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Turkey says 12 killed, 438 injured in Aegean Sea earthquake
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], October 31 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 12 people were killed and 438 others were injured at a strong earthquake that hit Turkey's western province of Izmir on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
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Erdogan joins hundreds of worshippers for first Muslim prayers at Hagia So
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], July 24 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by a cabinet minister and other top officials, joined hundreds of worshippers to recite the first Muslim prayers inside Hagia Sophia on Friday, Al Jazeera reported.
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COVID-19: Europe should give up overdependence on China and look for an al
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], June 3 (ANI): Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and experts believe that the European Union that has been hit hard economically due to Wuhan-originated coronavirus should look for an alternative to China.
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Turkey reports over 1,100 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], May 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Turkey confirmed over 1,100 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, while the death toll increased by more than 30 in that period, the country's health minister Fahrettin Koca said.
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Erdogan to discuss migrant issues with EU in Brussels
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Mar 9 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday (local time) said that he will hold talks with European Union officials in Brussels, as he called in Greece to "open the gates" for refugees at Turkey's border trying to get into Europe.
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Taliban leader Ehsan says he escaped to Turkey with family
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Feb 07 (ANI): Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) former spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, who escaped from jail in Pakistan early this month, said that he is in Turkey along with his family.
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Number of people injured in hard landing in Istanbul Airport reaches 52
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Feb 05 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of people injured as a result of the hard landing that a plane of the Turkish Pegasus airline made in Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen International Airport has reached 52, the administration of Istanbul mayor said on Wednesday.
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Turkish airliner skids off runway, breaks apart; many injured
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Feb 5 (ANI) A commercial flight with 177 people skidded off the runway and appeared to have broken into two while landing at the Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen airport on Wednesday, CNN reported. No fatalities have been reported yet.
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Turkey welcomes 2020 with fireworks at Bosphorus strait
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey] Jan 1 (ANI): Hundreds of people turned out in Turkey to watch the spectacular and glittering fireworks at the Bosphorus strait of Istanbul city for the New Year celebrations.
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Pak FM Qureshi boycotts V K Singh's speech at Istanbul conference
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Dec 10 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday boycotted the speech of Minister of State VK Singh at the Heart of Asia Conference here.
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Turkey: 30 people injured in Istanbul earthquake
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Sept 27 (Sputnik/ANI): At least thirty people have been injured in an earthquake in Istanbul, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Friday.
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5.8 magnitude earthquake rattles Western Turkey
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Sept 26 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck Western Turkey on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
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