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The death toll from a strong earthquake in south-eastern Turkey, near Syria's border, could rise eight-fold, the World Health Organisation has warned. The toll, which currently stands at more than 3,400 people, has increased rapidly since the first earthquake struck early on Monday morning.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says 18,000 migrants have crossed Turkish borders into Europe after the country "opened the doors" for them to travel.

Turkey has massed thousands of troops along the border with Syria The US says it is stepping aside for an imminent Turkish operation against Kurdish-led forces within Syria that have until now been a key US ally. Kurdish militias played a major role in defeating the Islamic State (IS) group, but Turkey regards them as terrorists. The US - which has hundreds of troops in north-eastern Syria - has b

トロイア遺跡 「トロイの木馬」で知られるその城塞は、今からおよそ140年前にシュリーマンの手により土の中から発掘されたのだった。この話についてはシュリーマンの自叙伝である『古代への情熱―シュリーマン自伝 (岩波文庫) 』にて詳しく述べられており、私はこの本をid:kyokucho1989から譲り受け*1、この地を訪れたのだった。 トロイ遺跡というと、有名であるけれども訪れてみたら大したことはなく、「寄るほどのモノでもなかったな」と言うのがお約束であるらしい。私はその知識があったために期待値をかなり下げて行ったのが功を奏したか、来たかいがあったと素直に思えた。トロイ遺跡は単一の城塞跡ではなく9つの層から成り立っており、さまざまな時代の城壁を混在してその姿を見せている。これら都市の時代背景は、紀元前3000年頃の初期青銅器時代から紀元前350年〜400年のローマ時代である。したがってアリストテ

Thirty years ago there were 50,000 Christians in south-eastern Turkey speaking a dialect of Aramaic - the language of Christ. Now there are 2,500. Talking to one of them, the BBC's Jeremy Bristow learned that instead of Three Kings, there might actually have been 12. Fresh out of his farm clothes, Habib the mayor now sits at his table in a crisply ironed shirt. He's a gentle, almost diffident man

transcript From Denials to Fistfights: How the Saudis’ Khashoggi Story ChangedSaudi Arabia now suggests that Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident journalist, was the victim of a premeditated killing at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. It’s the latest in a series of shifting explanations from the kingdom. Outright denials. Botched interrogations. Fistfights. Ever since Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi disa

President Erdogan and his wife Emine greet supporters at his party's Ankara HQ Turkey's long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll. Mr Erdogan got nearly 53% with almost all votes counted. His closest rival Muharrem Ince was on 31%.

Turkish war planes hit Kurdish positions on the Syrian side of the border on Saturday Turkish war planes have launched air strikes on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria in a move likely to raise tensions with the US. Turkey wants to oust the YPG militia, which it calls a terrorist group, from Afrin region on its southern border.

The plane stopped with its nose nearly in the water, but no passengers or crew were hurt Panic broke out on a passenger jet when it skidded off the runway at a Turkish airport and plunged down the side of a cliff overlooking the sea. The Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 168 passengers and crew had flown from Ankara and landed at Trabzon on the Black Sea coast late on Saturday.

The dismissal of university students has led to protests across Turkey The 61-year-old professor packed his life into a dozen boxes, bade farewell to his students at Istanbul's Bilgi University and moved to a new teaching position in Brussels, where he believes he's no longer at risk.

Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution is set to be expunged from textbooks used by 14 and 15 year olds in Turkey "This is bigotry, this is all about being a fanatic. How are they going to teach biology now? How are they going to talk about science?" On an online forum about the government's decision to exclude the theory of evolution from the national curriculum, a passionate discussion is under wa

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: "Decision made by the Turkish public is a historic moment" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has narrowly won a referendum to expand presidential powers, which could keep him in office until 2029. With 99.45% of ballots counted, the "Yes" campaign had won 51.37% and "No" 48.63%, and the electoral board called victory for "Yes". Erdogan supporters say replacing