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Turkey Blocks Instagram Amid 'Censorship' Row

Turkey's Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) has banned access to the popular social media application Instagram as of Friday morning August 02, 2024. President Tayyip Erdogan fiercely criticised social media companies on Monday, saying they sought to "muzzle the Palestinian people's voices", after Turkey blocked access to Instagram last week. Turkey was holding talks with Instagram on Monday August 05, after the move, which followed a top Turkish official's accusation that the social media site blocked condolence posts over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Illustration) Photo by Ekin Saatci/Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkey Blocks Instagram Amid 'Censorship' Row

Turkey's Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) has banned access to the popular social media application Instagram as of Friday morning August 02, 2024. President Tayyip Erdogan fiercely criticised social media companies on Monday, saying they sought to "muzzle the Palestinian people's voices", after Turkey blocked access to Instagram last week. Turkey was holding talks with Instagram on Monday August 05, after the move, which followed a top Turkish official's accusation that the social media site blocked condolence posts over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Illustration) Photo by Ekin Saatci/Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkey Blocks Instagram Amid 'Censorship' Row

Turkey's Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) has banned access to the popular social media application Instagram as of Friday morning August 02, 2024. President Tayyip Erdogan fiercely criticised social media companies on Monday, saying they sought to "muzzle the Palestinian people's voices", after Turkey blocked access to Instagram last week. Turkey was holding talks with Instagram on Monday August 05, after the move, which followed a top Turkish official's accusation that the social media site blocked condolence posts over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Illustration) Photo by Ekin Saatci/Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkey Blocks Instagram Amid 'Censorship' Row

Turkey's Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) has banned access to the popular social media application Instagram as of Friday morning August 02, 2024. President Tayyip Erdogan fiercely criticised social media companies on Monday, saying they sought to "muzzle the Palestinian people's voices", after Turkey blocked access to Instagram last week. Turkey was holding talks with Instagram on Monday August 05, after the move, which followed a top Turkish official's accusation that the social media site blocked condolence posts over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Illustration) Photo by Ekin Saatci/Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkey Blocks Instagram Amid 'Censorship' Row

Turkey's Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) has banned access to the popular social media application Instagram as of Friday morning August 02, 2024. President Tayyip Erdogan fiercely criticised social media companies on Monday, saying they sought to "muzzle the Palestinian people's voices", after Turkey blocked access to Instagram last week. Turkey was holding talks with Instagram on Monday August 05, after the move, which followed a top Turkish official's accusation that the social media site blocked condolence posts over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Illustration) Photo by Ekin Saatci/Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Hearings - Washington

Dr. Tahir Ekin PhD, Professor and Director of the Center for Analytics and Data Science at Texas State University at a Senate Aging hearing to “examine modern scams, focusing on how scammers are using artificial intelligence and how we can fight back” in the Dirksen Senate office building on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Türkiye to open 2,000-year-old Roman theater for tourism

STORY: Türkiye to open 2,000-year-old Roman theater for tourism DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ancient theater STORYLINE: A 2,000-year-old ancient theater in northwestern Türkiye is scheduled to open for tourism by the end of 2023, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported Thursday. The theater, which has a capacity of 10,000 people, was built in the second century during the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan in modern-day Iznik district of Bursa Province for gladiatorial fights and religious purposes. The theater was damaged in several earthquakes in the past. Archaeological excavations at the theater have been sponsored by the Bursa municipality since 2015, Anadolu said. Aygun Ekin Meric, an assistant professor of archaeology at Izmir's Dokuz Eylul University, said the ancient theater was one of the rare structures built on a flat area and raised with vaults, without revealing the size of an area the theater covers.

