Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-e-Ravanchi says that ending the “oppressive sanctions” and preserving Iran’s right to uranium enrichment, were insisted by the Iranian delegation in Istanbul nuclear talks.

Negotiators for the warring sides in Istanbul appeared to make little progress on ceasefire terms or a possible summit between their presidents – with their meeting ending after less than an hour.

Istanbul’s historic buildings, including the Hagia Sophia and Basilica Cistern, are at risk from a major earthquake on the Anatolian fault line.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated that he wants to arrange a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. Source: Erdoğan during a press conference, as quoted by Turkish news agency Anadolu and reported by European Pravda Details: On Friday 25 July,

"This week, by holding talks with Putin and Trump, we will strive to see if we can bring these leaders together in Istanbul," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

İstanbul police carried out a large-scale ID check operation late yesterday as part of a routine security sweep dubbed “Peace İstanbul," performing ID checks on 336,165 individuals and detaining 835 as a result, according to the authorities.

Minas Avramidis worked in early 20th-century Kutahya, long after Iznik's kilns cooled but before global capital flattened local craft. He turned humble glazed earthenware into narrative tableaux: a Christian martyr haloed by florals; a moustachioed man raising a pistol in theatrical despair.

A Turkish court has convicted Istanbul’s jailed opposition mayor of insulting and threatening a public official.

An Istanbul court on Wednesday sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, to a fresh prison term, state broadcaster TRT reported, extending a crackdown on the opposition.

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