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World rings in 2024 after devastating wars, bots and heat
Jubilant crowds bid farewell on Sunday to the hottest year on record, closing a turbulent 12 months marked by clever chatbots, climate crises and devastating wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
Istanbul Stages Football Festivities Ahead of Champions League Final
Gul said that 15,000 security officers have been deployed for the match on Saturday, the biggest football event in the European club calendar.
The final will be played in Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium, where 70,000 fans from all over Europe will attend the game as tens of millions watch on television or online.
Türkiye marks Labor Day
International Workers' Day, also known as May Day, has been marked by tens of thousands in rallies organized by labor unions, non-governmental organizations and political parties across Türkiye.
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Police confront women defying ban to march to Taksim on Women’s Day
Hundreds of women took to the streets to hold a "feminist night march" in Istanbul's Taksim neighborhood despite bans on the evening of March 8 to mark International Women's Day.
Depardieu spends vacation in Istanbul
World-renowned French actor Gerard Depardieu has been spotted vacationing in Istanbul as he was photographed while leaving a seafood restaurant in the Beyoğlu district.
As per reports, the 73-year-old celebrity has been in Istanbul for the last five days.
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Turkish Police Detain 170 in Gezi Park Protests Anniversary
Some 170 people, including journalists, were detained on Tuesday after Turkish police aggressively prevented people from marking the ninth anniversary of the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul.
The crowd was not allowed to enter Taksim Square and Gezi Park and police used violence to stop demonstrators, with barricades, tear gas and batons.
Culture Road Festival opens in Istanbul, Ankara
Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has inaugurated the Beyoğlu and Başkent Culture Road Festival in Istanbul during its launch ceremonies in Istanbul and Ankara on the weekend.
The event in Istanbul opened with a photomarathon event joined by 1,500 photographers.
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Price of virtual Istanbul land decreases by 70 pct
The nosedive in cryptocurrencies has hit the metaverse as the value of a virtual land parcel in Istanbul has decreased by 70 percent on metaverse platforms.
In OVR, a metaverse platform where some 1.6 trillion parcels of global lands are on sale, an average parcel price in Istanbul was around 200 Turkish Liras ($12.40). Today, it is around 60 liras ($3.73).
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Labor Day marked across Turkey
International Workers' Day, also known as May Day, has been marked by tens of thousands in rallies organized by labor unions, non-governmental organizations and political parties across Turkey.
The biggest crown gathered in Istanbul's Maltepe district to celebrate the day.
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Turkey Detains Dozens in Gezi Park Trial Protest
Defying police intervention, thousands of protesters on Tuesday took to the streets of Istanbul to condemn a Turkish court's decision to jail for life philanthropist and human rights advocate Osman Kavala and others for their roles in the Gezi Park Protests in 2013, which the court insisted was a coup attempt.
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