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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed - Ankara

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Interviewed by the journalist of Hurriyet newspaper in Ankara, Turkey, on February 18, 2025. Photo by Gokhan Koc/Hurriyet/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant under construction - Mersin

(241227) -- MERSIN (TÜRKIYE), Dec. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2024 shows the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Mersin, Turkye on December 2024. Turkiye is planning to build three nuclear power plants by 2035, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar confirmed in an interview with Hurriyet Daily News on Friday. The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, Turkiye's first, is scheduled to begin electricity generation in 2025. The plant's initial reactor, with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts, is expected to meet 2.5 percent of the country's electricity demand. Once fully operational, with a total capacity of 4,800 megawatts, Akkuyu will supply 10 percent of Türkiye's electricity needs. Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant under construction - Mersin

(241227) -- MERSIN (TÜRKIYE), Dec. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2024 shows the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Mersin, Turkye on December 2024. Turkiye is planning to build three nuclear power plants by 2035, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar confirmed in an interview with Hurriyet Daily News on Friday. The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, Turkiye's first, is scheduled to begin electricity generation in 2025. The plant's initial reactor, with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts, is expected to meet 2.5 percent of the country's electricity demand. Once fully operational, with a total capacity of 4,800 megawatts, Akkuyu will supply 10 percent of Türkiye's electricity needs. Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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350-year-old Ottoman bath unearthed in NW Türkiye

STORY: 350-year-old Ottoman bath unearthed in NW Türkiye DATELINE: Sept. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kemer village 2. various of the Ottoman bath STORYLINE: Turkish archaeologists have unearthed a 350-year-old Ottoman bath during ongoing excavations in Türkiye's northwestern province of Canakkale, local media reported on Tuesday. The Hurriyet Daily News said on its website that the bath had been unearthed in Kemer village, where the ancient city of Parion was located. "The bath is the only preserved architectural structure of the Ottoman-Turkish presence in this village, dating back 350 years, hidden among the modern structures," Hasan Kasapoglu, an academic and deputy head of the excavation team, was quoted as saying. After the excavation team found two tombstones during previous excavations, it concluded that there was a bathhouse on the site. The inscriptions on the gravestones indicated that the graves belonged to the

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Türkiye launches 50-year restoration project of historical Hagia Sophia

STORY: Türkiye launches 50-year restoration project of historical Hagia Sophia DATELINE: Sept. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul 2. various of Hagia Sophia STORYLINE: Türkiye announced the start of restoration work on Hagia Sophia, one of the most important historical sites in its largest city, Istanbul, local media reported Monday. The restoration project, initiated by the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry, aims to "eliminate the centuries-old fatigue" of the 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia, the Hurriyet Daily News reported. According to officials, the restoration and maintenance work, which could span over 50 years, will be carried out gradually, section by section, without a complete closure of the site. The monument, which initially served as a cathedral and later as an Ottoman imperial mosque, reopened as a museum in 1935, unveiling some unique features of Ottoman and Byzantine art. It was turned into a mosque again in 2

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Normalization of Türkiye-Syria ties in limbo, says expert

STORY: Normalization of Türkiye-Syria ties in limbo, says expert DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:30 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a patrol of Turkish and Russian troops in Northern Syria 2. various of the four-way meeting of Türkiye-Syria-Russia-Iran in May 2023 in Moscow 3. various of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan 4. various of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad 5. various of Turkish Lira 6. various of the militants of YPG in Northern Syria 7. various of Syrian refugees at one of the Türkiye-Syria border gates 8. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): SERKAN DEMIRTAS, Foreign policy analyst, Ankara Bureau Chief Of Hurriyet Daily News STORYLINE: The future of relations between Türkiye and Syria remains uncertain as little progress has been made in normalization talks revolving around Turkish military presence in northern Syria, said experts. Since the end of 2022, Turkish and Syrian officials have met several times to restore ties. Moscow has tried to mediate talks between Damasc

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Turkish police foil 2 terror plots in Istanbul: report

STORY: Turkish police foil 2 terror plots in Istanbul: report DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. footage about special operations police raiding the house in Istanbul, Türkiye 2. footage about police finding explosives during a house search in Istanbul, Türkiye 3. footage about police officers taking suspects captured during operations to police headquarters in Istanbul, Türkiye STORYLINE: Turkish counter-terror police have foiled two plots to launch terror attacks in Istanbul, the biggest Turkish city, local media reported on Thursday. Police arrested two suspects who entered a shopping center in the Bayrampasa district with explosives. One of the suspects carried a bag that suddenly caught fire while they were walking through the shopping center, the daily Hurriyet reported. The two suspects, affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), listed as a terror group by Türkiye, admitted that they planned to leave the ba

