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Prime Minister Receives Turkish Foreign Minister
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani received today the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the sisterly Republic of Turkiye HE Hakan...
A Historic Turning Point in Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict
ImpACT International
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For nearly four decades, the conflict between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has been one of the most entrenched insurgencies in the region, costing over 40,000 lives, including many Kurdish civilians. In 2025,...
Şimşek says Türkiye's current account gap to stay at sustainable level
Sabah
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August 13, 2025
Türkiye's current account deficit is expected to increase slightly but remain at a sustainable level of around 1.5% of national income by the end of the year, Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Wednesday. According to the...
Troy’s Fall “Partly Due” to Environmental Strain
Greek Reporter
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August 13, 2025
The ancient city of Troy, present-day Turkey. Credit: Sonse / CC BY 2.0 Beneath the ancient city of Troy’s shining walls, the earth quietly cracked under the weight of its ambition. Sometimes the seeds of collapse are sown in the very soil of...
Report: Japan to Massively Integrate Turkish and US Drones to Secure Strategic Islands by 2026
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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The Japanese government is preparing the budget for the next fiscal year with plans to allocate more than 1 trillion yen, or approximately 6.3 billion US dollars, for the acquisition of drones for the Self-Defense Forces. This initiative, reported...
Turkey-PKK Peace Process: 7 Hopeful Steps Towards a Historic Breakthrough
teleSUR
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Turkey-PKK peace process gains momentum as a new special committee holds its first meeting in Ankara, marking a pivotal shift toward reconciliation and reform after decades of conflict. Related: Erdogan Urges Ukraine to Seize Historic Peace Talks...
Orsted shares sink further as US halts near-completed wind project
Sabah
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August 25, 2025
Danish renewables giant Orsted said on Monday it would continue with a plan to raise capital after the Trump administration ordered the offshore wind farm developer to stop construction on a near-completed project off Rhode Island, sending its...
Climate-resilient landscape exemplifies experimental, future-proofed gardening
Sussex World
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August 6, 2025
In the heart of the Wakehurst landscape, the six-acre American Prairie forms one of the Sussex garden’s most ambitious horticultural projects of the last decade. With fewer than 1% of tallgrass prairies remaining in their native United States,...
Harran’s beehive houses offer cool refuge in scorching heat
Hurriyet Daily News
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August 25, 2025
ŞANLIURFA The conical houses, which have become the symbol of the historic district, attract both domestic and foreign tourists with their distinctive design. Visitors from around the world come to experience how the traditional dwellings combine...
Turkish and Pakistani navies successfully conclude first bilateral amphibious exercise
Azertag
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August 6, 2025
Islamabad, Hilal Ahmad, August 6, AZERTAC The naval forces of Pakistan and Türkiye have successfully concluded their first Bilateral Amphibious Exercise in the coastal city of Karachi, aimed at enhancing maritime collaboration and...
Everything Coming To and Leaving Netflix in September 2025
Hypebeast
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August 26, 2025
With August coming to an end, Netflix has debuted its slate of new programming for September 2025.Next month’s list is led by the premieres of Alice in Borderland season three, Wednesday: Season 2 Part 2 and the bout of Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence...
Has the 1.5°C goal set out in the Paris Climate Agreement been breached?
Euronews
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August 12, 2025
Published on 12/08/2025 - 10:59 GMT+2 Looking at the many heatwaves crippling large parts of Europe during the first summer weeks, the findings of July's climate bulletin published by the European Union's climate service Copernicus will not come...
Troy’s fall was partly due to environmental strain – and it holds lessons for today
The Conversation
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August 12, 2025
Sometimes the seeds of collapse are sown in the very soil of prosperity. Beneath the ancient city of Troy’s shining walls, the earth quietly cracked under the weight of its ambition. When we think of environmental destruction today, images of oil...
Zelenskyy and Turkish president discuss possibility of Ukraine-Russia leader-level meeting in Türkiye
Ukrainska Pravda
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have held a telephone conversation during which Erdoğan said that his country is ready to host...
TikTok Ad Awards 2025 returns to celebrate Sri Lanka’s most creative campaigns of the year
Daily FT
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TikTok has announced the return of the TikTok Ad Awards in the METAP (Middle East, Turkey, Africa, Pakistan and South Asia) region, with this year’s ceremony set to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December 2025. The awards celebrate the...
Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havoc 七月氣溫史上第三高 導致氣候災難
Taipei Times
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August 11, 2025
The third-hottest July worldwide ended a string of record-breaking temperatures last month, but many regions were still devastated by extreme weather amplified by global warming, the European climate monitoring service said Thursday last week....
Katie Price reveals new face and admits she ‘can’t SMILE’ after getting MORE surgery in Turkey
The Scottish Sun
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August 12, 2025
KATIE Price told fans she “can’t smile” as she showed off her new face after jetting to Turkey for more surgery. The former glamour model, 47, flew out this week to have the work done, following a £10,000 facelift in August. 3 Katie told fans she...
Britain’s oldest Victorian Turkish baths are being brought back to life in £550,000 makeover
The Scottish Sun
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August 12, 2025
BRITAIN'S oldest Victorian Turkish baths have operated since 1904 and are still in their original use. Now, new funding will bring the baths back to life with a massive £500,000 make over. 3 The Health Hydro is housed within a Victorian building...
Sports Minister positions Ghana as Strategic Partner at 13th WCI Forum, Strengthens ties with Türkiye
Citi Sports Online
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August 26, 2025
Minister for Sports and Recreation Kofi Adams represented Ghana at the 13th World Cooperation Industries (WCI) Forum in Istanbul, where government leaders, business executives, and policymakers converged to discuss pathways for global cooperation...
Can BRICS cement a new era of climate justice and action?
The Times of India
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August 12, 2025
At the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro in July, the leader of BRICS signalled a bold ambition: if the West can no longer lead on climate justice, the Global South will. Comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt,...