With an order about to take effect keeping people at home for three weeks except for essential errands and jobs, many Turks rushed to stock their pantries or flee crowded cities.
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Biden to Say Armenians Suffered Genocide. Here’s Why It Matters.
Events more than 100 years ago during the breakup of the Ottoman Empire are back in the news, with President Biden’s intention to declare the killing of 1.5 million Armenians a genocide.
Biden to Declare Atrocities Against Armenia Were Genocide
The designation for the World War I-era killings would further fray U.S. relations with Turkey, but it is a risk the president appears willing to take to further human rights, officials said.
Biden Preparing to Declare That Atrocities Against Armenia Were Genocide
The designation for the World War I-era killings would further fray U.S. relations with Turkey, but it is a risk the president appears willing to take to further human rights, officials said.
Sliding in the Polls, Erdogan Kicks Up a New Storm Over the Bosporus
As part of a push to carve a canal alongside the waterway, Turkey’s president signaled that he could scrap a treaty that has kept peace in the region for decades.
Turkey Fights for Return of a Work It Says Was Looted
A bench trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan concerns an ancient idol held by Christie’s.
In Turkey’s Failed Coup, Trainees Face the Same Stiff Punishments as Generals
The families of trainee pilots sentenced to life in prison broke their silence to protest the men’s innocence. The pilots are among more than 600 trainees and conscripts swept up in prosecutions.
An Alliance of Autocracies? China Wants to Lead a New World Order.
As President Biden predicts a struggle between democracies and their opponents, Beijing is eager to champion the other side.
Blinken’s Welcome by NATO Doesn’t Hide Differences on Key Issues
President Biden’s top diplomat sought to soothe allies battered by former President Donald J. Trump, promising coordination and consultation. But underlying problems remain.
Erdogan Pulls Turkey From European Treaty on Domestic Violence
The move is likely to please President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s conservative followers. He also removed the head of the central bank.