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Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2023
Turkey's undefeated president nears knife-edge vote
The 69-year-old has become one of Turkey's most important and divisive leaders since his Islamic-rooted party ended half a century of secular rule.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 17, 2023
Taking on Erdogan, Turkish opposition leader banks on everyman appeal
Kemal Kilicdaroglu is aiming to attract voters tired of the president’s bombastic rhetoric and tough-guy persona, campaigning not just as an anti-Erdogan but as his polar opposite.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 5, 2023
NATO entry delay for Sweden spells trouble for alliance, experts say
Finland and Sweden abandoned decades of military nonalignment in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but Turkey and Hungary have refused to ratify Sweden's bid to join the alliance.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 31, 2023
Finland clears last obstacle to NATO entry with nod from Turkey
The vote seals a major change in the European security architecture after militarily nonaligned Finland and Sweden sought NATO membership following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2023
NATO edges closer to expansion as Finland wins over holdouts
Turkey and Hungary both signaled they plan to ratify Finland’s entry into NATO, bringing the military alliance a step closer to welcoming its 31st member.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 8, 2023
Women deal with added burdens of Turkey's quake disaster
From underwear to period and contraception products, a makeshift clinic offers women everything they are too shy to ask for on the streets of Turkey's quake zone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2023
Quakes are inevitable. Huge death tolls are not.
Better building standards mean earthquakes need not turn into the devastation seen in Turkey and Syria. The world should pay attention.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 1, 2023
Quake killed more than 50,000 in Turkey and Syria, revised toll shows
Local authorities relied on data collected from hospitals, medical centers, civil defense forces and civilian sources, many of whom buried their dead without taking them to hospital.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 1, 2023
Finland readies for vote on joining NATO, despite Sweden delay
Facing fewer diplomatic hurdles than Stockholm, Helsinki wants to move forward even before Finland's general elections in April.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 21, 2023
How does aid get into rebel-held northwest Syria?
Two weeks after a deadly earthquake, only a trickle of U.N. aid has entered the rebel-held northwest of the country, with the slow pace sparking outrage and anger.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 21, 2023
Erdogan's hasty rebuild plan could leave Turkey at risk of more earthquake agony
Experts believe seismic-safety standards must be carefully enforced and safer structure built in the southern disaster zone that straddles one of three fault lines crisscrossing Turkey.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 21, 2023
Fresh earthquake hits Turkey-Syria border two weeks after disaster
Monday's quake, this time with a magnitude of 6.4, was centered near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 19, 2023
Former Ghana winger Christian Atsu found dead in Turkey quake rubble
There were initial reports that the former Chelsea and Newcastle player had been rescued a day after the quake, but these turned out to be false.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 17, 2023
Aid focus turns to the homeless and destitute in aftermath of Turkey quake
The quake killed at least 38,044 people in southern Turkey, officials said on Friday, while authorities in neighboring Syria have reported 5,800 deaths.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 16, 2023
Three women and two children pulled from rubble in Turkey as aid reaches Syria
The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria has climbed to more than 41,000, and millions are in need of humanitarian aid.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 16, 2023
Defying odds: A story of survival under Turkey's earthquake rubble
A 62-year-old man survived 187 hours after the walls of his ground-floor apartment were propped up by a fridge and a cabinet.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 15, 2023
New aid route to rebel-held Syria opens as quake toll nears 40,000
Rare survivors were pulled from the debris eight days after the 7.8 magnitude quake struck Syria and Turkey.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2023
Apocalyptic scenes haunt Turkish children after deadly quake
Faced with the sight of death and widespread destruction, children in Turkey have been left dangerously exposed to long-term trauma.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2023
Turkey wasn't prepared for quake, responders say, amid anger over lost lives
A lack of water, food, medicine, body bags and cranes in the disaster zone following the quake left hundreds of thousands of people to fend for themselves.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2023
Turkey finds more survivors as anger grows a week after killer quake
Communities brace for the inevitable scaling down of search and rescue operations as low temperatures have reduced the already slim chances of survival.

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