President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has triggered nationwide protests for withdrawing Turkey from an international agreement to prevent violence against women.

Erdogan pulls Turkey out of Istanbul convention

Turkish police detained dozens of protesters on Thursday (February 4) demonstrating against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's appointment of a new rector to Istanbul's Bogazici University.

Turkish police detains dozens protesting against Erdogan appointed rector

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced student protesters as “terrorists” and vowed to crack down on demonstrations opposing the appointment of a government loyalist to head Istanbul’s most prestigious university.

Erdogan vows crack down on demonstrations in Istanbul

Under the guidelines of Turkey’s Council of Higher Education (YOK), rectors are chosen from a pool of candidates with the highest votes following elections held within academic institutions.

Turkey: Students protest rector tapped to head top Turkish university

Turkey said it will hold a military exercise off northwest Cyprus for the next two weeks

Turkey Begins Military Drill Near Cyprus

Actor Aamir Khan and the Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan found a spot on the list of trends after pictures of their meeting in Turkey went viral - not entirely in a good way.

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan meets Turkish first lady Emine Erdogan

Hagia Sophia was built 1,500 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral and was converted into a mosque after the Ottomans conquered Constantinople

Hagia Sophia: World council of churches expresses dismay over Re-conversion

An earthquake with a 5.7 magnitude shook Bingol province in eastern Turkey on Sunday, killing one and injuring 18 people and causing the collapse of a military observation tower.

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake kills one, injures dozen in Eastern Turkey

Turkey launched waves of airstrikes against what it claimed were Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) elements in northern Iraq

Turkey carries out airstrikes against Kurdish rebels in Iraq

The bazaar -- home to almost 3,000 shops where more than 30,000 people work -- was closed on March 23 as part of measures to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has killed over 4,300 people in Turkey

Tukrey: Istanbul's Grand Bazaar prepares to reopen

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