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Türkiye has become the latest country to launch a digital nomad visa for foreign remote workers. The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has created a dedicated website where those interested can complete the first application stages. The country hopes to lure digital nomads to destinations including Istanbul, Dalaman on the southwestern coast and Izmir on the west. “Thousand years old ancient cities, unique bays hidden between forests, turquoise seas, dynamic people, big cities; Türkiye has all,” the visa promotion reads. “In addition, this beautiful country is one of the biggest countries o...
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Scores were still stranded in cable cars in southern Turkey on Saturday. One pod hit a pole and burst open on Friday at 5:30 p.m. local time, killing one and injuring seven others. More than 40 people are still stuck high above a mountain 19 hours after the incident. The accident occurred on the Tunektepe cable car just outside the Mediterranean city of Antalya during the busy Eid al-Fitr holiday. Operations to rescue the stranded people continued throughout the night. “128 citizens in 16 pods have been rescued under difficult conditions,” Okay Memis, director of the Turkish search and rescue ...
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A fire that spread through an Istanbul nightclub during renovations was likely caused by welding sparks igniting combustible material. That's according to local media in Turkey, citing fire department officials. The fire engulfed the popular Masquerade nightclub on Tuesday, trapping workers and club employees inside. Twenty-nine people were killed by the flames and another person was left with serious injuries. Authorities have detained nine people for questioning, including club managers and people in charge of the renovation work. The club had been closed for renovations during the holy mont...
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Turkey's main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in local elections on Sunday. The results are a major upset for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had set his sights on retaking control of those urban areas. With more than 90% of ballot boxes counted, incumbent Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, of the Republican People's Party (CHP) led by a wide margin in Turkey's largest city and economic hub, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. Mansur Yavas, mayor of the capital, Ankara, retained his seat with a stunning 25-point difference over his cha...
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Turkey's main opposition party appeared set to retain its control over key cities in local elections, preliminary results showed, in a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who had set his sights on retaking control of those urban areas.
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Turkey is holding local elections on Sunday that will decide who gets to control Istanbul and other key cities. The main battlegrounds are the country's economic hub of Istanbul and the capital of Ankara, both of which Erdogan lost in 2019, shattering his aura of invincibility. The 70-year-old Turkish president has set his sights on wresting back Istanbul, a city of 16 million people, where he was born and raised, and where he began his political career as mayor in 1994. A strong showing for Erdogan’s ruling Islamic-oriented Justice and Development Party, or AKP, would likely harden his resolv...
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Turkey is gearing up for municipal elections on 31 March, and the race has reached its apex. Last year's presidential election nail-biter is having a significant ripple effect on who might be chosen to rule in its metropoles. Local or not, this vote matters. Whoever wins in Istanbul might determine the trajectory of the entire country, including the future of the ruling AKP and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's legacy. So, what is different this time? And why is it important? Neither side is resting on laurelsIn the last municipal elections in 2019, the Turkish opposition achieved a significant...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose NATO-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, offered during a visit on Friday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to host a peace summit between the two countries. Erdogan, who has repeatedly discussed brokering a peace deal, said at a news conference in Istanbul following his meeting with Zelenskyy that he hoped Russia would be on board with Turkey’s offer. “Since the beginning, we have contributed as much as we could toward ending the war through negotiations," Erdogan said. "We are also rea...
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