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a picture of İmamoğlu wearing a suit and tie and smiling against a red background

Former Istanbul mayor Imamoglu leaves CHP to join Özgür Özel’s new party

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A space rocket bearing the Turkish flag sets off from Earth towards the Moon

Turkey to send its own spacecraft to the Moon in 2027

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an image depicting an ancient army of hoplites in a dark landscape, gazing at a massive solar eclipse in the sky

The solar eclipse that brought a battle to a halt more than 2,000 years ago

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a picture of a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet alongside several images of the moment the aircraft crashed, causing a huge explosion

Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashes during a training flight

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the fall of Assad in Syria

Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death ‘in absentia’

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Archaeologists discover a statue of a Greek god in Aspendos

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Turkey: Iran responds to Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, which Egypt may join

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a depiction of Troy (Ilium) dating from around the 5th century BC, showing the fortified citadel on the hill, filled with temples and palaces, the lower town and the harbour

Troy: history of the city that survived its own legend

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Manifest

Music Video: Toz pembe (Manifest)

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several images of an Akıncı drone dropping a Tolun-P bunker-busting bomb on a concrete structure, which is completely destroyed

Turkey successfully tests anti-bunker bomb from Akıncı combat drone

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif after signing the Mecca Defence Agreement

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign historic mutual defence pact

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several images captured by CCTV cameras showing the moment a building collapses, and another showing the collapsed building from the air

Cameras capture the moment a building collapses in Istanbul

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a series of composite images of a Lydian statue found at Sardis, being examined by archaeologists

Archaeologists discover a 2,500-year-old statue in the ruins of Sardis, Turkey

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A woman looking at the camera, wearing a Turkish Air Force pilot’s uniform, poses with a helmet under her arm next to a helicopter

Turkey appoints first-ever female Air Force general

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Dozens of hot-air balloons of various shapes and colours rise above the landscape of Cappadocia; in the foreground is a red one depicting a friendly, smiling crab

International Balloon Festival once again brings colour to the skies over Cappadocia

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the silhouette of Istanbul from the Bosphorus, bathed in golden hues, with the sun high in the sky

New heatwave to bring temperatures of over 40 °C to Turkey

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flames and smoke billowing from a wooded hill on fire

Wildfires in Turkey: 29 suspects identified and 6 arrested

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various fruits, vegetables and other foodstuffs in the background, and above them a hand showing a small shopping trolley and holding several Turkish lira banknotes

Inflation in Turkey fell below 32% in July

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Alexander the Great ordering his men to attack the Persians at the Battle of the Granicus River

The Battle of the Granicus: the victory that opened Asia to Alexander the Great

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İkilem

Music Video: İçiyorum ederimize (İkilem & Tuğba Yurt)

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a front view of a prototype of the Turkish KAAN fighter jet taxiing down a runway

Turkish KAAN fighter jet successfully completes first runway test

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a fire engine in the middle of a forest ablaze at night

Wildfires in Turkey: firefighting efforts continue in Alanya (Antalya) and Muğla

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several vehicles travelling along a motorway next to a burning hill and surrounded by smoke, set against an orange, almost apocalyptic backdrop

Wildfires show no sign of abating in western and southern Turkey

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remains of a cobbled Roman street alongside a group of archaeologists

Archaeologists discover evidence of the great earthquake that destroyed Troy

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several images of the forest fires in Kaş, Antalya

Turkey battles Kaş wildfire in Antalya while sending aid to Spain and France

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several images showing a replica of the ship from The Odyssey on display at the Troy Museum

Troy Museum exhibits a replica of the ship from The Odyssey

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A fire-fighting aircraft is dropping water onto a forest fire raging in a woodland

Turkey sends aircraft to Spain to help tackle the wildfires in Madrid and Ávila

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Players from the Turkish women’s national volleyball team celebrate their second gold medal in the Volleyball Nations League (VNL)

Turkey’s women’s volleyball team wins its second Nations League title

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