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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Safak Timur |Erika Solomon
A powerful earthquake shook Istanbul on Wednesday, sending residents of Turkey's most populous city pouring into the streets as buildings shook and onlookers screamed. Turkey's emergency services said the quake was magnitude-6.2 and that they were still scanning for possible destruction in the city of 16 million, which has long been bracing for a major tremor.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Ben Hubbard |Safak Timur
Turkey is officially a democratic republic, but foreign officials, experts and many Turks say that Mr. Erdogan has in recent years pushed the country toward autocracy and is now seeking to further consolidate his power. That means that Turks seeking to resist the government must reckon with Mr. Erdogan's control of the security forces and influence over the news media and courts, analysts say.
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1 month ago | 
es.ara.cat | Jenna Russell |Safak Timur |Albert Gonzalez Farran |Mònica Planas Callol
Una declaración atribuida a un portavoz de Seguridad Nacional del gobierno de Trump decía el miércoles que Ozturk había "participado en actividades de apoyo" a Hamás y que se consideraba esto como "motivo para suspender la emisión de visados". Los registros de Inmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) mostraron que una persona con el nombre de Ozturk estaba retenida el miércoles en un centro de detención de Luisiana.
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1 month ago | 
arabalears.cat | Jenna Russell |Safak Timur
Una estudiant internacional d'un programa de postgrau a la Universitat de Tufts va ser detinguda dimarts davant d'un edifici d'apartaments fora del campus, segons el president de la universitat i un advocat que representa l'estudiant. L'alumna, Rumeysa Ozturk, ciutadana turca, tenia un visat d'estudis vàlid com a estudiant de doctorat a Tufts, segons un comunicat de la seva advocada, Mahsa Khanbabai.
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1 month ago | 
ara.cat | Jenna Russell |Safak Timur
Una declaració atribuïda a un portaveu de Seguretat Nacional del govern de Trump deia dimecres que Ozturk havia "participat en activitats de suport" a Hamàs i que es considerava això com a "motiu per suspendre l'emissió de visats". Els registres d'Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) van mostrar que una persona amb el nom d'Ozturk estava retinguda dimecres en un centre de detenció de Louisiana.
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1 month ago | 
en.ara.cat | Jenna Russell |Safak Timur |Rosa Rodon
A statement attributed to a Trump administration Homeland Security spokesperson said Wednesday that Ozturk had "engaged in activities supporting" Hamas and that this was considered "grounds for suspending visa issuance." Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) records showed that a person named Ozturk was being held Wednesday at a Louisiana detention center.
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1 month ago | 
infobae.com | Jenna Russell |Safak Timur |Anemona Hartocollis
Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests (2023- )Foreign Students (in US)Immigration DetentionDeportationColleges and UniversitiesIsrael-Gaza War (2023- )Freedom of Speech and ExpressionAnti-SemitismUnited States Politics and GovernmentTufts UniversityImmigration and Customs Enforcement (US)Trump, Donald JOzturk, RumeysaLa estudiante fue detenida fuera del campus universitario. El miércoles circuló por las redes sociales un video en el que se veía a una mujer con hiyab, esposada y conducida por agentes.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Ben Hubbard |Safak Timur
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. One week after the Turkish government arrested the mayor of Istanbul, who is the top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the political opposition on Wednesday pressed new tactics to fight what it called an assault on the country’s democracy.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Ben Hubbard |Safak Timur
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan entered this year facing a knot of political problems with little precedent in his two decades at the summit of power in Turkey. Voters were angry about persistently high inflation. His political party's popularity had sunk. And his opponents had coalesced around the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, who made it clear that he was gunning for the presidency.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Ben Hubbard |Safak Timur
Turkey's military has kept up deadly attacks in Syria and Iraq on fighters linked to the Kurdish insurgent group P.K.K. in the two weeks since the movement's founder called on his followers to lay down their arms and disband. The P.K.K. leadership, which is based in the Qandil Mountains of Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, responded to the call by the founder, Abdullah Ocalan, by announcing a unilateral cease-fire on March 1.
