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Demet Akalın

Music Video: Bi’ şey mi dedin? (Demet Akalın)

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the interior of Hagia Sophia, used as a mosque

Erdogan marks the sixth anniversary of the reopening of Hagia Sophia as a mosque

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Özgür Özel is signing some documents in an office; in the background there is a Turkish flag, various decorative items, and a wall bearing a quote signed by Atatürk

Özel becomes Turkey’s new opposition leader after founding his ‘New Party’ with 90 CHP MPs

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A man is holding a kitten, just a few days old, in his hands; in the background, there are images of a helicopter dropping water on a forest fire that is approaching some houses

Forest fire in Fethiye, Turkey: a kitten miraculously survives the devastation

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In the foreground, a locust perched on a wall; in the background, the Galata Tower and several buildings in Istanbul situated on the other side of the Golden Horn estuary

Turkish authorities deny reports of a locust plague in Istanbul

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Huge flames are burning an area of woodland and are approaching a house

Dozens evacuated as forest fires ravage south-western Turkey

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Forensic experts, military personnel and emergency services are surrounding the wreckage of a helicopter in a field

One dead, one injured in helicopter crash on outskirts of Ankara

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An aerial view of Lake Tuz in Turkey, completely tinged with pink-red, contrasting with the white shoreline and the yellowish fields surrounding it

Spectacular images of Turkey’s Lake Tuz turned pink

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Özgür Özel standing on a podium adorned with a large red banner bearing the initials of the CHP party, surrounded by journalists

Özgür Özel, former Turkish opposition leader, leaves CHP to found new party

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a cargo ship billowing smoke and showing signs of impact and fire damage to its structure

Ukraine blames Russia for deadly attack on Turkish cargo ship in Odessa

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The Spanish national team celebrates their World Cup victory alongside a picture of Messi in tears

Turkey hails Spain after World Cup win against Argentina

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Derya Uluğ

Music Video: Şımarık (Derya Uluğ)

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an image showing Beşiktaş and Galatasaray players in a match, alongside a person handling money and placing bets

Nearly 20 club officials detained over illegal betting in Turkish football

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Rescue teams sent by Turkey following the earthquake in Venezuela pose at the airport with the flags of both countries next to a Turkish Air Force aircraft

Turkish rescue teams sent to Venezuela after earthquakes return home

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a picture of several Turkish celebrities detained in an anti-drugs operation, including the singers Sıla Gençoğlu and İlyas Yalçıntaş and the producer Fatih Aksoy

25 celebrities arrested in new anti-drug operation in Turkey

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a picture of a smiling Mauro Icardi wearing a Galatasaray shirt and placing his hand on his chest in the middle of a stadium

Mauro Icardi leaves Galatasaray as the club’s all-time leading foreign goalscorer

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Several people sitting and looking out over the waters of the Golden Horn in Istanbul, next to a ferry; the Galata Tower can be seen in the background

Is Istanbul losing population? Nearly 400,000 people left the city in one year

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numerous images showing different moments of the attempted coup in Turkey on 15 July 2016, with the cleric Fethullah Gülen speaking on the telephone in the middle of them

10 years since the failed coup in Turkey

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pictures of the Turkish singer Haluk Levent in a limousine and in an artistic photograph

42 people arrested in corruption probe into Turkish singer Haluk Levent

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Netanyahu in the foreground with a serious expression; in the background, footage of the Sumud flotilla and the Israeli boarding operation, alongside footage of the bombings in Gaza and the civilian casualties

Turkey issues an international arrest warrant for Netanyahu

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a Venezuelan flag next to a building that collapsed in the earthquakes, filled with rescue workers

Turkey sends 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Venezuela following the earthquakes

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Yalın

Music Video: Akşamüstü (Yalın)

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Turkish actor Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ alongside world champion Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, getting ready to get on a motorbike at a race circuit.

Turkish actor Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ rides with world champions at a motorbike circuit

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hot-air balloons taking off at a spectacular sunrise in Cappadocia

Cappadocia is the world’s best destination for watching the sunset

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an image showing Erdoğan and Putin shaking hands, alongside the flags of Turkey and Russia; in the background are an S-400 system, an F-35 fighter jet and a US flag

Turkey negotiates with Russia over S-400 sale to third country to unblock F-35s

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a protest mainly involving Turkish women carrying placards against gender-based violence and femicides

Over 200 women killed in gender-based violence in Turkey so far in 2026

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several photos of the Turkish actress Ece İrtem

Ece İrtem: cause of young Turkish actress’s death revealed

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images depicting Netanyahu and Erdoğan looking at each other warily; in the background, an F-35 fighter jet and the US flag can be seen

Netanyahu opposes the US supplying F-35 fighter jets to Turkey

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