Middle East
Turkey standoff as silent protests sweep the country
19/06 08:25 CET
Seeing red, activists in Ankara inspired by the ‘standing man’ in Istanbul are continuing their anti-government protest, now heading towards a third week. Riot police arrested more than 80 people as the silent protest of a lone man in Istanbul took social media by…
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Turkey - 19/06 01:36 CET
Turkey's passive resistance protests spread
What began as a lone protest has rapidly expanded into hundreds standing…
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Jerusalem - 19/06 00:35 CET
Israel celebrates 90 years of Shimon Peres
Celebrations have been taking place to mark the 90th birthday of…
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Qatar - 18/06 20:04 CET
US to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban
The United States is to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban in an…
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Doha - 18/06 17:34 CET
Afghan Taliban opens Qatar office in search of political solution
The Afghan Taliban has opened an office in Qatar to help restart talks on…
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Syria - 18/06 16:47 CET
First Italian jihadi killed in Syria
An Italian fighting with rebels in Syria has been killed. 20 year-old…
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Turkey - 18/06 11:49 CET
Turkey silent protest is followed by more arrests
It began as a lone silent protest in Istanbul’s Taksim Square: one…
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Syria - 18/06 00:35 CET
Assad warns Europe will pay a price if it supplies arms to rebels
As Russia and the West clash over how to bring an end to the Syria…
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Istanbul - 17/06 23:05 CET
Protests fizzle out in Turkey despite strike call
Several hundred striking trade unionists and leftist groups marched in…
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Turkey - 17/06 17:55 CET
Unions strike in Turkey to support Taksim protesters
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces the threat of a second…
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Turkey - 17/06 12:40 CET
Turkey minister declares strike 'illegal'
The Turkish interior minister has declared a nationwide strike…
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Syria - 17/06 05:45 CET
Fears grow of an escalation in the Syrian conflict
A booby-trapped car is said to have caused a huge explosion at a military…
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Turkey - 17/06 03:25 CET
Sporadic overnight clashes as Turkey's unions call a general…
Anti-government protesters were out on the streets of Ankara into the…
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Istanbul - 16/06 22:06 CET
Erdogan defiant at Istanbul rally
For the second successive night Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep…
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Turkey - 16/06 18:36 CET
Hundreds of thousands show support for Turkish prime minister
An estimated crowd of one million gathered on the outskirts of Istanbul…
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Istanbul - 16/06 16:46 CET
Clashes and tension in Istanbul
In Istanbul there have been sporadic clashes as riot police fired, tear…
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Egypt - 16/06 16:36 CET
Egyptians react to Mursi decision to cut ties with Syria
In Egypt, newspapers are dominated by reports of the president cutting…
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Istanbul - 16/06 10:36 CET
Extra security forces in Istanbul as protesters return to Taksim…
Hundreds of protesters have continued pouring into Istanbul on Sunday…
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Istanbul - 16/06 10:23 CET
Riot police fire tear gas and a water cannon at Taksim Square
Turkish riot police stormed Gezi Park on Saturday firing tear gas and…
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Istanbul - 16/06 05:55 CET
Protests in Istanbul over Gezi Park clearance
Police clashed with protesters in Osmanbey and Sisli, northern districts…
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Egypt - 16/06 01:45 CET
Egypt: Mursi cuts ties with Syria, calls for no-fly zone
Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi said his government had cut all…
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Ankara - 15/06 21:47 CET
Turkish prime minister defiant at rally
They had come to the capital Ankara to cheer the man who has long been…
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Istanbul - 15/06 20:46 CET
Riot police clear square of Turkish protesters
Riot police have moved into Taksim Square and Gezi Park. Tear gas and…
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Syria - 15/06 19:16 CET
US: political settlement in Syria further out of reach
The use of chemical weapons and the involvement of Hezbollah fighters in…
