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Turkey’s Opposition Names Kılıçdaroğlu as Presidential Candidate

Turkey’s Opposition Names Kılıçdaroğlu as Presidential Candidate

Turkey's six-party alliance has named Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), as their joint candidate for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14....

Turkey: Erdoğan Indicates Election Will Be Held May 14

Turkey: Erdoğan Indicates Election Will Be Held May 14

Turkish Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan indicated on Wednesday that the country's elections will be held on May 14, just over three months after a deadly earthquake claimed more than 45k lives....

Turkey Hit by Magnitude 5.6 Quake in Latest Aftershock

Turkey Hit by Magnitude 5.6 Quake in Latest Aftershock

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale rocked Turkey's Malatya province on Monday, leading to more building collapses and the death of at least one person. Dozens were also reported injured....

Another Earthquake Rattles Turkey-Syria

Another Earthquake Rattles Turkey-Syria

As the death toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Syria and Turkey earlier this month rises to more than 46k, another 6.4 magnitude quake hit southern Turkey and Northern Syria on Monday, concentrated in the Turkish province of Hatay, which saw some of the worst damage in the previous earthq...

Syria Aid Enters Newly-Opened Border Crossing

Syria Aid Enters Newly-Opened Border Crossing

Following an agreement between the Syrian government and the UN regarding the opening of two additional border crossings from Turkey into opposition-held northwest Syria earlier this week, 11 trucks crossed into the region on Tuesday to deliver aid to the millions of victims of last week's earthq...

Turkey Investigating Over 130 People Over Building Collapses

Turkey Investigating Over 130 People Over Building Collapses

On Sunday, Turkish authorities announced that they would investigate 131 people who could potentially be held responsible for the collapse of buildings in Turkey's devastating earthquakes last week. Of the reported suspects, authorities said that they ordered the detention of 113....

Syria Approves Earthquake Aid to Rebel Region

Syria Approves Earthquake Aid to Rebel Region

The Syrian government said Friday it approved the delivery of humanitarian aid to the country's earthquake-hit rebel-held northwest region, adding that its delivery should be supervised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Syrian Red Crescent, with UN oversight....