Türkiye
‘Intimidation’: US, Turkey furious after dual citizen killed in West Bank
Two witnesses said the young woman who had attended a protest and was “just standing there” was shot in the head by Israeli forces who had opened fire.
- by Kareem Fahim, Loveday Morris and John Hudson
Latest
Wildfires across Turkey threaten Anzac graves on Gallipoli peninsula
At the site where an Allied landing was beaten back by Ottoman troops in 1915, the flames reached Canterbury Cemetery, where 22 soldiers from New Zealand are interred.
- by Rob Harris
A reporter, a Russian killer and everyone else freed in the prisoner swap
Twenty-four prisoners were freed in a multi-country exchange on Friday, the largest exchange between Russia and the West in years.
- by Ivan Nechepurenko, Valerie Hopkins and Alina Lobzina
Updated
Putin's Russia
‘Day of great joy’: Russia frees Wall Street Journal reporter in major prisoner swap
Evan Gershkovich and two other American prisoners have touched down in the US after the deal saw 24 prisoners from the US, Russia, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Belarus freed.
- by Matthew Lee
Seven secrets of the Mediterranean’s best-preserved ancient site
Ephesus, a Greco-Roman trading city, gives you a fine impression of daily life in classical times.
- by Brian Johnston
Erdogan vows to make amends after humbling ‘loss of altitude’
Turkey’s opposition won the popular vote for the first time in decades, dealing a blow to the strongman who hoped a new constitution would extend his power.
- by Daren Butler and Ece Toksabay
How solo women are travelling the world’s most challenging destinations, safely
If your idea of women-only travel is a group of 20-somethings on a girls’ spa tour, it’s time for a rethink.
- by Belinda Jackson
Turkish Airlines to launch flights to Australia in March
One of the world’s largest airlines will begin flying from Melbourne to Istanbul in March, a move expected to lower airfares ahead of summer in Europe.
- by Amelia McGuire
Iran seizes oil tanker involved in US-Iran dispute in Gulf of Oman: state media
The seizure of the Marshall Islands-flagged St Nikolas coincides with weeks of attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militias targeting Red Sea shipping routes.
- by Jana Choukeir, Ahmed Elimam and Robert Harvey
Would-be Dutch PM Geert Wilders calls for a pro-secular leader in Turkey
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defeated Turkey’s pro-secular party earlier this year to take his 20-year rule well into a third decade.
- by Cagan Koc
Size matters: The world’s 10 best megacities you must visit
Whatever you desire in a big city, you will find it. Here’s how to embrace (and survive) some of the world’s top megacities.
- by Ben Groundwater
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/t-rkiye-gaf