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Turkey - 15/06 10:55 CET
Turkish protests continue as pro-government rallies planned
Hundreds of protesters continue to occupy Gezi Park in Istanbul, despite…
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Syria - 14/06 23:35 CET
Hezbollah leader vows to fight on in Syria
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has said his group will continue to…
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Syria - 14/06 22:39 CET
Syria: red lines but few solutions, US no-fly zone idea shot down
America has been quick to act when game changing ‘red lines’…
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Turkey - 14/06 17:45 CET
Gezi park safe for now, Turkey PM holds off on redevelopment
Gezi park redevelopment plans have been put on ice. Turkish Prime…
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Syria - 14/06 15:16 CET
US considers no-fly zone in Syria
The US is considering a no-fly zone over Syria. With its confirmation…
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Turkey - 14/06 11:56 CET
PM's promises raise hope for Taksim square protesters
There is an uneasy calm in Istanbul today following an overnight meeting…
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Turkey - 14/06 09:46 CET
Bonus interview: Sobhan, a Baha'i Iranian refugee
Baha’ism is a faith founded in the 19th century, which groups an…
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Ankara - 14/06 09:46 CET
Bonus Mansour Osanlou interview
Mansour Osanlou is one of the most famous trade union leaders of Iran…
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Turkey - 14/06 09:45 CET
Bonus interview: an Iranian homosexual in exile
In Iran, homosexuals risk the death penalty. Human rights ngos estimate…
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Syria - 14/06 05:45 CET
Syria has crossed 'red line' with chemical weapons use - US
The United States confirmed on June 14 that it believed Syrian President…
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Turkey - 14/06 05:25 CET
Turkey's Erdogan meets Gezi protesters
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says no construction…
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Israel - 13/06 23:25 CET
Israel pursues plans to expand West Bank settlements
Israel is pressing on with plans to build more than 1,000 new homes in…
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Turkey - 13/06 18:45 CET
Turkish PM Erdogan rejects EU criticism
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, has slammed a motion…
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Syria - 13/06 17:37 CET
At least 93,000 dead in Syria, says UN
They are burying their dead in Syria and the funerals are happening in…
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Turkey - 13/06 15:19 CET
No compromise over Gezi park on the horizon in Turkey
There’s a feeling in Turkey that some sort of endgame is being…
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Istanbul - 13/06 09:55 CET
Gezi park protesters pessimistic about outcome
How has the Turkish prime minister’s good cop/bad cop stance…
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Turkey - 13/06 04:35 CET
Clashes erupt in Ankara for another night of unrest
In Ankara clashes erupted again between demonstrators and police. Much of…
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Turkey - 13/06 02:46 CET
Park referendum idea floated by Turkey's AKP
Using the carrot and the stick approach, Turkey’s ruling AK party…
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Istanbul - 12/06 19:36 CET
Turkey protesters dismiss Erdogan meeting over unrest
The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met a group of…
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United Arab Emirates - 12/06 18:32 CET
Dubai's twisted tower is world's tallest
Stretching 310 metres into the sky, Dubai has officially opened the…
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Istanbul - 12/06 11:06 CET
Taksim Square unrest simmers after police purge
There is an uneasy calm in Istanbul’s Taksim Square after police…
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Turkey - 12/06 06:15 CET
Police crackdown hard on protesters to clear Istanbul square
Istanbul’s Taksim Square was filled with tear gas as Turkish riot…
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Istanbul - 11/06 22:46 CET
Evening skirmishes as Turkish protestors return to Taksim Square
Anti-government protestors returned to Istanbul’s Taksim Square as…
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Turkey - 11/06 20:30 CET
"Seculars don't understand Islamists and Islamists do not…
Turkish riot police have been clearing Istanbul’s Taksim Square of…
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Turkey - 11/06 19:37 CET
Turkish riot police retake control of Taksim Square
Turkish riot police have retaken control of Istanbul’s Taksim…
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Syria - 11/06 17:05 CET
