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The chief spokesperson for the Turkish president's office on Sunday denied claims by the main opposition CHP party suggesting that Turkey is prepared to take back asylum seekers from Germany in exchange for Berlin approving Ankara's request for Eurofighter jets.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has seized upon what he terms a "softening period" in the nation's political landscape as an opportunity to advocate for a new constitution.

Ayla Jean Yackley, a journalist covering Turkey with stories in The Financial Times, Politico, and other major outlets, joins Thanos Davelis to look at Ozgur Ozel, the new leader of Turkey's opposition, and break down what we should expect in Turkey as we approach local elections in March.

The parliamentary head of the main opposition Republican People's Party, Özgür Özel, has emphasized the need "not to overlook the public's reaction" and called for swift reforms in the party amid growing calls for change.

Hoteliers in Antalya, which has received serious immigration from two countries since the start of the war in Ukraine, have proposed that the invoices and accommodation documents to be given to the tourists staying in small and medium-sized hotels be accepted as lease contracts.

The move could help stop the exorbitant increases in house prices and rents, according to the hoteliers.

Flu is back this season, and with the influenza viruses getting even stronger, now is the right time to get vaccination shots, says an expert.

With the cold wave that ravaged eastern Turkey in the past weeks leaving its place to relatively warm weather, a group of activists and residents in the eastern province of Bitlis' Adilcevaz district have marked the arrival of spring with nomadic rituals.

Photojournalists from Demirören Media have won 11 awards in the Press Photographs of the Year Event, one of the most well-established photography organizations held by Turkey's Photojournalists Association (TFMD).

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 21 filed a lawsuit for mental anguish against the Republican People's Party (CHP) Group Deputy Chair Özgür Özel amounting to 250,000 Turkish Liras.

Erdoğan filed the lawsuit for "insulting" him at the speech that Özel delivered at the parliament last week.

A resolution which gives the Labor Ministry the authority to make it necessary for mine companies to build safe rooms has been put into a workplace security package with the efforts of Turkey's opposition parties.