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The EU has decried violence against protesters in Belarus

EU set to impose sanctions on Belarus

The legislation targets social networks with more than a million unique visits every day and says servers with Turkish users' data must be stored locally

Turkey tightens grip on social media with new law

People gather outside the Hagia Sophia for Friday prayers

First Islamic prayers held in Turkey's Hagia Sophia

Muslim prayers are due to begin on 24 July at the site

Pope 'distressed' over Hagia Sophia mosque conversion

Hagia Sophia was once a Byzantine church and then a mosque, before becoming a museum in the last century

Erdogan defends Hagia Sophia mosque decision

News Lens / 11 Jul

Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey in 2018

Khashoggi murder trial told oven was lit after killing

Court has heard petition to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque

Greece urges Turkey to keep Hagia Sophia as museum

Carlos Ghosn said he fled to Lebanon to escape what he called a 'rigged' justice system in Japan

Turkey charges seven people over Ghosn escape

Business / 08 May

Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashogg was killed after he entered the Saudi consulate in October 2018

Turkey charges 20 Saudis over Khashoggi murder

Migrants and refugees carrying their belongings walk along the Turkish-Greek border, near the Pazarkule border gate in Turkey

Turkey to host summit on migrant crisis

Germany said the focus is on helping children who are sick or unaccompanied

Germany to take 100 children from Greek refugee camp

Asylum-seekers have been trying to break through the Turkey-Greece border

EU, Turkey plan joint working group on migrants

A Syrian soldier photographed in Idlib province after the ceasefire took hold

Relative calm in Idlib following ceasefire

Thousands of people are living in makeshift accommodation at camps on either side of the frontier

Greek PM says EU-Turkey migrant pact is 'dead'

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands at a press conference

'Relative' calm in Idlib as ceasefire takes effect

Police try to hold back migrants attempting to cross the border in Kastanies, Greece

NATO says EU must work with Turkey on migrant crisis

Europe / 05 Mar

Dozens of parliamentarians joined the brawl, some climbing desks or throwing punches

Fistfight breaks out in Turkish parliament

News Lens / 04 Mar

Migrants run from riot police after being pushed to go back to Moria camp from the port of Mytilene

Tensions on Lesbos causing disruption to NGO work

A soldier stands guard as migrants attempt to scale fences erected by the Turkish army

EU accuses Turkey of using migrants to pressure Europe

Europe / 04 Mar

A migrant waits in the port of Lesbos in Greece

Europe pledges €700m to Greece amidst migrant crisis

Women and children were among the 2,000 people arriving at the Pazarkule border gate

Greece blocks 10,000 migrants and refugees at border

Tear gas was fired during clashes at the border

Migrants, police clash at Turkey-Greece border

Refugees walk on a road near the Greek-Turkey border crossing of Kastanies

Turkey says it will let refugees into Europe

Since the video, Salwa and her family have been invited to live in Turkey

Laughing Syrian girl begins new life in Turkey

News Lens / 27 Feb

The black list was set up in 2017 after revelations of widespread tax evasion and avoidance schemes used by firms and wealthy individuals to reduce their tax bills

EU adds Seychelles, Cayman Islands, Panama to tax list

Business / 18 Feb

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