Author: Ayse Wieting
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Turkey struggles to stop violence against women. At least 71 have been killed this year
At least 71 women have been killed in Turkey this year as activists say the country has made little progress in protecting women from abusers
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Turkey’s new central bank chief assures that work to combat inflation will press on
Turkey’s new central bank chief says the work to tame inflation — namely through interest rate hikes — will continue “with determination.”
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U.N. sees progress in talks to free up Ukraine grain exports
ISTANBUL • U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the first meeting in weeks between Russia and Ukraine took “a critical step forward” to ensure the export of desperately needed grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to help ease the global food crisis. The U.N. chief said “more technical work will now be needed” to reach an…
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Video shows ‘body double’ after writer’s killing
ISTANBUL • Just hours after writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, a man strolled out of the diplomatic post apparently wearing the columnist’s clothes as part of a macabre deception to sow confusion over his fate, according to surveillance video leaked Monday. The new video broadcast by CNN, as well…
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Reports: Istanbul nightclub attacker who killed 39 caught
ISTANBUL — A gunman suspected of killing 39 people during a New Year’s attack on an Istanbul nightclub has been caught in a police operation, Turkish media reports said early Tuesday. The suspect was captured in a special operations police raid on a house in Istanbul’s Esenyurt district, private NTV television reported. The broadcaster said…