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Turkish lawmakers vote in favor of Finland's bid to join NATO late Thursday at the parliament in Ankara.

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Turkey's parliament clears the way for Finland to join NATO

6:04pm March 30, 2023

by The Associated Press

All 276 lawmakers present voted in favor of Finland's application. The action lifted the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country's long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance.

Ibrahim Muslimani, 30, speaks to a class about a piece of music blending different eras and languages at the Nefes Foundation for Arts and Culture, which he founded in 2016, in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Nov. 22, 2022.

A music school uniting Syrian and Turkish cultures survives the massive earthquake

6:01am March 25, 2023

by Fatma Tanis

A handful of students return to a school in Gaziantep, Turkey, that seeks to help revive old Syrian and Turkish music and integrate refugees.

The U.N.-chartered vessel MV Valsamitis is loaded to deliver 25,000 tons of Ukrainian wheat to Kenya and 5,000 tons to Ethiopia. It is pictured at the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk in February.

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Russia agrees to extend the Ukraine grain deal again

1:05pm March 18, 2023

Brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, the deal allows Ukraine to ship food and fertilizer through a humanitarian corridor from Black Sea ports. The duration of the extension remained uncertain.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Finland's President Sauli Niinisto shake hands during a welcome ceremony at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Friday.

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Turkey says it will ratify Finland's bid to join NATO

1:54pm March 17, 2023

"NATO will become stronger with Finland's membership and thus, I believe, will play an active role in maintaining global security and stability," Turkey's president said Friday.

A view inside what was the dome of the historic Habib-i Najjar Mosque in Antakya.

Turkey's Antakya is in ruins after the quake, erasing cultural and religious heritage

9:48am February 25, 2023

The city of Antakya, known in antiquity as Antioch, was at the crossroads of civilizations for centuries. After the Feb. 6 earthquake, many of its centuries-old monuments and sites lie in ruins.

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A baker fine-tunes the edges of a pan of baklava before it is covered with pastry.

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Baklava took a break in Turkey's pastry capital after the earthquake. Now it's back

4:47pm February 22, 2023

In a city known for its pistachio baklava, a pastry heavyweight turned his family's restaurant into a charity kitchen and shelter after the catastrophic Feb. 6 earthquake.

A woman tends to lentil soup at a municipal soup kitchen in Gaziantep, Turkey. On the first day after the quake, the kitchen's director says they distributed soup to more than 200,000 people.

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Lentil soup comes to the rescue in quake-ravaged Turkey

2:02pm February 21, 2023

by Jason Beaubien

It's a supersoup during this humanitarian crisis. Easy to make, it warms the displaced, fuels rescue crews and comforts residents traumatized by the disaster.

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People in Antakya, Turkey, react after a new earthquake struck on Monday.

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A new earthquake hits Turkey, as teams still respond to earlier catastrophic quake

5:03pm February 20, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

Turkish authorities say a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, followed by a magnitude 5.8 tremor, struck the Antakya region around 8 p.m. local time Monday. The quake was also felt in Syria.

As Turkey's leaders promise a swift start to reconstruction efforts in the earthquake zone, attention is also turning to Istanbul — and whether Turkey's largest city has done what it can to be ready for a major quake.

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Turkey and Syria quakes prompt fresh worries about Istanbul's building safety

5:02am February 20, 2023

by Peter Kenyon

As Turkey's leaders promise a swift start to reconstruction efforts in the earthquake zone, attention is also turning to Istanbul — and whether Turkey's largest city is ready for a major quake.

Ali Kafadenk (left) and his brother, Abdullah, look at the rubble of Ali's apartment in Islahiye, Turkey. Ali and his wife MerveÂ survived the earthquake Feb 6.

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One couple's bedroom caved in during the earthquake. Here's how it saved their lives

6:00am February 19, 2023

In the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria, several survivors stayed alive by chance when their collapsed walls provided protection.

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