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May 15, 2023

Enes Kanter Freedom blasts Elon Musk over Twitter restricting content in Turkey: 'Bowing down to dictatorship'

Enes Kanter Freedom slammed Elon Musk on Monday over the platform's alleged silencing of dissidents in Turkey before the country's presidential election.

May 15, 2023

Turkey election: President Erdogan, challenger are headed to May 28 runoff

Turkey's presidential election will now be decided in a May 28 runoff after neither President Erdogan nor his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu, won outright.

May 13, 2023

Deepfakes, porn tapes, bots: How AI has shaped a vital NATO ally's presidential election

One candidate already dropped out of the race after an alleged sex tape surfaced on social media, but the candidate claimed it was the product of deepfake technology.

May 10, 2023

Greece rescues 17 more migrants from river islet on Turkish border

Greek authorities rescued 17 Syrian migrants, including eight children, from an islet in the Evros River. The rescue came just a week after a similar incident involving 39 migrants.

May 10, 2023

Turkey's Erdogan Stockholm syndrome pleases Putin, threatens NATO

Tayyip Erdogan's Turkey is now the primary obstacle to Sweden joining NATO.

May 9, 2023

Turkey trial begins for 36 people involved in deadly Istanbul bombing

The trial for 36 people who were involved in a deadly Istanbul bombing began Thurday in Turkey. The explosion tore through Istanbul’s popular Istiklal Avenue on Nov. 13, 2022.

May 8, 2023

Turkish economist, former head of UN Development Program Kemal Dervis dies at age of 74

The former head of the United Nations Development Program Kemal Dervis died at the age of 74. Dervis was also an economist from Turkey.

May 8, 2023

Turkish authorities detain over a dozen people during opposition rally that was cut short due to violence

A Turkish opposition election rally was shut down early due to violence. Police in the country detained over a dozen people and used water cannons to disperse the crowd.

May 5, 2023

Video shows Ukrainian delegate punching Russian official who grabbed flag

A Ukrainian delegate was captured on video punching a Russian official on the sidelines of an Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation meeting in Ankara, Turkey.

May 3, 2023

Greek authorities pull 39 migrants from river islet on Turkish border

Greek authorities on Wednesday announced the rescue of 39 migrants, self-reported as Syrian nationals, from an islet in the river Evros along the Balkan nation's Turkish border.