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An unknown aspect of how Bashar al-Assad fled Syria to Russia when the rebels reached Damascus was presented by a columnist for the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, who claims that the Syrian politician gave Israel details of his country’s military targets so that Tel Aviv would allow the plane carrying him to travel to Moscow.

The Hagia Sophia church in Istanbul will undergo extensive restoration to preserve its structural integrity, including the dismantling of its dome, Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reports. Damage to the dome's lead cover and cement materials necessitates the project, said Ahmet Gulec, a member of the scientific committee.

The iconic dome of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul will be dismantled as part of an extensive restoration project to preserve the historic monument's structural integrity, Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported.

Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, interviewed by Turkish newspaper Hurriyet ahead of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's visit to Athens on Friday, expressed his vision of "a neighborhood of lasting peace and prosperity between our people." 

"We have built a level of trust, step by step, enabling honest discussions and the prevention of crises," Gerapetritis noted. 

“Ahead of the meeting that the foreign ministers of Greece and Türkiye will have tomorrow in Athens, the foreign ministers of Greece and Türkiye will hold in Athens at the start of the dialogue to find ways to discuss the dispute over the delimitation of the continental shelf, Giorgos Gerapetritis and Hakhan Fidan in interviews

The United States and Russia are “on the verge of a direct military conflict,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview published today in the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet.

New information regarding the actions of the man and woman who carried out the terrorist attack on Wednesday afternoon at the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ) facilities has been revealed by Turkish media.

Although the Erdoğan government has not officially named the PKK as the organization behind the attack, the Kurdish group has already been identified by two ministers.

Turkey's position on Aegean issues remains firmly entrenched, as highlighted by recent remarks from diplomatic sources to the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet.

Reports in the Turkish press refer to statements made by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during his recent visit to Thessaloniki, in which he expressed optimism for the reopening of the Halki School of Theology in the foreseeable future.

Today marks 69 years since the day when the Hellenism of Constantinople became the scapegoat for the beginning of the EOKA struggle for the unification of Cyprus with Greece. Two seemingly unconnected events, in two different geographical areas, but with the same “object”. Turkey’s intention to impose itself in the eastern Mediterranean by pushing aside the “obstacle” of the Greeks.