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Julia Hahn

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Correspondent for @dwnews, based in Istanbul

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While people in the EU, UK, South Korea are anxious over Trump's return to the White House — citizens in e.g. India, Saudi Arabia, China, Turkey 🇹🇷 are more positive about his 2nd term, many expecting him to be good for their countries & "peace in the world", an new @ECFR poll found 🔽

15.01.2025 15:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Turkish media: At least 19 people who drank tainted alcohol in Istanbul have died within the past three days. 65 people in total were hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning from adulterated alcohol, 33 of which are still being treated.
www.diken.com.tr/istanbulda-s...

15.01.2025 09:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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İstanbul'da ihale yolsuzluğu soruşturması: 47 şüpheli hakkında gözaltı kararı İstanbul'da, 'Aziz İhsan Aktaş' liderliğinde yönetilen çıkar amaçlı suç örgütünün belediye başkanlarına ve belediyelerin üst düzey yöneticilerine rüşvet vermek suretiyle ihale süreçlerini organize ett...

The mayor of Istanbul's opposition-run Beşiktaş district, Rıza Akpolat, has been detained. The public prosecutor's office reportedly accuses the CHP politician and 46 other people of being involved in a bid-rigging scheme.
www.dha.com.tr/gundem/istan...

13.01.2025 11:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ali Yerlikaya, son 1 ayda ülkesine dönen Suriyeli sayısını açıkladı İçişleri Bakanı Ali Yerlikaya, Beşar Esad'ın devrilmesinin ardından geçen 1 ayda 52 bin 622 Suriyelinin ülkesine döndüğünü açıkladı.

More than 52,000 Syrian refugees have left Turkey and returned home since the Assad regime fell a month ago, Turkish Interior Minister Yerlikaya announced today. Turkey hosts nearly three million refugees who fled Syria after the civil war began in 2011.
www.birgun.net/haber/ali-ye...

09.01.2025 15:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bakan Uraloğlu duyurdu: Türkiye'den Şam'a uçuşlar başlıyor Ulaştırma Bakanı Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, "İstanbul-Şam uçuşlarını 3-4 ay içerisinde başlatmak istiyoruz" açıklamasında bulundu.

Turkey is planning a first flight to Syria's Damascus "in the coming days", Turkish Transport Minister Uraloglu said. Regular flights Istanbul <> Damascus could start in 3 to 4 months, he said - after the radar system at the airport is operational. www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/bakan-uralog...

09.01.2025 10:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ankara accuses the YPG (backed by the U.S. against ISIS) of links to the PKK, listed as a terrorist group by Ankara+its Western allies. In recent days >100 combatants have reportedly been killed in fighting in northern Syria between TR-backed groups and Syrian Kurdish fighters.

08.01.2025 09:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Turkey is ready to launch another cross-border offensive against Syrian Kurdish YPG militias - if they do not comply with Ankara's "ultimatum" demanding that their leaders leave Syria and other fighters disarm, foreign minister Fidan told broadcaster CNN Türk.

08.01.2025 08:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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