The Latest Breaking News from Istanbul

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Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of Turkey's main opposition party, said he saw no purpose for Ankara's Russian missile defense purchases which triggered US sanctions and would overhaul the Central Bank if victorious in elections due by June 2023. His party is one of six in an alliance aiming to oust President…

Turkish spies thwarted a plot orchestrated by Iran to kill an Israeli-Turkish businessman based in Istanbul, a pro-government daily reported Friday. Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MIT) discovered a network of nine operatives dubbed an "Iran assassination team" plotting to kill Yair Geller, the Sabah daily reported. Geller has businesses in…

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Lawyer says refugees, who were protesting against Turkey leaving Istanbul convention on violence against women, are at risk in Iran

Eda Elal has prepared corpses for burial in accordance with Islamic rituals nearly half her life, but says her job as a "ghassal" in Turkey has never been harder than when bodies and illness overwhelmed her during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hundreds of people in Istanbul marched to the Greek consulate on Saturday to protest the deaths of 19 migrants near Turkey´s border with Greece. Turkish authorities said they froze to death earlier this week after being illegally pushed back across the border by Greek guards.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has tested positive for COVID-19, he tweeted Saturday. "Today my wife and I tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms. Thankfully, we´re experiencing slight symptoms that we have learned is the omicron variant," he wrote. "We are on duty. We will continue to work at…

Hundreds of people in Istanbul have marched to the Greek consulate to protest the deaths of 19 migrants near Turkey’s border with Greece