Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is located partially in the continent of Asia and partially in Europe. It shares borders with Greece and Bulgaria to the Northwest, Iran to the east and Iraq to the southeast. It also shares various borders with Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
70%-75% of Turkey's population are Turks, and 19% are Kurds, making them the country's largest minority group. The country's capital is Ankara, and the largest city and financial city is Istanbul.
As of November 2021, the President of Turkey is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has served in this position since 2014. Prior to that, he served as Prime Minister of the country from 2003-2014.
Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, an estimated 3.6 million Syrian refugees have taken up residence in Turkey, most of them living with temporary residence permits.
"For our profession, these are extraordinary finds," said Professor Aybek, head of the excavation at the ancient city.
Turkey’s actions in Syria and Iraq also signal a deeper shift away from its Western alliances. Erdogan’s government has cultivated closer ties with Russia.
If these steps are not taken, Egypt is heading toward a catastrophic fate beyond any rational imagination.
After examination, the Troya Museum determined that the coin dates back to the 10th century CE and belongs to the Eastern Roman Empire period.
"All part of a Turkish plan to distort our image," the Kurdish official from Syria told the Post.
Isak Haleva, Turkey's chief rabbi since 2002 who bridged traditional Sephardic Judaism with modern Turkish life while leading his community through decades of political change, has died at 84.
The Knesset must act swiftly to equip Israel’s leaders with the tools to set policy to meet the challenges posed by a resurgent Turkey and other emerging threats.
Such a system, no matter how moderate it claims to be, could give Turkey’s Islamists new chances to keep ruling after Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s time ends.
Official figures indicated that in five years, 88,747 pufferfish were caught along the coasts of Antalya.
Many airlines that have suspended operations in Israel have chosen to save their slots, but the predicament of Turkish Airlines is slightly different.
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