More than a dozen killed in deadly blast in Damascus
A suspected double suicide attack in the Syrian capital Damascus has left…
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Turkey - 11/06 15:46 CET
Turkey protesters defiant after police storm Taksim Square
The storming by Turkish police of Taksim Square in Istanbul has been…
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Turkey - 11/06 12:55 CET
Turkish PM vows to stand firm over anti-government protests
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeated his call…
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Istanbul - 11/06 12:11 CET
Tension flares in Taksim Square
A protester throws a petrol bomb at riot police during a protest at…
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Damascus - 11/06 10:49 CET
More than a dozen killed in Damascus bombing
Two bombs have reportedly exploded in central Damascus killing at least…
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Turkey - 11/06 09:03 CET
Turkish riot police enter Taksim Square
Turkish riot police have stormed Taksim Square in Istanbul, breaking…
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Turkey - 11/06 01:36 CET
PM promise to meet Taksim park protesters fails to end the…
Anti-government protesters expressed their anger late into the night…
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Turkey - 10/06 19:36 CET
Turkish stocks and lira hit by Erdogan attack on 'speculators'
Turkey’s stock market slid further on Monday after the prime…
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Syria - 10/06 15:29 CET
Battle escalates in renewed push for control of Aleppo
Fighting is intensifying in northern Syria as rebels fear a big army…
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Turkey - 10/06 11:36 CET
Turkish protesters set up tent camp in Ankara
Turkish protesters’ occupation of public spaces extended to Ankara…
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Turkey - 10/06 03:06 CET
Defiant Erdogan to hold counter-rallies next weekend
A defiant Turkish prime minister arrived in Ankara surrounded by…
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Jordan - 10/06 01:05 CET
US and Jordan hold joint military exercises close to the Syrian…
American F-16 jets are set to tear across Jordanian skies as part of…
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Turkey - 09/06 17:07 CET
Turkish government and protesters lock horns
In Istanbul, the latest verbal volley aimed at protesters in Taksim…
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Turkey - 09/06 16:15 CET
Turkey's protesters should be 'taught a lesson' - PM Erdogan
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to return to Ankara on…
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Turkey - 09/06 12:06 CET
A Sunday of rallies in Istanbul as Taksim protest continues
There were no signs of protesters in Taksim square in central Istanbul…
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Turkey - 09/06 01:36 CET
Turkey: early elections ruled out
On Saturday night in Istanbul police and protesters clashed in the…
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Turkey - 08/06 21:35 CET
'No early elections' - Turkish ruling party
Calls to bring the 2014 local and Presidential elections forward have…
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Turkey - 08/06 03:16 CET
Turks dig in for weekend of protests
The fires of protest in Turkey have not been extinguished. In…
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Syria - 07/06 19:05 CET
UN launches 'biggest ever' humanitarian appeal over Syria
The plight of refugees caught up in Syria’s civil war has prompted…
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Istanbul - 07/06 18:06 CET
Turkey: Erdogan welcomes protesters with 'democratic…
Back on Turkish soil after his North African tour, the Prime Minister…
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Syria - 07/06 17:35 CET
Putin offers to send Russian peacekeepers to Golan Heights
Vladimir Putin has offered to send Russian troops to replace Austrian…
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Istanbul - 07/06 16:05 CET
Turkey: Friday prayers in Taksim square
Friday in Gezi park in Istanbul, Muslims have held symbolic prayers for…
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Syria - 07/06 14:32 CET
The realities of the Syrian conflict: Carla del Ponte
Death, brutality and suffering: the cruel realities of the Syrian…
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Syria - 07/06 13:35 CET
Syria: state forces advance towards Homs
Following the capture of strategic town Qsair, Syrian Forces continue to…
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Istanbul - 07/06 12:13 CET
Turkey: Erdogan calls for end to violence
Protesters woke in Taksim Square, Central Istanbul the morning after…
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Ankara - 07/06 04:06 CET
Erdogan returns home with call to end protests
