International Migration Film Festival kicks off
ISTANBUL
Turkey's International Migration Film Festival kicked off Sunday night.
The opening ceremony began with speeches by Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu and Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy.
Soylu said...
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ISTANBUL Musical titan Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds will perform in Istanbul in August as part of events Turkiye’s major culture institution IKSV holds to mark its 50th...
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ISTANBUL
Turkey's International Migration Film Festival continues.
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Namik Kemal: Turkey’s poet of homeland and freedom
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ISTANBUL
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Turkish TV series attract audience from 146 countries
ISTANBUL
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