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Israeli footballer for Antalyaspor arrested in Turkiye after dedicating goal to 7 Oct. hostages

Turkish authorities are investigating an Israeli professional footballer who plays for Antalyaspor after he showed solidarity with Israel during a Turkish Super Lig match on Sunday.Antalyaspor winger Sagiv Jehezkel celebrated scoring against Trabzonspor by showing cameras his bandaged wrist, which h...

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Celebrities call for justice for Isias Hotel victims and families as trial into deaths deferred to April

A host of celebrities, including singers Robbie Williams and Haluk Levent and actors Tamer Hassan and John Hannah, have publicly backed the families of Isias Hotel victims, demanding answers as to why the hotel collapsed and justice for the victims as the trial into their deaths got underway in Turk...

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Football: Brentford sign Turkish 'wonderkid' Yunus Emre Konak from Sivasspor

A 17-year-old footballer from Turkiye, Yunus Emre Konak, has been signed by Premier League side Brentford. According to SKY Sports, which broke the news in the UK on Thursday, the West London side have “agreed a deal in principle” with the midfielder, which will come into effect on Emre Konak’s 18th...

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TRNC Prime Minister joins bereaved families in Adıyaman as Isias Hotel earthquake trial gets underway

A trial into whether the owners of Isias Hotel in Adıyaman are culpable after it collapsed killing 72 people -- including a group of schoolchildren from North Cyprus -- following a massive earthquake in southeast Turkiye last February, has got underway.TRNC Prime Minister Ünal Üstel is among a deleg...

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From the new Ercan Airport to Barbie’s pink mules, and overseas voting in Turkiye’s Presidential Elections, here are T-VINE’s big stories of 2023

T-VINE Magazine readers really do love a good news story. Two thirds of our most well-read and commented stories of 2023 were about positive developments, charity or success stories.There are four separate news items about the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus that feature in our Top 15, including ou...

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Turkiye’s Central Bank raises interest rates to 42.5% to combat high inflation

A return to orthodox fiscal policies in Turkiye has seen a steep rise in interest rates as the Turkish government and Central Bank seek to check rampant inflation.On Thursday, as expected, the Central Bank announced a rise in interest rates – the seventh consecutive monthly increase.The 250 basis po...

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Turkish MP accused AKP government of being ‘Israel’s accomplice’ moments before suffering a heart attack

An MP from the religious Felicity ['Saadet'] Party has passed away two days after suffering a heart attack in the Turkish Parliament on Tuesday.Hasan Bitmez, 53, gave a blistering 20-minute speech in the Grand National Assembly where he fiercely criticised the Turkish government for maintaining norm...

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Ankaragücü president Faruk Koca arrested for punching referee after Süper Lig game

Faruk Koca, the president of a top-flight Turkish football club, and two others have been detained following a violent brawl that involved the match referee being punched and kicked in the head at the end of a Süper Lig match between MKE Ankaragücü and Çaykur Rizespor.The arrests were confirmed by t...

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Arrest warrant issued after Somali President’s son flees abroad following fatal road crash in Istanbul

Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the son of Somalia’s president, Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, after he was involved in a fatal road crash that killed a courier in Istanbul.Mr Mohamud was driving a car registered to the Somali consulate on 30 November when he struck the back o...

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From foe to friend, Turkiye and Greece sign over a dozen agreements to shape “new era”

It was all smiles between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Greek host, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, after the pair met in Athens as part of the 5th Greece-Turkiye High Level Cooperation Council.The two leaders signed a joint declaration to pursue good neighbourly relations, mark...

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