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Pro-Iranian demonstration against western policy

Islamic associations in Turkey have invited residents of Istanbul to attend a demonstration against the US, Israel and NATO in support for Iran....

by Behzad in Turkey on 04/02/2012

Politics

Syrians protest in Istanbul

A group of people have staged a demonstration in front of the Syrian Consulate, protesting Syrian authorities' violent crackdown in Homs....

by Fulya Atalay in Turkey on 04/02/2012

Environment

Istanbul is left paralyzed by blizzard

Cold weather and snow swept across Turkey. Snow continued to fall unabated throughout Istanbul on Monday, draping the bustling city in a blanket of...

by Behzad in Turkey on 30/01/2012

04/02/2012 - Pro-Iranian demonstration against western policy - Turkey - Islamic associations in Turkey have...
04/02/2012 - Syrians protest in Istanbul - Turkey - A group of people have staged a...
30/01/2012 - Istanbul is left paralyzed by blizzard - Turkey - Cold weather and snow swept across...
29/01/2012 - Circassians in Istanbul show their solidarity with their kin in Syria - Turkey - The “Circassia Platform” call on the...
19/01/2012 - Thousands march to commemorate murder of Hrant Dink in Istanbul - Turkey - Thousands marched for the fifth...
19/01/2012 - Thousands mark Hrant Dink's death 5 years later - Istanbul - Turkey - More than 20,000 protesters mark the...
19/01/2012 - 5 year anniversary of Hrant Dink's murder marked in Istanbul - Turkey - More than 12,000 people marched in...
19/01/2012 - Thousands of people march for Hrant Dink in remembrance - Istanbul - Turkey - Thousands gathered in İstanbul's...
19/01/2012 - Cold weather and snowfall hits Turkey - Duzce - Turkey - Many schools and roads are shut down...
17/01/2012 - Man gets life for role in Hrant Dink murder - Istanbul - Turkey - A Turkish court has handed down life...

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Syrian refugees protest with masks of world leaders - Yayladagi
File images: The UN failed to pass a resolution allowing the international community to protect Syria's civilian population. Refugees protest wearing masks depicting various world ...
Pro-Iranian demonstration against western policy
Islamic associations in Turkey have invited residents of Istanbul to attend a demonstration against the US, Israel and NATO in support for Iran. Istanbul, Turkey. 4th February 2012
Syrians protest in Istanbul
A group of people have staged a demonstration in front of the Syrian Consulate, protesting Syrian authorities' violent crackdown in Homs. Istanbul, Turkey. 4th February 2012
Winter Festival Over The Truck Tires
Ayder plateau is natural wonder over the mountains of northern of Turkey.
Istanbul is left paralyzed by blizzard
Cold weather and snow swept across Turkey. Snow continued to fall unabated throughout Istanbul on Monday, draping the bustling city in a blanket of white. 30th January 2012
Circassians in Istanbul show their solidarity with their kin in Syria
The “Circassia Platform” call on the Circassians all over the world to show their cooperation and solidarity with their kin in Syria and the Russian Federation. Istanbul, Turkey. 29th J...
Thousands of people march for Hrant Dink in remembrance - Istanbul
Thousands gathered in İstanbul's Taksim Square to mark the fifth anniversary of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink's murder as outrage grows over a trial that failed to sh...
Cold weather and snowfall hits Turkey - Duzce
Many schools and roads are shut down throughout Turkey, and meteorology officials warned of ice and frost, while hundreds of villages have been cut off due to excessive snowfall. 19th J...
Thousands mark Hrant Dink's death 5 years later - Istanbul
More than 20,000 protesters mark the fifth anniversary of a Turkish-Armenian journalist's murder as outrage continues to grow over a trial, which failed to shed light on alleged of...
Thousands march to commemorate murder of Hrant Dink in Istanbul
Thousands marched for the fifth anniversary of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s murder. He was shot dead in Istanbul outside his newspaper Agos in 2007. 19th January 2012
5 year anniversary of Hrant Dink's murder marked in Istanbul
More than 12,000 people marched in central Istanbul to mark five years since the shooting of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink by a teenage gunman. Placards read "We are all H...
Man gets life for role in Hrant Dink murder - Istanbul
A Turkish court has handed down life imprisonment for Yasin Hayal, a suspect in the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, for instigating a murder while another suspect Erh...
'FOA: J Atkinson. Do not publish'
Behind the first sex toys trade website in Turkey, a secular country ruled by an Islamist government is a woman. The online business of adult toys initiated by Ozlem Erkan (38) has reac...
Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh in Mavi Marmara Ship
Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the Palestinian administration in Gaza, visited Mavi Marmara ship and IHH.He held a press conference with IHH chairman Bulent Yıldırım aboard the Mavi ...
Works of Salvador Dali go on display in Istanbul
The Tophane-i Amire Culture Center is hosting Dali’s works under three titles ‘Divine Comedy,’ ‘Traces of Surrealism’ and ‘Dinner with Gala.' Istanbul, Turkey. 27th December 2011...
Two thousand people attend demonstrations in Taksim Square - Istanbul
F-16 fighter planes bombed the Şirnak Area, allegedly leaving more than 36 people dead. There were demonstrations in various parts of Turkey to protest the bombing. Several people were ...
 Second High Court hearing in Oda TV case - Istanbul
The second hearing of the trial of Oda TV, which is accused of propagating the cause of the Ergenekon terrorist network that plotted to overthrow the government, was held at the 16th Cr...
Twenty-third Hrant Dink case hearing - Istanbul
Istanbul's Criminal High Court held the 23rd hearing in the case of murdered journalist Hrant Dink. Supporters gathered outside the courthouse before the hearing where they release...
Whirling Dervish for the 738° Anniversary of Death of Mevlana
17 of December is the 738° anniversary of death of Mevlana, in Konya, in the International Mevlana Foundation, every year there is the celebration in his honor. Konya, Turkey.14th Decem...
Van's return to normality thwarted by politics
City of Van in eastern Turkey, struck by two deadly earthquakes in October and November, slowly returns to normality. Political arguments obstruct the recovery, keeping schools closed a...

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Nicosia marks the 35th

Nicosia marks the 35th anniversary of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Will this occasion be marked in Turkey? Images and reports please.