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Police intensify crackdown on illegal immigrants in Türkiye's Istanbul

STORY: Police intensify crackdown on illegal immigrants in Türkiye's Istanbul DATELINE: July 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish police inspecting and arresting illegal immigrants in Istanbul STORYLINE: The police have tightened the crackdown on undocumented immigrants in Istanbul, Türkiye's largest city, arresting 1,615 individuals over the last three days, local media reported Friday. The police have carried out massive raids in several neighborhoods, including Esenyurt, Fatih, and Zeytinburnu, where illegal immigrants were found highly concentrated, the Hurriyet newspaper reported. Among the arrestees, 722 people were detained in operations on Thursday, the Ihlas news agency reported, adding that the majority of the illegal immigrants came from Asia and the Middle East. According to Ihlas, the inspections are part of efforts to expulse illegal immigrants from the city. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday that 15,5

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Sweden's latest tensions with Türkiye could compromise its NATO bid: expert

STORY: Sweden's latest tensions with Türkiye could compromise its NATO bid: expert DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the last quadripartite meeting of Türkiye-Sweden-Finland and NATO during the NATO summit in Spain 2. various of an old meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Türkiye 3. various of old high officials council meetings of Türkiye-Sweden and Türkiye-Finland in Türkiye 4. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): SERKAN DEMIRTAS, Foreign policy analyst and Ankara bureau chief of Hurriyet Daily News STORYLINE: A Turkish expert has said the latest tensions between Türkiye and Sweden over recent protests in Stockholm, including the burning of a copy of the Quran, could compromise Sweden's NATO bid. Sweden and Finland applied last year to join the military alliance in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Their accession to NATO needs the approval of all member states of the military alliance.

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5 Afghans stabbed to death in Türkiye's capital

STORY: 5 Afghans stabbed to death in Türkiye's capital DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish police investigating the scene STORYLINE: Turkish police have found the bodies of five Afghan nationals who were stabbed to death in a house in the capital Ankara, local media reported Friday. The bodies of the five men were found late Thursday in the Onder neighborhood of Ankara's low-income Altindag district, which is home to many Syrian and Afghan migrants, daily Hurriyet Daily News reported. The Ankara prosecutor's office said one of the bodies was found inside a wardrobe handcuffed from behind, while the other four were found in the living room. An investigation was launched into the incident, the Ankara governor's office said on Twitter. Türkiye hosts more than 5 million migrants, of whom 3.7 million are from Syria. The Afghans are the second-largest migrant community in the country. The negative public perceptions toward the refugees h

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1 killed, 64 wounded in earthquake in western Turkish city of Izmir

STORY: 1 killed, 64 wounded in earthquake in western Turkish city of Izmir DATELINE: Nov. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of footage of the moment of the earthquake recorded by security cameras in Izmir, Türkiye (courtesy of Ihlas News Agency) 2. various of people gathering in parks after the earthquake (courtesy of Ihlas News Agency) 3. various of the mosque whose minaret collapsed due to the intensity of the earthquake in Izmir, Türkiye (courtesy of Ihlas News Agency) 4. various of workers working in the rubble (courtesy of Ihlas News Agency) STORYLINE: According to local media, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck western Türkiye's Izmir on Friday, killing one person and wounding 64 others. The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority reported that the earthquake struck at 3:29 a.m. local time (0029 GMT) in the namesake city of Izmir province. Citing the emergency authority's warning, the Hurriyet daily reported that the quake's epice

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At least 8 killed, 10 wounded in traffic accident in NW Turkey

STORY: At least 8 killed, 10 wounded in traffic accident in NW Turkey DATELINE: June 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the traffic accident site STORYLINE: At least 8 people were killed and 10 others were wounded when a minibus was hit by a truck in Turkey's northwestern province of Balikesir on Saturday, local media reported. The minibus filled with passengers going to a marriage ceremony in the city center crashed with a milk-carrying truck soon after it departed the Dursunbey district, the Hurriyet daily said. Ambulances, police, firefighters, and emergency rescue teams were sent to the crash site. The roadway was closed to traffic temporarily. Balikesir Governor Hasan Sildak said law enforcement was still investigating the causes and circumstances of the accident, which was likely caused by heavy rain and improper lane change. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Istanbul, Turkey. (XHTV)

