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Sports News | Jyothi, Parneet in Semis; Compound Mixed Team to Fight for Bronze in Archery World Cup Stage 4
Latestly
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July 11, 2025
Madrid, Jul 11 (PTI) Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Parneet Kaur stormed into their respective semifinals, while the mixed team stayed in contention for a bronze medal as India's compound archers kept their campaign alive at the Archery World Cup Stage...
Turkish artist donates skills to decorate mosques with Quranic verses
Sabah
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July 11, 2025
The walls of 20 mosques in Van, eastern Türkiye, have been calligraphically painted with Quranic verses and decorative motifs over the past two years, by 55-year-old Mehmet Emin Deniz, who has voluntarily adorned them using the traditional art of...
Turkey: Sözcü TV censored by the state regulator
European Federation of Journalists
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Picture credit: SZC. Turkish media regulator RTÜK has imposed an administrative fine and a 10-day broadcasting suspension on Sözcü TV over a statement “Turkey is not a Muslim country” made by Murat Kubilay, a columnist in national media outlets in...
Turkish judoka Döndü Yeşilyurt eyes redemption at LA 2028
Sabah
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July 11, 2025
After falling just short in Paris, visually impaired Turkish judoka Döndü Yeşilyurt is back on the mat with her sights firmly set on Los Angeles 2028, determined to finish what she started. The 32-year-old athlete, who began her sports career in...
Turkish theater opens festival in Moscow with 'War and Peace'
Sabah
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July 11, 2025
The Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality City Theaters’ production of "Savaş ve Barış" ("War and Peace"), adapted from the classic novel by Russian author Leo Tolstoy and directed by Mehmet Birkiye, will be staged in Moscow, Russia. Since its...
Montpellier receive offer for Modibo Sagnan from Turkish club
Get French Football News
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July 11, 2025
6The fallout from Montpellier HSC’s relegation to Ligue 2 looks to continue with an offer arriving from Turkey for centre-back Modibo Sagnan (26). The drop down into the second tier of French football has caused speculation around the futures of...
Kurdish militants disarm in end to 40-year war with Turkey
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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The Kurdish militant group PKK started laying down its weapons, marking the beginning of a disarmament process aimed at ending one of the Middle East’s longest-running insurgencies. A group of 30 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party burned...
Spotify ready to quit Turkey in battle over Erdogan’s ‘gold toilet’ playlists
The Times
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Spotify is threatening to pull out of Turkey in a row over playlists that mock President Erdogan’s wife and, in particular, her claimed lavish spending and gold toilet. Batuhan Mumcu, the deputy minister of culture and tourism, accused the...
Historic Win for Muay Thai: Sport Added to 2027 Military World Games
The Nation Thailand
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July 11, 2025
"Muay Thai is a soft power that everyone agrees holds great value," stated Sutin. "Pushing it to the global level significantly increases its worth." He emphasised the military's suitability for this role, given its inherent discipline and unique...
Sport1 Medien sells Plazamedia to DMC Production
Sportcal
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July 10, 2025
German media heavyweight Sport1 Medien has agreed a deal to sell production company Plazamedia to DMC Production. As part of the transaction, Sweden-based DMC Production, which specializes in modern remote production, has acquired 100% of the...
Turkish power plant reborn as regional cultural hub
The Art Newspaper
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July 10, 2025
A century-old power plant in northern Turkey has been converted into a culture hub, part of a European Union-backed effort to bring contemporary art and other programmes to parts of the country long left off the modern culture map. Motorhane,...
Turkey suspends opposition TV channel Sözcü TV for 10 days
Ghana News Agency
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July 10, 2025
Istanbul, July 10, (dpa/GNA) — Turkish authorities have ordered a 10-day broadcasting ban on Sözcü TV, one of the country’s most prominent government-critical channels, for allegedly violating media regulations, the head of Turkey’s broadcasting...
Ankara will become tourism capital of Turkic world in 2026
Turkmenportal
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Ankara has been chosen as the tourism capital of the Turkic world in 2026. This was announced by the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Türkiye Mehmet Nuri Ersoy. The corresponding decision was made at the 10th meeting of tourism ministers of the...
Ankara named Turkic world’s ‘tourism capital’
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA Ankara has been officially declared the “2026 Turkic World Tourism Capital” by the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), following the 10th meeting of tourism ministers held in the Turkish capital. The announcement was made by Turkish...
Turkish MotoGP speedsters gear up for crucial weekend across Europe
Sabah
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July 10, 2025
This weekend marks a pivotal chapter for Turkish motorcycle racing, as four riders – Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, Bahattin Sofuoğlu, Can Öncü and Deniz Öncü – gear up to make their mark across Europe. The speedsters will grace two key venues, the World...
Rwanda invests USD500 million more in Bugesera Airport as it promotes an African sporting nirvana
Routes
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Rwanda's new Bugesera International Airport is a teenager already - and it hasn't even been built yet. The government has been forced into a further USD500 million cash injection in it for this fiscal year, supported by a Development Bank loan,...
10 Details From Dinosaur Movies That Are Completely Inaccurate
Screen Rant
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July 10, 2025
The Jurassic Park series and other dinosaur movies are known to take some extreme scientific liberties when it comes to their depictions of pre-historic animals, with many scientific inaccuracies that can be pointed to. Paleontologists'...
Turkey’s Erdoğan makes high-stakes Kurdish gamble
Politico Europe
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July 10, 2025
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is making the biggest gamble of his career to save his political skin, just as popular opinion — even in traditionalist, conservative strongholds — swings sharply against him. His goal? To bring the large...
Syrian-Turkish Protocol Signed to Enhance Educational Cooperation
Enab Baladi
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July 10, 2025
On Thursday, July 10, the Syrian Ministry of Education and the Turkish Ministry of National Education signed a joint cooperation protocol aimed at rehabilitating war-damaged schools in Syria, expanding educational opportunities for Syrian youth,...
Federal Court awards Turkish broadcaster $5.96M in damages for copyright infringement
Law360 Canada
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By Karunjit Singh ( July 10, 2025, 5:04 PM EDT) -- The Federal Court has ordered certain IPTV providers to pay $5.96 million in statutory damages for infringing a Turkish broadcaster’s copyright in 2,974 episodes of 22 TV series and its live...