This is Beirut, 18/11 13:39 - Reading : less than a minute
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Diverging reports have emerged regarding Hamas's presence in Turkey. On one side, Israeli media claim that several senior Hamas officials, who had been based in Doha since 2012, have left Qatar to settle in Turkey, citing U.S. pressure to expel the group’s leaders. This relocation reportedly coincided with Qatar's suspension of ...
This is Beirut, 17/11 16:50 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog canceled his visit to Azerbaijan due to Turkey's ban on overflying its airspace, according to Azerbaijani media outlet Caliber. Herzog was scheduled to attend COP29 alongside other global leaders. Israeli media had initially reported that the cancellation of the trip was due to security concerns. In May, Herzog ...
This is Beirut, 14/11 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, but they mostly fell out of use with the advent of running water. Today, many in Turkey are being restored to revive an ancient ritual bathing tradition. A mainstay of old Turkish films, hammam scenes were highly entertaining—a free space where women socialized, ate, drank, and even ...
This is Beirut, 08/11 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The organizers of a film festival in Istanbul announced its cancellation on Thursday in protest, following local authorities' ban on the screening of the film Queer, starring former "James Bond" actor Daniel Craig. "A few hours before the opening, authorities in the Kadikoy district informed us that the screening of Queer, scheduled for the ...
Maryline Jellad, 07/11 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Chaos, uncertainty, bloodshed, and death — along with the images of destruction etched into our minds — have become our daily reality. These scenes of horror linger around us, replaying endlessly in our heads, becoming nothing short of stored trauma. As for the faint hope of a ceasefire, that light at the end of the tunnel is constantly pushed ...
This is Beirut, 04/11 17:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The outcome of Tuesday's knife-edge US election is unlikely to have much of an impact on the tepid ties between Washington and Ankara, although presidential chemistry might help, experts say. Long gone is the closeness of the 1990s when the United States and Turkey saw each other as indispensable allies. Following an extended period of soul ...
This is Beirut, 04/11 09:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors facing terrorism charges in the Kurdish-majority southeast and replaced them with trustees, the interior ministry said. The mayors in the cities of Mardin and Batman as well as Halfeti -- a district in the Sanliurfa province -- were removed from their positions, the ministry said. The three from the ...
This is Beirut, 03/11 17:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey's foreign ministry said Sunday it had submitted a letter to the United Nations, signed by 52 countries and two organizations, calling for a halt in arms deliveries to Israel. “We have written a joint letter calling on all countries to stop the sale of arms and ammunition to Israel. We delivered this letter, which has 54 ...
This is Beirut, 03/11 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Turkey on Sunday said it was committed to deepening relations with Africa, which it and called on to back diplomatic support for Palestinians, as it held its latest African summit in Djibouti. Turkey has invested heavily across Africa in recent years, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan carrying out 50 visits to 31 countries during his two ...
This is Beirut, 24/10 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Thursday that Turkish airstrikes killed 12 civilians in northeastern Syria, following a deadly attack on a defense firm near Ankara. "Over the past hours, a new wave of (Turkish) attacks on northern and eastern Syria" killed "12 civilians, including two children," and wounded 25 others, a ...
This is Beirut, 23/10 21:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Turkey's interior minister on Wednesday pointed the finger at the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged a decades-long insurgency against the government, over a deadly attack on a defense firm near the capital Ankara. "The identification process and the search for fingerprints are continuing and we will say which terrorist ...
This is Beirut, 23/10 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Three people were killed and 14 others wounded in an attack on a top Turkish defense firm near Ankara, Turkey's interior minister said Wednesday. "We have three martyrs and 14 injured in the attack," wrote Ali Yerlikaya on X, also saying "two terrorists were neutralized" in the incident at the headquarters of state-run Turkish Aerospace ...