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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) receives Armanian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at Dolmabahce Presidential Office in Istanbul, Turkiye
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Armenia PM to meet Erdogan on 'historic' Turkey visit

Nikol Pashinyan has visited Turkey once before, in 2023, for the inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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20 June, 2025
Republican People's Party chairman Ozgur Ozel
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Turkey probes opposition leader, sacks five mayors in crackdown

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 June, 2025
Russian and Ukrainian officials returned to Istanbul on Monday for high-stakes peace talks [Getty]
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Russia, Ukraine officials in Istanbul for fresh peace talks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 June, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Russian officials ahead
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Russia arrives in Istanbul for Ukraine talks without Putin

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 May, 2025
People take part in a demonstration against the detention of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, organised by the country's main opposition, CHP, at Beyazid Square, in Istanbul, 07 May 2025. (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Tens of thousands take part in Istanbul rally for jailed mayor

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 May, 2025
Turkish president Erdogan said that decentralisation in Syria was a 'raw dream'
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Turkey remains committed to contested 'Kanal Istanbul' project

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 May, 2025
Labor Day in Türkiye
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Turkish police scuffle with May Day protesters in Istanbul

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 May, 2025
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To restore democracy, Turkey's protest movement must up the ante

Orhan Kaya

Orhan Kaya

01 May, 2025
A woman carries a child in Taksim square with the Blue Mosque in the background, in Istanbul
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Turkey must lift ban on May 1 demos in Istanbul's Taksim Square

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 April, 2025
Panic in Istanbul after 6.2 magnitude earthquake
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Powerful 6.2 magnitude quake hits off Istanbul coast in Turkey

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 April, 2025
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Erdogan says opposition seeking to obstruct Istanbul mayor probe

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 April, 2025
Leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Ozgur Ozel visits Akcaabat, Rize, Turkey
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Turkey opposition slams 'ill-treatment' of jailed students

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 March, 2025
Riot police stands guard during a protest in support of Istanbul's arrested mayor on March 26, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)
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Swedish journalist arrested in Turkey over 'terror charges'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 March, 2025
People wave flags and chant slogans during a mass protest rally in support of the arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on March 29, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)
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Large crowds rally in Istanbul in support of jailed mayor

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 March, 2025
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Turkey: CHP elects interim Istanbul mayor after Imamoglu jailing

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 March, 2025
Supporters of Ekrem Imamoğlu and police confront each other in Kızılay Square in Ankara, Turkey
Ekrem Imamoglu
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Turkey braces for further protests as 7 journalists freed

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 March, 2025
Mass student protests erupt in Turkey over arrest of opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu [Getty]
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Protesters hit Istanbul streets again over Ekrem's arrest

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 March, 2025
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu Jailed On Corruption Charges On Day Of
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Jailed Istanbul mayor declared opposition presidential candidate

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 March, 2025
Ekrem Imamoglu speaks in Diyarbakir.
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Istanbul mayor vows to fight on as court formalises arrest

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 March, 2025
People queue to vote during the presidential primaries, with the only candidate of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ekrem Imamoglu, outside the party headquarters in Ankara
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Istanbul court formally arrests mayor in graft probe

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 March, 2025
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Vast crowds rally in Istanbul as mayor quizzed by prosecutors

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 March, 2025