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Singer, Gulsen attends the Ozgur Masur show for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Istanbul at Zorlu Center on October 12, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Levent Kulu/Getty Images for IMG) A Turkish pop star has reportedly been arrested on charges of "inciting hatred" in response to a joke she told about religious schools in the country.Gulsen, a 46-year-old pop star in Turkey was taken away from her home in Istanbul for questioning and formally arrested late Thursday after she joked at a concert in April that one of her musicians’ "perversion" stemmed from attending an Islamic school. "He studied at an Imam Hatip (school) previously," the singer said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to supporters as he claims victory in the Turkish presidential election runoff outside the presidents residence in kisikli on May 28, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection Sunday, according to unofficial results, in a victory that extends his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade as the country reels from high inflation and the aftermath of an earthquake that leveled entire cities.A third term gives Erdogan an even stronger hand domestically and internationally, and the election results will have implications far beyond Ankara.

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is weighing Wednesday whether Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can be sued over a 2017 Islamic State group attack on a Turkish nightclub based on the argument the platforms assisted in fueling the growth of the terrorist organization.What the justices decide to do in this case and a related one it heard Tuesday is important particularly because the companies have been shielded from liability on the internet, allowing them to grow into the giants they are today.On the first day of arguments, the justices suggested they had little appetite for a far-reaching ruling that would upend the internet. Wednesday’s case about the nightclub attack in which 39 people died could provide an off-ramp for the justices if they want to limit the impact of what they do.Flowers and candles are placed outside the Reina nightclub by the Bosphorus, following a gun attack on New Year's Eve, on January 1, 2017, in Istanbul, Turkey.

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LONDON – UEFA was meeting virtually with the British government on Monday to discuss the logistics of using Wembley for the all-English Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea.

ISTANBUL, Turkey - A mother and her four children faced a terrifying scenario on Thursday in Turkey: The only way to escape a burning building was to go out a window on the fourth floor, according to a report. As smoke engulfed the interior of the building and billowed from the window, the woman lifted her children one-by-one through the opening and dropped them to the street below, video footage captured by a bystander named Gamze Sevil showed. Several neighbors on the street held blankets under the window and caught all the children, according to a report. Their ingenuity and the makeshift rescue net did the job. The brave children were not hurt, this report said.With Storyful.

FILE - President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) virtually attends G20 summit from Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul, Turkey on November 22, 2020. (Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Leaders of the world's most powerful nations wrapped up the Group of 20 summit on Sunday, vowing to spare no effort to protect lives and ensure affordable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all people.The two-day summit of heads of state was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed at least 1.38 million people globally, with the world’s highest death tolls recorded in seven of the G-20 countries.

A health official holds a new born baby's hand amid coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic at Zeynep Kamil Maternity and Children Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey on May 14, 2020. (Photo by Salih Zeki Fazlioglu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Ima Teachers, start preparing now for a class full of Liams and Olivias.The Social Security Administration released its official list of the Top 10 most popular baby names of 2019 – and they’re not all that different from 2018.Liam and Olivia came out on top as the most popular male and female names, respectively.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 25: People take part in a candle light vigil to remember journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate on October 25, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S.

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