Turkish Prime Minister Recip Tayyip Erdogan returned home on Friday to a…
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Istanbul - 06/06 18:27 CET
Erdogan resolute over Turkey protests, insists park plan to go…
Despite the protests in Istanbul’s Taksim Square and elsewhere…
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Istanbul - 06/06 16:47 CET
Kiss behind the barricades
A young couple, who are anti-government protesters, kiss inside a damaged…
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Syria - 06/06 15:24 CET
Syrian forces re-take Golan Heights crossing
Syrian government forces have recaptured a UN- monitored crossing in the…
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Turkey - 06/06 14:26 CET
Turkey: Revolution Museum
In Taksim square, central Istanbul, protesters are still camped out…
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Syria - 06/06 12:15 CET
Israeli alarm over Syrian clashes in Golan Heights
Israeli concerns have been raised over yet another potential spillover…
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Turkey - 06/06 09:55 CET
Turkish protesters await the return of defiant premier
Protesters have continued their occupation of Istanbul’s Taksim…
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Istanbul - 06/06 09:24 CET
Turkey: Protesters use Google Maps to keep an eye on police
With crowdsourcing becoming evermore popular, it may not comes as a…
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Turkey - 06/06 05:05 CET
Calls for police sackings in Turkey as Erdogan returns
Demonstrators gathered overnight on Ankara’s main shopping…
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Syria - 06/06 01:46 CET
Major powers "obliged" to act over Syria - Hollande
French President Francois Hollande says increasing proof of the use of…
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Turkey - 06/06 01:35 CET
'Muslim Anti-Capitalists' defy government portrayal of Turkey…
Anti-government protesters in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Wednesday…
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Turkey - 05/06 22:35 CET
Turkey: peace by day, clashes by night
Riot police were out in force again in the Turkish capital, Ankara as…
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Egypt - 05/06 20:45 CET
Arab League foreign ministers focus on Syria
Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo have been discussing possible…
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Istanbul - 05/06 19:41 CET
'What they did is wrong', Erdogan supporters in Turkey speak out
Not far from the tear gas pellets and mass protests of Taksim square is…
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Syria - 05/06 19:05 CET
Syria's chemical line crossed
Now in the third year of their country’s civil war, Syrians are…
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Syria - 05/06 18:29 CET
Diplomats fail once again to ease suffering in Syria
As the war in Syria reaches new levels of brutality, according to the …
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Egypt - 05/06 18:20 CET
Footballers protest Israel hosting UEFA Euro U21
Former Egyptian footballers gathered in front of the Israeli embassy in…
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Syria - 05/06 16:44 CET
Rebels routed as Syrian army retake Qusair
The Syrian army backed by Hezbollah fighters have retaken the key town of…
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Turkey - 05/06 16:16 CET
Turkey protestors meet deputy PM and issue demands
Those who began a protest to save Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park have…
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Saudi Arabia - 05/06 15:19 CET
Prison and lashings for Saudi man who beat his wife
A Saudi man has been sentenced to 10 days of prison and 30 lashings for…
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Israel - 05/06 13:39 CET
Schoolboy giggling "penetrates" Israel's parliament
Israel’s education minister burst into a laughing fit in parliament…
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Syria - 05/06 11:44 CET
Syrian rebels 'can fight Hezbollah in Lebanon'
The military chief of the main umbrella group of Syrian rebels says his…
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Syria - 05/06 11:05 CET
Syria : Assad forces backed by Hezbollah retake Qusair
The Free Syrian Army say government forces backed by Hezbollah fighters…
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Turkey - 05/06 05:45 CET
A fifth night of unrest in Turkey
There has been a fifth night of unrest in Turkey. The demonstrations in…
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Syria - 05/06 02:15 CET
France says sarin gas used in Syria
France says tests on samples from two sites prove that sarin gas has been…
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Turkey - 04/06 21:23 CET
Calm returns to Istanbul suburbs
Besiktas is an area of Istanbul only moments away from Taksim square…
