World Oct 16 Family mourns coal miner’s death in Turkey, demands punishment for explosion Friday’s explosion at the state-owned Turkish Hard Coal Enterprise’s (TTK) mine in the Black Sea town of Amasra killed 41 miners and injured 11.
World Oct 14 Death toll rises to 41 in Turkish coal mine blast, dozens rescued An explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey killed at least 22 people, Turkey's health minister announced, while rescuers working through the night were trying to bring dozens of others trapped to the surface.
World Aug 05 3 more ships with grain depart Ukraine ports under deal with United Nations The Black Sea region is dubbed the world’s breadbasket, with Ukraine and Russia key global suppliers of wheat, corn, barley and sunflower oil that millions of impoverished people rely on for survival.
World Aug 03 First grain ship to leave Ukraine passes inspection but no sign of more The first grain ship to leave Ukraine under a Black Sea wartime deal has passed inspection in Istanbul and is heading on to Lebanon.
World Aug 14 Turkish flood deaths hit 55; dispute arises over the missing Torrential rains that pounded the Black Sea provinces of Bartin, Kastamonu and Sinop on Wednesday caused flooding that demolished homes, severed at least five bridges, swept away cars and rendered numerous roads unpassable. Turkish disaster agency AFAD said 46 people…
World Aug 04 Wildfire reaches Turkey power plant, prompts evacuations Authorities have said safety precautions have been taken at the Kemerkoy power plant and its hydrogen tanks had been emptied. Local reporters said late Wednesday the wildfires had also prompted the evacuation of the nearby seaside area of Oren.
World Jul 31 Turkey evacuates panicked tourists by boat from wildfires Panicked tourists in Turkey hurried to the seashore to wait for rescue boats Saturday after being told to evacuate some hotels in the Aegean resort of Bodrum due to the dangers posed by nearby wildfires, Turkish media reported.
World Jul 01 Turkey officially withdraws from treaty protecting women He ended the country's participation in the Council of Europe's Istanbul Convention through a surprise overnight decree in March, prompting condemnation from women's rights groups and western countries.
World Apr 24 Biden recognizes atrocities against Armenians as genocide With the acknowledgement, Biden followed through on a campaign promise he made a year ago Saturday — the annual commemoration of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day — to recognize that the events of 1915 to 1923 were a deliberate effort to…
World Nov 01 70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 71 But on the third day since the disaster, search-and-rescue teams appeared to be finding more bodies than survivors in Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city. They continued searching in eight toppled buildings, but work was paused at one when authorities determined the…