Hamas, as officials wait to see how the group will respond to a proposal that has American and Israeli backing for a temporary cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
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Sep 3, 2023 | 
seattletimes.com | Ben Hubbard |Gülsin Harman
ISTANBUL — As the volleyball game neared its end, thousands of fans watching on giant screens in an Istanbul park rose to their feet and fell silent. The ball soared, a Turkish player set it up near the net, and her teammate spiked it.
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Aug 12, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Ben Hubbard |Gülsin Harman |Ivor Prickett
Years ago, when her sister was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Mahire Turk sought divine intervention. She trekked to a shrine atop a hill overlooking the Bosporus, sat under an ornate dome close to the grave of a Sufi master who died nearly 400 years ago and prayed intensely for her sister to beat the disease. 200 milesBULGARIABlack SeaIstanbulAnkaraTURKEYIRAQSYRIA3 MILESTURKEYTelli BabaHazreti Yusa BosporusIstanbulYahya EfendiAziz Mahmud Hudayi is the Istanbul bureau chief.
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May 15, 2023 | 
telegraphindia.com | Ben Hubbard |Gülsin Harman
Turkey’s presidential election appeared on Sunday to be headed for a runoff after the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, failed to win a majority of the vote, a result that left the longtime leader struggling to stave off the toughest political challenge of his career. The outcome of the vote set the stage for a two-week battle between Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the Opposition leader, to secure victory in a May 28 runoff that may reshape Turkey’s political landscape.
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May 14, 2023 | 
asiatoday.co | Ben Hubbard |Gülsin Harman
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s presidential election appeared on Sunday to be headed for a runoff after the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, did not win a majority of the vote, a consequence that left the longtime chief struggling to stave off the hardest political problem of his profession. The result of the vote set the stage for a two-week battle between Mr. Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the opposition chief, to safe victory in a Could 28 runoff that will reshape Turkey’s political panorama.
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May 14, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Gülsin Harman
In the weeks leading up to Turkey’s tightest elections in two decades, some of the 64 million eligible voters didn’t look to opinion polls for predictions about the outcome. They turned to astrologers. A few weeks ago, Dincer Guner, a renowned astrologer, carefully examined the birth chart of the Turkish republic (founded Oct. 29, 1923) and those of the presidential candidates.
