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Russians and Ukrainians sat face-to-face for under two hours Friday in Istanbul for the first direct talks in over three years aimed at ending their war, with expectations low for breakthroughs. Kyiv is seeking an "unconditional ceasefire" in Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II, which has also destroyed large swathes of Ukraine and ...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday called for a “strong response” from the international community if the planned talks with Russia in Istanbul fail. “If it turns out that the Russian delegation is only there for appearances and cannot deliver any results today, then everyone must respond,” he said from Tirana. “There ...
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Ukraine Russia Istanbul Peace Talks
Delegations from Kyiv and Moscow are in Istanbul on Friday, set to hold their first direct talks on the possibility of ending the war in Ukraine for more than three years. Expectations are low for the talks -- initially proposed by Vladimir Putin -- after the Russian leader declined Volodymyr Zelensky's call for a presidential summit in Turkey ...
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio began meeting his Turkish and Ukrainian counterparts Friday ahead of the first direct Russia-Ukraine talks in three years, a Turkish foreign ministry source said. At the meeting, which was being chaired by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace, were Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy ...
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Talks in Istanbul between Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and a Russian delegation ended late on Thursday with the sides set to meet again Friday with the Ukrainians, a foreign ministry source said. "The meeting has ended. Tomorrow there will be more talks in different formats," the source said, indicating that ...
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Volodymyr Zelensky Vladimir Putin Ukraine Russia Istanbul
While Vladimir Putin declines the invitation, Volodymyr Zelensky travels to Ankara for talks with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the eve of Ukrainian-Russian talks in Istanbul, the outcome of which remains uncertain.
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Istanbul prosecutors on Saturday said nearly 50 people had been arrested in a probe into the graft case of Istanbul's opposition mayor, whose jailing last month sparked nationwide protests. When Ekrem Imamoglu from the main opposition CHP was arrested on March 19, huge crowds began rallying in protest outside Istanbul City Hall every night, ...
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Istanbul Hagia Sophia Restoration
The former basilica Hagia Sophia, converted into a mosque in 2020, is undergoing a comprehensive renovation, including its main dome and mosaics, to better withstand future earthquakes expected in Istanbul.
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Waving flags and chanting slogans, hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators rallied in Istanbul on Saturday, calling for democracy to be defended after the arrest of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, which sparked Turkey's worst street unrest in over a decade. Under a cloudless blue sky, huge crowds gathered in Maltepe on the Asian side of ...
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Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said in a social media post on Friday that his lawyer had been detained and demanded his immediate release. "My lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan was detained on fictitious grounds," Imamoglu said in a post on X published via his legal team. "As if the coup against democracy was not enough, they cannot tolerate the ...
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Turkey Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu
Istanbul's embattled Ekrem Imamoglu spent his first night in jail Monday a day after his suspension as mayor, as 10 journalists were detained for covering the mass demonstrations that his detention sparked across Turkey. The protests began in Istanbul after Imamoglu's arrest on Wednesday and have since spread to more than 55 of Turkey's 81 ...
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The Istanbul Bar Association's executive board was dismissed Friday on grounds of "terrorist propaganda" and "publicly spreading false information", according to a court ruling published online by a lawyers' association. Prosecutors had filed suit on January 15 several weeks after the Istanbul Bar Association demanded an investigation into the ...