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The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy seizes control of the Marshall Islands-flagged and Greek-operated civilian oil tanker "St Nikolas" in the Gulf of Oman. The tanker had 19 crew members onboard, including 18 Filipinos and one Greek. It was carrying crude oil from Basra, Iraq, to Turkey.
2024-01-11

At least 10 people have been killed by floods caused by torrential rain in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
2023-09-6

Greek authorities evacuate five villages near the northeastern border with Turkey, where a wildfire that has already destroyed several homes approached.
2023-08-20

Turkey begins to give a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers and people aged above 50 years old.
2021-07-1

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hits Greece and Turkey, with an epicentre in the Aegean Sea. Flooding and destruction of houses is reported in Samos, where two people have died, and Izmir, where 20 people have died and 786 injured.
2020-10-30

James Le Mesurier, the British co-founder of the White Helmets, a volunteer civil defence organisation in Syria, is found dead near his home in Istanbul, Turkey. The cause of death is not known.
2019-11-11

A bus carrying tourists crashes near the resort town of Marmaris in southwest Turkey, killing at least 17 people and leaving 13 others injured.
2017-05-13

A snowstorm in the Turkish city of Istanbul leads to the closure of Istanbul Atatürk Airport, causes the cancellation of 300 Turkish Airlines flights and closes the Bosphorus Strait to shipping.
2015-02-18

Syrian troops raid the town of Bdama near the Turkish border in an attempt to crush a nationwide uprising.
2011-06-18

Turkish lawyers file a complaint against Israel over the Gaza flotilla raid in the International Criminal Court.
2010-10-14