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Turkey's parliament debates Erdogan's media 'disinformation' bill

Turkish lawmakers began debating on Tuesday a contentious media bill, proposed by President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party and its nationalist allies, that the opposition and media rights groups say will intensify a years-long crackdown on critical reporting.

Reuters

Brother murdered sister and hung body from gas pipe 'because she came home late'

Selim Kantar confessed to killing his half-sister Dilsen Avci, 30, at the family home in Turkey in 2020. Unrepentant Kantar told a court: "I'd do it again". Femicide is a growing problem in Turkey, particularly after the country officially quit the Istanbul Convention in July last year

Daily Mirror

Veterinary nurse who had to be restrained on flight after downing vodka allowed to keep job

Katherine Heyes 29, drank a bottle of vodka with two friends on a flight to Turkey from Manchester

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ITV announce Love Island winners’ spin-off Ekin Su and Davide: Homecomings

The two-part series will see the couple head off on ‘two trips of a lifetime’ to Davide’s beloved Italy and Ekin-Su’s hometown in Turkey

Evening Standard

Construction of two new Islay ferries begins

The steel cutting ceremony took place at a shipyard in Turkey where the vessels are being made

Insider UK

Ekin-Su and Davide series officially announced by ITV2 following Love Island win

ITV2 will follow the Love Island 2022 winners in a new series called Ekin-Su & Davide: Homecomings

Wales Online

Love Island winners Ekin-Su and Davide announce brand new travel series for ITV2

Love Island winners Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti have announced their brand new travel TV show titled Ekin-Su & Davide: Homecomings, which will see them head to Turkey and Italy

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Greece would say 'yes' to a Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting if Turkey asked

Greece said on Monday it would welcome any Turkish request for a meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a European summit in Prague this week.

Reuters

Spiced beef, salty cheese fill Turkey’s top street food

In street stalls and restaurants across Istanbul, cooks stretch dough paper thin and stuff it with spiced ground meat, greens and chewy white cheese

The Independent UK

Record inflation squeezes Turkish tobacco workers, owners

Tobacco growers in southeast Turkey's Celikhan district are feeling the pinch as annual inflation reaches a new 24-year high

The Independent UK

Fleeing Russians follow path of 1917 refugees to Istanbul

Vladimir Putin’s military draft “changed everything” for the tens of thousands of Russians who have fled their country since the Russian leader’s mobilization was announced last month

The Independent UK

Russia smuggling Ukrainian grain to help pay for Putin's war

An investigation by The Associated Press and the PBS series “Frontline” has documented a sophisticated Russian-run smuggling operation that has used falsified manifests and seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain worth at least $530 million

The Independent UK

U.S. and Turkish officials discuss Ukraine and NATO in unannounced meeting

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's chief adviser Ibrahim Kalin in Istanbul on Sunday and discussed "progress on NATO accession for Finland and Sweden", the White House said in a statement.

Reuters

Greece says it's open to talks with Turkey once provocations end

Greece wants to have a constructive dialogue with Turkey based on international law but its Aegean neighbour must halt its unprecedented escalation of provocations, the Greek foreign minister said on Sunday.

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The Guardian - UK

Turkey must give me the evidence it has about the murder of my husband, Jamal Khashoggi

My fight for justice continues. I need details about the plot and the technology that was exploited, says Hanan Khashoggi, widow of the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Reuters

Turkey strikes 23 PKK members in northern Iraq air raid

Turkey struck 23 members of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in an air raid some 140 kilometres (90 miles)into northern Iraq, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Minister: Greece can defend islands despite Turkey's threats

Greece’s defense minister says his country has the right to take “all defensive measures” to protect its easternmost islands amid threats by neighboring Turkey that dispute Greek sovereignty rights and raise the specter of war

Radio France Internationale

Turkish 'Madonna' faces jail as crackdown on pop music intensifies

One of Turkey's leading pop stars, Gulsen, dubbed the Turkish Madonna, is facing jail as a crackdown on pop music intensifies. The crackdown is seen as an attempt by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erodgan to court his religious base as elections loom amid youth dissatisfaction at economic malaise.

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Daily Mirror

Murderer who beheaded student, 21, with saw kills himself in his prison cell

Mustafa Murat Ayhan had confessed to murdering victim Azra Gulendam Haytaoglu and brutally cutting her body into 13 pieces in Turkey before killing himself in his prison cell in Diyarbakir

Reuters

Turkey rejects Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territory

Turkey's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it rejects Russia's annexation of four regions in Ukraine, adding the decision is a "grave violation" of international law.

Liverpool Echo

Mum 'looked like Nanny McPhee' before getting 'Turkey teeth'

Sally Murphy said she was quoted £19,000 for dental work in the UK

Al Jazeera

Amid war, Europeans support a more ‘geopolitical European Union’

The latest Transatlantic Trends survey finds that Europeans consider the EU equally important to NATO for safety.

Reuters

Sweden resumes arms exports to Turkey after NATO membership bid

Sweden's Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP) said on Friday it had resumed giving permissions for exports of military equipment to Turkey, reversing a ban in place since 2019.

The National (Scotland)

Scoland vs Turkey friendly doubt after knives thrown in fixture riot at proposed venue

SCOTLAND'S next match in Turkey is in serious doubt at the proposed venue of Diyarbakır after a match there was halted when fans threw knives at…

Daily Record

Scotland venue for Turkey friendly in doubt after locals attacked players with KNIVES during chaotic scenes

Steve Clarke's side are due to end a terrific year with a game in Diyarbakir but there were ugly scenes at a game in the stadium at the weekend.

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