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Turkey’s COVID-19 explosion brings harsh restrictions

With more than 30,000 new daily infections, President Erdogan says he had no choice but to ‘minimise human mobility’.

Healthcare workers wearing mask and protective suits take care of a patient at intensive care unit of Bornova Turkan Ozilhan State Hospital [File: Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu/Getty Images]

How will a Biden presidency affect Turkey?

Getting ‘tough on Turkey’ is a way for Biden to break with Trump’s respect for authoritarian leaders, analysts say.

While President Donald Trump may have alienated some on the world stage, his relations with Turkey have generally been good [Reuters]

‘Diyarbakir Mothers’ demand return of missing children in Turkey

Dozens of teenagers have disappeared in recent years amid allegations they have been taken to fight for the PKK.

Turkan Mutlu holds a photo of her daughter Ceylan who joined the PKK during a sit-in protest outside the HDP headquarters in Diyarbakir on October 17, 2019 [File: Sertac Kayar/Reuters]

Turkish and Greek ‘family’ on the Mediterranean shrug off tension

Despite raging rhetoric between Turkey and Greece, coastal dwellers pay little heed to ‘children’s games’.

A Turkish warship in docks in Kas Marina as geopolitical tensions rise in the Eastern Mediterranean [Sami Kent/Al Jazeera]