Tag: Turkey

Drones are everywhere these days. They’re great for sports, warfare, and a good tool in search-and-rescue operations. But one place they don’t belong — according to me, anyway — is when I’m trying to get away from it all. Somewhere in this great country, there’s a turkey who feels just the way I do.

Soaring interest rates and a bigger crop will likely dampen the country’s appetite for imported lentils this year.

Armin Alipour was a refugee in Turkey. Now, the 23-year-old has graduated from Saint Louis Adult Learning and Continuing Education in Kitchener, Ont., and is set to attend the University of Guelph for engineering this fall.

The FCDO says that if you are visiting Turkey, your passport must be valid for at least 150 days from the date you arrive and have a full blank page for entry and exit stamps. If entering Turkey through a land border, make sure your passport has a dated entry stamp before you leave the border crossing.

The practice of blocking content in Turkey is common. News directly related to the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his family, or AKP officials are most frequently blocked.

A mother turkey went into attack mode after a nosey drone flew a little bit too close.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he’s called a meeting of senior officials on July 6 to try to overcome Turkish objections to Sweden joining the military alliance.