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In Türkiye's upcoming elections, young voters' say may be key

STORY: In Türkiye's upcoming elections, young voters' say may be key DATELINE: May 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of people on the streets in Türkiye 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): AHMET ALI, First-time voter 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): EKIN ULGEN, University student, First-time voter 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): ECE HASEMOGLU, University student, First-time voter STORYLINE: On May 14, voters across Türkiye will elect the president and 600 members of parliament for a five-year term. As many as 4.9 million Turkish citizens above the age of 18 will vote for the first time, according to the Supreme Electoral Council, the country's top electoral authority. Moreover, half of Türkiye's 64 million eligible voters are made up of millennials and those from the younger Generation Z, as many of whom were born between 1997-2012 have entered adulthood. The vote of the young is therefore expected to be crucial, as new polls predicted a close contest between incumbent President

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Festival featuring 19th-century Japanese painter's works

KOCHI, Japan - One of a 19th-century painter's works drawn on folding screens is illuminated by a candle below the eves of a shop on the shopping streets of Konan, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, at the annual "Ekin Festival" on July 19, 2014. The painter, Hirose Kinzo, is known as Ekin (short for "eshi" or painter Kinzo).

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Festival featuring 19th-century Japanese painter's works

KOCHI, Japan - A 19th-century painter's works depicting agonies often seen in a kabuki drama are displayed at night on candlelit folding screens on the shopping streets of Konan, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 19, 2014. The painter, Hirose Kinzo, is known as Ekin (short for "eshi" or painter Kinzo) and the two-day event as the "Ekin Festival."

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Chinese language, culture in vogue among Turkish youths

STORY: Chinese language, culture in vogue among Turkish youths DATELINE: May 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:36 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Muberra Batuhan giving lessons in Chinese 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): MUBERRA BATUHAN, Chinese language teacher 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): MUBERRA BATUHAN, Chinese language teacher 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): EKIN PEKSEN, Student 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): MUBERRA BATUHAN, Chinese language teacher STORYLINE: Muberra Batuhan, a young teacher considering China as her "second motherland," has been working to promote the Chinese language and culture to Turkey's youngsters as more and more students in Turkey seek opportunities for higher education in China. Batuhan, now living in the Turkish capital of Ankara, got a Chinese language and literature degree from a university in northwest China's ancient city of Xi'an, where she studied for over four years. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): MUBERRA BATUHAN, Chinese language teacher "I have been teaching Mandarin lessons

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TURKEY-ANKARA-CHINESE LANGUAGE

(220527) -- ANKARA, May 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ekin Peksen, a 19-year-old law student, studies Chinese in Ankara, Turkey, May 25, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese language, culture in vogue among Turkish youths" (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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TURKEY-ANKARA-CHINESE LANGUAGE

(220527) -- ANKARA, May 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ekin Peksen, a 19-year-old law student, studies Chinese in Ankara, Turkey, May 25, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese language, culture in vogue among Turkish youths" (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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THE GREAT ESCAPE

THE GREAT ESCAPE Date: 1963

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Young women view folding screen painting at west Japan summer festa

Young women clad in "yukata" summer kimono look at a folding screen painting hung under the eaves of a store during the annual Ekin Matsuri festival in Kona, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 18, 2015. The festival features folding screens with theatrical figures from feudal times drawn by painter Hirose Kinzo (1812-1876) displayed on shopping streets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People view folding screen painting at west Japan summer festival

People look at a folding screen painting hung under the eaves of a store during the annual Ekin Matsuri festival in Konan, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 18, 2015. The festival features folding screens with theatrical figures from feudal times drawn by painter Hirose Kinzo (1812-1876) displayed on shopping streets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Festival featuring 19th-century Japanese painter's works

KOCHI, Japan - A 19th-century painter's works depicting agonies often seen in a kabuki drama are displayed at night on candlelit folding screens on the shopping streets of Konan, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 19, 2014. The painter, Hirose Kinzo, is known as Ekin (short for "eshi" or painter Kinzo) and the two-day event as the "Ekin Festival." (Kyodo)

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Festival featuring 19th-century Japanese painter's works

KOCHI, Japan - One of a 19th-century painter's works drawn on folding screens is illuminated by a candle below the eves of a shop on the shopping streets of Konan, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, at the annual "Ekin Festival" on July 19, 2014. The painter, Hirose Kinzo, is known as Ekin (short for "eshi" or painter Kinzo). (Kyodo)