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Türkiye detains 26 army personnel over ties to 2016 coup bid

STORY: Türkiye detains 26 army personnel over ties to 2016 coup bid DATELINE: July 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of police operations (file) 2. various of the arrested suspects taken to the police station (courtesy: Ihlas News Agency) STORYLINE: Turkish law enforcement units have detained 26 military personnel on the grounds of aiding a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, local media reported on Tuesday. In a joint effort by the army and the police forces to detain 35 individuals whose arrests were warranted by the prosecutor's office following surveillance, simultaneous raids were carried out in 18 provinces, with a focus on the western province of Izmir, said the Hurriyet daily. Units from the Turkish Intelligence spotted out-of-protocol communication attempts by some army members with the network led by the U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, it added. Among those whose arrest is warranted, 14 of them are former m

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Turkey seeks to mend ties with regional heavyweights amid economic woes

STORY: Turkey seeks to mend ties with regional heavyweights amid economic woes DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:35 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Turkey 2. various of the meeting of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu with his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid in the capital Ankara 3. various of people shopping in Turkey 4. various of Turkish Lira 5. various of people shopping in Turkey 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): SERKAN DEMIRTAS, Foreign policy analyst, Ankara bureau chief of Hurriyet Daily News 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): SERKAN DEMIRTAS, Foreign policy analyst, Ankara bureau chief of Hurriyet Daily News 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish) : TULIN DALOGLU, Ankara-based Middle Eastern foreign policy analyst 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish) : TULIN DALOGLU, Ankara-based Middle Eastern foreign policy analyst STORYLINE: Liquidity challenges and "worst economic woes in two decade

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Turkey seeks to rent foreign farmland to boost food supply: media

STORY: Turkey seeks to rent foreign farmland to boost food supply: media DATELINE: June 16, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:10 LOCATION: Istanbul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the harvest 2 various of views in Istanbul 3 various of the market STORYLINE: Turkey is in talks with more than 10 countries to rent foreign farmland to grow food to meet domestic needs, local newspaper Hurriyet reported on Wednesday. The report said Turkish authorities have been meeting with officials from Venezuela, Ukraine, Sudan, and some other African and Latin American countries in consultation. Vahit Kirisci, minister of Agriculture and Forestry, said even though Turkey is self-sufficient in domestic consumption, the rented foreign farmland would provide Turkey with the capacity to export food. The focus will be on products such as sunflower, corn, cotton, sesame, sugarcane and alfalfa, which have a production shortfall in Turkey. Tropical fruit and vegetables such as pineapple, mango, avocado and canola are planned to

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3 suspected foreign IS members detained in Turkey

STORY: 3 suspected foreign IS members detained in Turkey DATELINE: May 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: MILITARY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of special operations police raiding the house where the terrorists lived (courtesy of Ihlas news agency) 2. various of the detained suspect is put in a police car (courtesy of Ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: Turkish police detained three suspected foreign members of the Islamic State (IS) group, including a suicide bomber, in Turkey's northwestern province of Bursa, local media reported on Tuesday. Anti-terror teams have been tracking the suspects since 2021, following an operation carried out in Corum in northern Turkey, the Hurriyet daily said, citing a statement from the Turkish Interior Ministry. The digital documents seized at the residence of a suspected IS militant in Corum allowed the teams to launch the operation in Bursa, it added. Hurriyet said one suspect was found to be planning a suicide bomb attack in the country. It is

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Turkish FM says Russia, Ukraine make progress in ceasefire negotiations

STORY: Turkish FM says Russia, Ukraine make progress in ceasefire negotiations DATELINE: March 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. previously recorded footage of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaking 2. various of Russian military operation 3. previously recorded footage of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking 4. various of street views in Russia 5. various of Lviv railway station in Ukraine STORYLINE: The Russia-Ukraine conflict continues on Monday as relevant parties are working to broker a peaceful solution. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine have made progress on the "critical" articles of a ceasefire agreement being negotiated, but some issues still require decisions by their leaders. Cavusoglu told local daily Hurriyet that "if the parties do not step back from their current positions, we can say that we are hopeful for a ceasefire." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is ready