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Turkey has recorded 110,682 new COVID-19 infections in the space of 24 hours, its highest daily figure of the pandemic, health ministry data showed on Wednesday. In late December, daily cases stood at about 20,000 but have since surged due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Data…

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Turkey Condemns Referring Kavala Case to ECHR as Interfering in Judiciary

A European human rights watchdog will refer the Turkish case against philanthropist Osman Kavala back to a top European court, Turkey's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, adding that the move amounted to interfering in its judiciary. Kavala, one of Turkey's highest-profile detainees, has been held for more than four years…

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Turkey condemns referring Kavala case to ECHR as interfering in judiciary

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Where can I travel to from the UK - and the 23 countries Brits are banned from

Where Brits can travel from the UK for holidays including France, Spain, Turkey, Portugal, Mexico and the USA - and the countries that are still keeping their borders closed during Covid

Daily Mirror

Turkey blames Greece after 12 migrants freeze to death near border

Turkish authorities have found the bodies of 12 migrants who froze to death near Greece, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Wednesday, accusing Greek guards of sending them back across the border without shoes.

Reuters

Turkey: 12 Migrants Freeze to Death after Greece Pushback

The bodies of 12 migrants who froze to death were found near Turkey's border with Greece, the Turkish interior minister said Wednesday, accusing Greek border guards of pushing them back over the frontier. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said tweeted that the 12 were among 22 migrants who were pushed back…

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Armenia, Turkey to resume first flights in two years

Historic rivals Turkey and Armenia were due Wednesday to resume their first commercial flights in two years as part of cautious efforts to normalise strained ties.

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Turkish air raids target the PKK in northern Syria and Iraq

Air attacks against PKK and YPG positions in northern Syria’s Derik and Sinjar, Karacak in northern Iraq.

Al Jazeera

Erdogan Seeks Payoff from Russia-US Clash on Ukraine

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will try to leverage his strategic position in NATO and his rapport with Russia's Vladimir Putin when he visits Kyiv on Thursday in a bid to head off war in Ukraine. The veteran Turkish leader hopes mediation between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky can…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How impact of bad roads can be worse than an earthquake

Ten-year study of a town in Turkey showed poor construction caused more than 90% of landslips

The Guardian - UK

US, Turkish Presidential Advisers Discuss ‘Russian Aggression’ in Ukraine

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Ibrahim Kalin, chief adviser to the president of Turkey, spoke on Tuesday and discussed their commitment to "deter further Russian aggression against Ukraine", the White House said in a statement. Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber said Kalin told Sullivan that Turkey would provide…

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U.S., Turkish presidential advisers discuss 'Russian aggression' in Ukraine

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Ibrahim Kalin, chief adviser to the president of Turkey, spoke on Tuesday and discussed their commitment to "deter further Russian aggression against Ukraine", the White House said in a statement.

Reuters

New talks could see Turkey and Armenia reopen their borders after 30 years

Hopes are growing Turkey and Armenia could reopen their borders after nearly thirty years after Turkish Armenian envoys described last month's diplomatic talks as "constructive and positive,"

Radio France Internationale

In Turkey, soaring inflation hits consumers hard

In Turkey, inflation reached a record annual rate of 36 percent at the end of 2021. The Turkish lira has plummeted and in supermarkets, workers are forced to change price tags on basic necessities several times a day. Turks are increasingly struggling to buy staple foods like flour and milk.…

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Wales Online

Jet2holidays announces half-term money-saving getaways for winter sunseekers

The holiday firm has a range of sunny beach breaks to Malta, Cyprus, Portugal and Turkey available, departing from its 10 UK bases

Nottingham Post

Jet2 February half-term holiday packages with flights to Malta, Cyprus, Portugal and Turkey

The airline says it's perfect for for a last-minute holiday in warmer climes

Leeds Live

Jet2 February half term holiday deals to Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Turkey

Jet2 has some affordable four and five-star hotel and flight packages to escape the Yorkshire winter gloom with deals for half-term holidays to Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Turkey

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With flights set to resume, what next for Turkish-Armenian ties?

Relaunching of Istanbul-Yerevan flights seen as key step in diplomatic efforts to re-establish official relations.

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Daily Mirror

Cheap half term holidays in February from £161pp including France, Spain and Greece

Cheap half term holidays including deals from TUI, easyJet, Jet2, On the Beach and more to destinations like France, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus

Wales Online

British ex-pats in Ukraine fear being stranded amid Russian invasion fears

Most UK nationals plan to escape by air but if the airport is blitzed they will drive west towards Poland or head to the Black Sea to catch ferry to Turkey

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Turkish Crypto Company Bitci to Open Exchanges in Brazil, Spain

Turkish blockchain technology company Bitci aims to open a cryptocurrency trading platform in Brazil in Februaryin an international expansion where Spain is next in line, Chief Executive Onur Altan Tan said in an interview. Founded in 2018 in the resort town of Bodrum in southwest Turkey, Bitci operates a cryptocurrency…

Liverpool Echo

EasyJet's message for people travelling to Greece and Turkey this summer

Many destinations popular with UK holidaymakers continue to require coronavirus tests for arrivals

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: how fake passports allow IS members to enter Europe and US

Seller whose passports have been used by those who illegally crossed Syrian border says: ‘it is not my job to see who is bad’

Daily Mirror

Campaigners call for Turkey holidays boycott over 'dog genocides'

Horrifying images and footage have emerged, showing street dogs being rounded up in Turkey to be killed or left to starve to death in filthy cages

Nottingham Post

Countries British tourists can visit without Covid tests if you're vaccinated

Many are welcoming the return of British countries.

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