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November 15, 2022

Turkish police arrest 50 people over deadly Istanbul explosion

Turkish police have detained a total of 50 people suspected of being connected to the explosion that killed six people and injured several dozens in Istanbul.

November 14, 2022

Turkish police detain Syrian suspect in connection to deadly Istanbul bombing

Turkish police have detained a Syrian woman with alleged links to Kurdish militants for confessing to planting the bomb that killed six and injured serval dozens in Istanbul.

November 13, 2022

Istanbul explosion rips through popular street market, killing 6, 81 injured: reports

An explosion in Istanbul, Turkey killed six people and injured at least 81 after ripping through the popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue.

November 13, 2022

Explosion on Istanbul’s pedestrian avenue; deaths reported

Fire trucks and police responded to an explosion on a popular pedestrian avenue in Istanbul Sunday afternoon that left people dead and injured, with the cause of the explosion unclear.

November 7, 2022

World’s tallest woman takes first flight after airline makes big accommodations

Rumeysa Gelgi, a Turkish woman who is ranked as the tallest living woman in the world, took her first flight after the airline removed six economy seats to accommodate her.

November 2, 2022

Teen plummets to her death trying to retrieve her cellphone

A Turkish teen fell four stories to her death Oct. 12 after dropping her cellphone and losing her footing when she tried to grab it, according to local reports.

November 2, 2022

Russia rejoins Ukraine grain export wartime deal

Russia agreed to resume its role in exporting grain under the Turkey-UN brokered deal with Ukraine to secure Black Sea shipping lanes.

October 29, 2022

Turkish man sentenced to life in prison for pushing pregnant wife off cliff to collect on insurance policy

A 41-year-old Turkish man was sentenced to life in prison for pushing his pregnant wife off a 1,000-foot cliff in a plot to collect on her life insurance policy.

October 21, 2022

Turkish pop star Gulsen makes her first court appearance in religious school joke case

A Turkish pop star, who was arrested for “inciting hatred and enmity” by making a joke about the country's religious schools, pleaded not guilty in her first court appearance.

October 19, 2022

Turkish researchers confirm Santa Claus' original burial site, find St. Nicholas' tomb under fresco of Jesus

Italian merchants stole the remains of St. Nicholas from his initial resting place, and a mix of flooding, humidity and other conditions obscured the location.