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Türkiye’s fund scandal hits nearly half a million investors and implicates AK Party figures

An investment fund scandal in Türkiye has left nearly half a million people facing uncertainty over their savings, prompted the resignation of a senior ruling-party politician and raised questions about whether regulators failed to act on warning signs. Türkiye’s Capital Markets Board (SPK) ord...

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Who is Turhan Mildon? Seven facts about the Turkish tycoon who married Trump’s former lawyer

Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon has made international headlines after marrying Alina Habba, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, at New York’s Waldorf Astoria on 26 September. Described as a billionaire by NDTV and other media outlets, the groom heads a family business with an expanding in...

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Could Elif Eralp become Berlin’s first Turkish-origin mayor?

History could be in the making after a Turkish-origin mayoral candidate came out on top in recent state elections. Elif Eralp and her party Die Linke (‘The Left’) made unprecedent gains, taking first place at the ballot box and garnering over a quarter of the overall vote.Her party’s performance has...

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Türkiye faces mounting plastic pollution crisis as record waste imports pile pressure on environment

Türkiye is grappling with a growing plastic waste problem, with new research revealing alarming levels of microplastic pollution around recycling facilities while environmental groups warn that record quantities of waste imported from Europe are adding to the country’s own domestic plastic burden.Th...

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Fifty-two years on, 15 victims of Atlılar massacre laid to rest as memorial museum opens

Fifteen Turkish Cypriot victims of the 1974 massacre at Atlılar, including a baby just 40 days old and another aged 16 months, have finally been laid to rest under their own names, 52 years after they were killed.The victims, whose remains were identified following work by the Committee on Missing P...

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Thirty years on, North Cyprus remembers soldier Allahverdi Kılıç, killed on Green Line duty

Thirty years ago today, a 20-year-old soldier serving in the Turkish Cypriot Security Forces was shot dead while standing guard close to Cyprus’ Green Line.Private Allahverdi Kılıç was killed in the early hours of 8 September 1996 at a sentry post in Güvercinlik, near the British Sovereign Base Area...

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British Turkish Cypriot strongman Mehmet Musa eyes 400kg challenge after world record feat

Carrying 300kg for eight metres would be a formidable challenge for most people. British Turkish Cypriot strongman Mehmet Musa did it every day for 60 consecutive days – and says that by the end, it was beginning to feel like a “warm-up”.The Islington-born athlete made headlines earlier this year af...

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British Turkish Cypriot takes ITV to Ofcom over Coronation Street Cyprus apology and ‘erasure’ of his community

A British Turkish Cypriot has filed a formal complaint with Ofcom and challenged ITV over its handling of a controversy surrounding references to the “Turkish” and “Greek” sides of Cyprus in an episode of Coronation Street.Abdullah Suleyman has accused the broadcaster of effectively “erasing” Turkis...

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Girne passenger ferry disaster: live updates

T-VINE Magazine is providing live updates on the key developments following Sunday’s tragic Filo Jet passenger ferry disaster off the coast of Girne, which has claimed at least eight lives and left a further 20 people missing.Our ongoing coverage includes the search for those still unaccounted for,...

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Girne ferry disaster: eight dead and 18 missing after Filo Jet passenger boat capsizes and sinks off coast of North Cyprus

At least eight people have died and 18 remain missing after a passenger ferry carrying 267 people capsized and sank shortly after leaving Girne in one of the worst maritime disasters in Cyprus in decades.A massive search-and-rescue operation involving Turkish Cypriot and Turkish ships, aircraft, hel...

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