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#turkey

Travel patterns from Germany's main airports during the summer flight schedule (April to October 2025) reveal a number of trends among holidaymakers. While the total number of air travellers has not completely rebounded since the Covid pandemic, data released by the Germany's statistics office (Destatis) highlights shifts across domestic, short-haul and long-haul journeys. In total, 68.5 million passengers departed Germany for destinations abroad during the summer, marking a rise of 4.6 percent compared to the previous year.

We often braise chicken and rabbit legs at Cafe Cecilia, because all the preparation and cooking can be done ahead of time, and it's then just about heating them gently to serve. For Christmas, I often employ much the same process for turkey legs it's a lovely way to eat them. Serve with colcannon, although basmati rice, boiled new potatoes or roast carrots would also go great.

There's a fairy tale about Thanksgiving that gets refuted every fall. Does eating turkey really make you fall asleep? When science writers check in with the experts, they always get the same response: No, no, no, and no. Also no and no. These holiday debunkers tell you what the science says: Turkey meat is not a sedative. They tell you what the studies show: Drumsticks don't produce fatigue.

In the English language, the turkey gets kind of a tough break. Talking turkey requires serious honesty and speaking harsh truths. Going cold turkey is, often, an onerous way of quitting something completely and suddenly. Being a turkey is a rude zinger thrown at movie and theatrical flops, as well as unpleasant, failure-prone people. Yet, in the culinary world, the turkey looms large, particularly during November.

Published in 2024, the book offers a critical examination of how Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party has sought to reposition the country on the world stage. In the 2010s, the party launched an English-language media system to elevate Turkey's image, counter Western criticism of its increasingly authoritarian practices, and promote its own geopolitical and economic interests. Yesil's analysis traces how party-backed outlets frame Turkey as a champion of the oppressed and a counterweight to Western powers,

Viruses can be spread at any time, according to Amarat (Amy) Simonne, a professor of food safety and quality at the University of Florida's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. While she said that the CDC hasn't collected specific data on foods associated with holiday seasons, one study reported an uptick in certain Salmonella cases following the Thanksgiving holiday, which the researchers said was most likely related to foods disproportionately eaten then, particularly turkey.

"It's the last thing, and now the only thing, we can do for Anto and his family," he said. "It came as a big shock for us. We knew he went missing last Wednesday, and it was Sunday, on the fifth day, that his body was recovered. "He would have been 40 in a couple of weeks time, so we were gearing up for a big celebration for him. But we've all been left devastated for his family after what has happened."

It remains unclear whether Arab and other states will be ready to commit troops, in part given the refusal of Palestinian Hamas militants to disarm as called for by the plan, while Israel has voiced concerns about the make-up of the force. While the Trump administration has ruled out sending US soldiers into the Gaza Strip, it has been speaking to Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and Azerbaijan to contribute to the multinational force.

The atmosphere was exuberant on September 6, when six young women in tight outfits took to the stage in Istanbul's sold-out open-air venue Kucukciftlik Park: A cheer went up from the crowd of 12,000 people who had joined in the dancing to the beat in the late summer heat. The musicians Mina, Esin, Zeynep Sude, Emine Hilal, Lidya und Sueda are the members of Turkish girl band Manifest, which was formed in February following a talent show.

"This government does not want democracy. They know they cannot win the elections if there is democracy. They don't want justice: they know if there's justice they won't be able to cover up their crimes," Ozel told the crowd. He dismissed the case as "political, the allegations are slander."

Hasan Mutlu, mayor of Istanbul's Bayrampasa district, was taken into custody early Saturday on charges including bribery, embezzlement, fraud and bid rigging by the municipality, according to state broadcaster, TRT Haber. The Istanbul police reportedly raided 72 locations, seizing documents and detaining Mutlu and several of his deputies. Mutlu denied the allegations on X, writing: I have served only Bayrampasa and you, my esteemed fellow citizens What has happened consists of political operations and baseless slanders.

We really missed him in the final stages. Generally, we are improving our team step by step. We have a very hard-working group. We've analysed 15 videos in the last three days. The players work tirelessly... they're incredibly hardworking and do whatever it takes on the pitch. Playing against Spain is an additional incentive for us, against the European champions at home.

Getting their respective World Cup qualifying campaign underway with an action-packed 3-2 victory on foreign soil, the Crescent Stars have largely impressed over recent times. Booking their spot among the Nations League's elite back in March as they secured a thumping 6-1 aggregate win against Hungary, Turkey have won four of their previous five appearances across all competitions. Booking a EURO 24 quarter-final ticket last summer, Sunday's hosts now have their sights firmly set on wrapping up a silver medal finish in Group E.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Yves Bissouma has been linked with a move away from the club in recent weeks. The 29-year-old has fallen down the pecking order since the arrival of the Portuguese International Joao Palhinha earlier this summer. He was expected to leave the club before the transfer deadline day, but a move did not materialise. West Ham wanted to sign Bissouma.

A groom has died of injuries he sustained from celebratory gunfire after his wedding in northern Turkey. As the newlyweds were being escorted home after the ceremony, the groom, identified as Ali K aged 23, was wounded by gunfire, allegedly at the hands of a female relative of his wife, the state news agency Anadolu reported. Security forces detained the woman and found two unlicensed pistols were found in her garden, the agency said.

We discussed the F-35 issue. We made payments of $1.3 to $1.4 billion for the jets, and we saw that Mr. Trump was well-intentioned about delivering them,

In Greece, firefighters have made progress in their fight with at least four major fires, one of which threatens the country's third-largest city, Patras.

Enes Hocaogullari, a 23-year-old LGBTQ+ advocate, stressed in his speech that youth are fed up and are ready to take to the streets to reclaim their freedoms.

The Mendon Twin Drive-In theater announced that one of its screens was damaged by a wayward turkey, which resulted in the demise of the turkey.

The screenshot appears to have been taken from the collaborative equality index site Equaldex, which relies on users to update LGBTQ+ laws globally.

US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced the United States will sell US-made arms to Ukraine, marking a shift from Trump's previous stance against transferring weapons.

After over four decades of waging an armed anti-capitalist struggle for Kurdish self-determination against Turkey's government, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has declared an end to the conflict and initiated a disarmament process.