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2 days ago | 
turkiyetoday.com | Enes Kilic
U.S. President Donald Trump left for Saudi Arabia on Monday, calling his Middle East trip "historic." The tour includes Qatar and the UAE, with business deals on the agenda, as well as discussions on regional issues, including Gaza, Iran and Yemen Emily Milliken, Yemen expert and associate director at the Atlantic Council’s N7 Initiative, stated, “I fully expect the Yemen file to be high on the priority list during Trump’s upcoming Gulf agenda, especially in meetings with U.S. partners like...
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1 week ago | 
turkiyetoday.com | Enes Kilic
On May 4, Republican People's Party's (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel was assaulted with a slap following a ceremony held for Sirri Sureyya Onder at Türkiye’s newest cultural center AKM. Ozel was escorted away from the area by security personnel, and the attacker was taken into custody. Information that emerged later revealed that the assailant had previously served 16 years in prison for murdering two of his own children.
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1 week ago | 
turkiyetoday.com | Enes Kilic
On April 28, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister held yet another phone call with his Iranian counterpart ahead of a planned visit to Oman, marking the latest in a series of high-level contacts between the former regional rivals. This diplomatic engagement comes just days after Saudi Arabia’s representative at the International Court of Justice presented arguments against the actions of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in Gaza, calling for Israel to respect international law.
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2 weeks ago | 
turkiyetoday.com
Following the fourth Türkiye–Italy Intergovernmental Summit in Rome, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan answered journalists’ questions on plane, delivered strong
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2 weeks ago | 
turkiyetoday.com | Enes Kilic
On April 19, 2025, Türkiye’s Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Ozdemir Goktas raised an alarm, stating, “Today, we are at an alarm level. Our fertility rate is 1.51. The replacement rate for the population is 2.1. Right now, Türkiye is not renewing itself.
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2 weeks ago | 
turkiyetoday.com | Yagiz Efe Parmaksiz
Skip to content By Yagiz Efe Parmaksiz • Apr 27, 2025 10:27 AM • Share By Yagiz Efe Parmaksiz Apr 27, 2025 10:27 AM Iranian rescue workers continued battling fires Sunday as the death toll from a devastating explosion at the country’s largest commercial port climbed to 25, according to local media reports. “The total number of people killed is at least 25,” Hormozgan province’s head of the judiciary, Mojtaba Ghahremani, told the Tasnim News Agency on Sunday. The powerful blast ripped through...
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2 weeks ago | 
turkiyetoday.com | Yagiz Efe Parmaksiz
Belarus Ambassador to Türkiye Anatoly Glaz met with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Berris Ekinci to discuss strengthening ties between the two nations, according to a statement from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, both officials highlighted the “constructive nature and high intensity” of Belarus-Türkiye relations and focused on practical cooperation across political, economic, humanitarian, and other sectors.
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2 weeks ago | 
turkiyetoday.com | Nishwa Tasavvar
Istanbul experiences threatening earthquakes from time to time that demand immediate attention. Istanbul remains under constant danger from earthquakes because as its seismic risks transform from numbers into approaching deadlines. Day-to-day heroes who play the roles of mothers and primary caregivers will determine essential aspects of how society survives when disaster strikes, despite existing emergency protocols and construction regulations.
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2 weeks ago | 
turkiyetoday.com | Enes Kilic
During the earthquakes off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, in the last months of 2013, a Turkish citizen, overwhelmed by panic at the moment, jumped out of a window. A teenager in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul was injured for the same reason in the 6.4 magnitude earthquake in the Marmara Sea on April 23, 12 years after the Japan incident hit the news. What saved him was the car he landed on as he jumped. The takeaway?
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3 weeks ago | 
turkiyetoday.com | Yagiz Efe Parmaksiz
In an important update for foreigners living in Türkiye, new strict address registration regulations are now being enforced as of April 2025. The following information is based on direct communications with Provincial Migration Offices and firsthand observations, rather than official government publications. Procedures may differ across cities, and expats living outside Istanbul are advised to verify regulations locally.