Author: Zeynep Bilginsoy
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Plane dangles off cliff after skidding off runway in Turkey
ISTANBUL — A commercial airplane that skidded off a runway after landing in northern Turkey dangled precariously Sunday off a muddy cliff with its nose only a few feet from the Black Sea. Some of the 168 people on board the Boeing 737-800 described it as a “miracle” that everyone was evacuated safely from the…
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Uproar in Turkey over removing evolution from biology class
ISTANBUL — Students in Turkey are returning to school Monday where they will be taught evolution for the last time in their biology classes. Next fall, evolution and Charles Darwin will be scrapped from their textbooks. Turkey has announced an overhaul of more than 170 topics in the country’s school curriculum, including removing all direct…
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Attackers kill 42 in scenes of chaos at Istanbul airport
ISTANBUL — Suicide attackers armed with guns and bombs killed 42 people and wounded hundreds at Istanbul’s busy Ataturk Airport, apparently targeting Turkey’s crucial tourism industry. The government blamed the attack on Islamic State extremists but there was no immediate confirmation from the group. Scenes of chaos and panic unfolded Tuesday night as gunfire and…