A view of the Bosphorus Strait separating Istanbul, bridging Europe in foreground, to Asia in background, under snow. Snow blanketed most of the Turkish metropolis of some 16 milli...
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Police in riot gear fire tear gas as they clash with students of Bogazici University, in Istanbul. Turkish police clashed with hundreds of students protesting Turkey President Rece...
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Basaksehir and PSG players take a knee before the start of the Champions League group H soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir at the Parc des Princes sta...
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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after winning the Turkish Formula One Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park circuit racetrack in Istanbul.
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Third placed Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany, right, pours champagne of race winner Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain on the podium of the Formula One Turkish Gr...
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Istanbul Basaksehir players cheer each others at the end of the Champions League group H soccer match between Istanbul Basaksehir and Manchester United at the Fatih Terim stadium i...
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Manchester United's Edinson Cavani, left, jumps for the ball with Basaksehir's Aziz Behich during the Champions League group H soccer match between Istanbul Basaksehir and Manchest...
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Basaksehir's Edin Visca, left, is challenged by Manchester United's Scott McTominay during the Champions League group H soccer match between Istanbul Basaksehir and Manchester Unit...
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PSG's Kylian Mbappe, left, duels for the ball with Basaksehir's Rafael during the Champions League group H soccer match between Istanbul Basaksehir and Paris Saint Germain at the F...
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PSG's Neymar, centre, duels for the ball with Basaksehir's Mehmet Topal, left, and Basaksehir's Berkay Ozcan during the Champions League group H soccer match between Istanbul Basak...
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PSG's Neymar, centre, duels for the ball with Basaksehir's Mehmet Topal, left, during the Champions League group H soccer match between Istanbul Basaksehir and Paris Saint Germain ...
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Demonstrators chant slogans during an anti-France protest in Istanbul. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday challenged the United States to impose sanctions against his...
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Serbia's Nemanja Maksimovic, left, is stopped by Turkey's Kenan Karaman, right, during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Turkey and Serbia in Istanbul.
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The full moon rises behind the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. Worshipers held the first Muslim prayers in 86 years inside the Istanbu...
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It takes Bollywood 26 years to get up the audacity to remake Forrest Gump, but this is only marginally about the shooting of Laal Singh Chaddha in Turkey. Neatly brushed salt-and-p...
People wearing protective masks as a precaution against infection from coronavirus, gather for the Eid al-Adha prayer inside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, recently converted back...
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Muslims, wearing protective masks as a precaution against infection from coronavirus gather for the Eid al-Adha prayer inside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, recently converted bac...
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People walk towards the now closed Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. Turkey's President Recep...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, talks during a televised address to the nation following a cabinet teleconference meeting, in Istanbul. The country has opted to impose shor...
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Morgue technicians wearing protective face masks and suits to protect against coronavirus, disinfect the refrigerators before preparing a body of a woman, who died of COVID-19, for...
Lance Stroll claimed the first pole of his Formula One career in a stunning upset in wet conditions at the Turkish Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton sixth
Orthodox church leaders in Greece and the United States, meanwhile, were scheduled to observe 'a day of mourning' over the inaugural prayers in Hagia Sophia.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan had demanded that Hagia Sophia be turned back into a mosque despite widespread international criticism. The move could also deepen tensions with neighboring Greece.
Ekrem Imamoglu, a little-known district mayor at the start of the year, galvanised voters with a relentlessly positive campaign under the slogan, 'Everything will be fine'.