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Dmitry Zaks

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Our AFP News Agency profile of Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK figurehead captured in a daring Turkish intelligence operation 25 years ago
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Our @AFP profile of Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK figurehead captured in a daring Turkish intelligence operation 25 years ago u.afp.com/5Nxb
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The works of a Turkish street artist have become emblematic of the subversive forms of grassroots protest emerging against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade rule. AFP News Agency story
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The works of a Turkish street artist have become emblematic of the subversive forms of grassroots protest emerging against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade rule. @AFP story u.afp.com/5Noe
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Turkey is under pressure to shut a partly US-owned gold mine where a landslide buried nine workers and raised fears of cyanide and sylphuric acid leaking into the nearby Euphrates River. AFP News Agency story
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Turkey is under pressure to shut a partly US-owned gold mine where a landslide buried nine workers and raised fears of cyanide and sylphuric acid leaking into the nearby Euphrates River. @AFP story u.afp.com/5GyX
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The pious men raise their knees, rotate shoulders and hop in place, exchanging muted giggles and shy glances. AFP News Agency on how Istanbul's mosques are converting working class faithful to sport
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The pious men raise their knees, rotate shoulders and hop in place, exchanging muted giggles and shy glances. @AFP on how Istanbul's mosques are converting working class faithful to sport u.afp.com/5GRp
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Turkey's pro-Kurdish party decides to run a low-profile candidate in Istanbul's mayoral election. This should help opposition leader Imamoglu stay in power and hurt Erdogan's chances of winning back his hometown. AFP News Agency story
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Turkey's pro-Kurdish party decides to run a low-profile candidate in Istanbul's mayoral election. This should help opposition leader Imamoglu stay in power and hurt Erdogan's chances of winning back his hometown. @AFP story u.afp.com/5GPF
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It's a case of Hermes vs Hermes.

One, the global luxury goods giant based in Paris, is suing the other, a cosy bookseller tucked away in a Turkish seaside town, over alleged trade name infringement. AFP News Agency story
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It's a case of Hermes vs Hermes. One, the global luxury goods giant based in Paris, is suing the other, a cosy bookseller tucked away in a Turkish seaside town, over alleged trade name infringement. @AFP story u.afp.com/5GkQ
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Ravaged by grief, bearing torches and holding up portraits of their lost families, thousands of earthquake survivors gather in the pre-dawn hours for the first anniversary of Turkey's worst disaster of modern times. AFP News Agency report from Antakya
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Ravaged by grief, bearing torches and holding up portraits of their lost families, thousands of earthquake survivors gather in the pre-dawn hours for the first anniversary of Turkey's worst disaster of modern times. @AFP report from Antakya u.afp.com/5pt9
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Turkey's new central bank chief is given a rude welcome by a January inflation report that shows prices soaring on the back of a hefty hike in minimum wages. From AFP News Agency
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Turkey's new central bank chief is given a rude welcome by a January inflation report that shows prices soaring on the back of a hefty hike in minimum wages. From @AFP u.afp.com/5pz7
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Grieving Turks are still coming to terms with how a 7.8-magnitude tremor could have upturned the lives of millions of people in seconds while they were still asleep one year ago. AFP News Agency story
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Grieving Turks are still coming to terms with how a 7.8-magnitude tremor could have upturned the lives of millions of people in seconds while they were still asleep one year ago. @AFP story u.afp.com/5pEa
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Cansu Gol lost her baby in the rubble of Turkey's massive earthquake one year ago. Now she spends her time trying to heal the mental scars of her two surviving kids. AFP News Agency report from Kahramanmaras
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Cansu Gol lost her baby in the rubble of Turkey's massive earthquake one year ago. Now she spends her time trying to heal the mental scars of her two surviving kids. @AFP report from Kahramanmaras u.afp.com/5pLX
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Erdogan puts former New York Fed and Amazon economist Fatih Karahan in charge of Turkey's central bank. His appointment will ease worries about the resignation of market darling Hafize Gaye Erkan over a media scandal. AFP News Agency story
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Erdogan puts former New York Fed and Amazon economist Fatih Karahan in charge of Turkey's central bank. His appointment will ease worries about the resignation of market darling Hafize Gaye Erkan over a media scandal. @AFP story u.afp.com/5pun
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Turkey's pro-market central bank chief quits after less than a year in office over a scandal involving her family. But analysts think this time, Erdogan will not waver from his new-found support for conventional economics. AFP News Agency story
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Turkey's pro-market central bank chief quits after less than a year in office over a scandal involving her family. But analysts think this time, Erdogan will not waver from his new-found support for conventional economics. @AFP story u.afp.com/5pun
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Turkish police free seven workers taken hostage by a pro-Palestinian gunman at a plant owned by US giant Procter & Gamble. They raided the Istanbul area facility when the assailant took a bathroom break. AFP News Agency wrap up
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Turkish police free seven workers taken hostage by a pro-Palestinian gunman at a plant owned by US giant Procter & Gamble. They raided the Istanbul area facility when the assailant took a bathroom break. @AFP wrap up u.afp.com/5pny
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A pro-Palestinian gunman is holding seven Turkish workers hostage at a plant near Istanbul owned by US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble in protest at the war in Gaza. AFP News Agency latest
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A pro-Palestinian gunman is holding seven Turkish workers hostage at a plant near Istanbul owned by US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble in protest at the war in Gaza. @AFP latest u.afp.com/5pny
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An assailant takes people hostage at a plant owned by US giant Procter & Gamble near Istanbul in protest at the war in Gaza. AFP News Agency story
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An assailant takes people hostage at a plant owned by US giant Procter & Gamble near Istanbul in protest at the war in Gaza. @AFP story u.afp.com/5peV
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Turkey's parliament formally ousts a jailed opposition lawmaker whose election created a politically-charged standoff between the country's two top courts. AFP News Agency story
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Turkey's parliament formally ousts a jailed opposition lawmaker whose election created a politically-charged standoff between the country's two top courts. @AFP story u.afp.com/5pqT
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A photo of Mesut Hancer holding his dead daughter's hand protruding from the debris, her body crushed and his gaze lost, epitomised the anguish of Turkey's earthquake. AFP News Agency catches up with him ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster
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A photo of Mesut Hancer holding his dead daughter's hand protruding from the debris, her body crushed and his gaze lost, epitomised the anguish of Turkey's earthquake. @AFP catches up with him ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster u.afp.com/5piM
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Ancient Antioch - now called Antakya - has been transformed from a bustling city with a pulsating nightlife and historic architecture into a patchwork of vast empty spaces filled with container camps. AFP News Agency report a year after Turkey's quake
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Ancient Antioch - now called Antakya - has been transformed from a bustling city with a pulsating nightlife and historic architecture into a patchwork of vast empty spaces filled with container camps. @AFP report a year after Turkey's quake u.afp.com/5pkG
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Zahide Seker contemplated suicide many times after losing almost her entire family in Turkey's massive earthquake one year ago. Instead, she decided to pin her hopes on a fight for justice. AFP News Agency report from Kahramanmaras
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Zahide Seker contemplated suicide many times after losing almost her entire family in Turkey's massive earthquake one year ago. Instead, she decided to pin her hopes on a fight for justice. @AFP report from Kahramanmaras u.afp.com/5cyq
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Turkey's central bank delivers its final interest rate hike of a historic tightening cycle that more than quintupled borrowing costs to fight record inflation. AFP News Agency story
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Turkey's central bank delivers its final interest rate hike of a historic tightening cycle that more than quintupled borrowing costs to fight record inflation. @AFP story u.afp.com/5cLP
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