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Dmitry Zaks

A huge electoral poster bearing a portrait of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a slogan which reads "Keep going with the right man" covers the facade of a high-rise building in Ankara, on May 23, 2023, (Adem Altan/AFP)
May 27, 2023, 5:09 pm
Erdogan pays tribute to Islamic idol on eve of unprecedented run-off poll
Turkey’s president vows to continue struggle of executed predecessor for religious causes, as secular rival accuses incumbent of blocking mass texts to voters
By Dmitry Zaks
Commuters wait for buses next to election banners of Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, top, and Turkish CHP party leader and Nation Alliance's presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, background, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (AP/Francisco Seco)
May 27, 2023, 6:54 am
Turkey’s bitter election battle nears decision day
Longtime president Erdogan appears poised to extend two decades of Islamic style of rule until 2028 in Sunday runoff
By Dmitry Zaks
Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wave flags as they wait for the results of Turkey's general elections on May 14, 2023. (Adem ALTAN / AFP)
May 15, 2023, 5:23 am
Runoff pits tradition against progress in battle for Turkey’s future
An authoritarian president, Erodgan has embraced conservative Islam and won working class support, but many are tempted by his secular rival Kilicdaroglu’s promised liberal reforms
By Dmitry Zaks
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during an election campaign rally in Ankara, on April 30, 2023. (Adem ALTAN/AFP)
May 5, 2023, 12:51 am
‘We are against the LGBT’: Erdogan fuels culture wars amid tight election contest
Turkish president preaches traditional family values, while opposition candidate Kilicdaroglu vows to heal rifts, bring back Western investments
By Dmitry Zaks
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (center) holds up the hands of Turkish air force pilot Alper Gezeravci (left) and aviation systems engineer Tuva Cihangir Atasever at Teknofest military fair, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2023. (Turkish Presidency via AP)
April 29, 2023, 5:59 pm
Erdogan returns after three-day bout of gastro disturbs key election campaign
69-year-old Turkish president appears healthy at aviation festival, stresses government’s achievements as he faces toughest challenge yet
By Dmitry Zaks
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu joins his supporters as they gather in front of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality during a protest in Istanbul, after a Turkish court sentenced him to nearly three years jail in a politically charged trial, on December 14, 2022. (Yasin AKGUL/AFP)
December 14, 2022, 11:20 pm
Istanbul’s opposition mayor barred from politics over ‘insult’ to regime officials
Though Ekrem Imamoglu unlikely to face jail time, court ruling disqualifies him from political office — preventing challenge to Erdogan for presidency
By Dmitry Zaks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a speech to the media in Kherson, southern Ukraine, November 14, 2022. (Bernat Armangue/AP)
November 14, 2022, 5:45 pm
Zelensky visits liberated Kherson, Russia claims annexation still stands
Ukraine president admits ‘price of war is high,’ after winning back only regional capital captured by Moscow; NATO secretary-general warns against underestimating Putin’s army
By Dmitry Zaks
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pose for a photo during their meeting at the Saadabad palace, in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. (Sergei Savostyanov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
August 5, 2022, 4:18 pm
Erdogan meets Putin for high-stakes talks on Ukraine, Syria
Turkish president enjoys diplomatic success of Ukraine grain deal, but faces tension with Russia’s leader over conflicting interests in Syrian civil war
By Dmitry Zaks
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrive for a working session at the Elysee Palace, on December 9, 2019, in Paris. (Ian Langsdon/Pool via AP)
July 21, 2022, 11:05 pm
Ukraine, Russia to sign elusive grain deal in Turkey on Friday
First major agreement since invasion comes amid soaring global food prices, as sanctions on Moscow complicate exports from fertile region; UN to monitor shipments
By Dmitry Zaks
Women stand at the door of their apartment building in the city of Lysychansk, a city without electricity and water, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas, on May 26, 2022. (ARIS MESSINIS / AFP)
May 29, 2022, 9:08 pm
Zelensky visits eastern Ukraine amid Russia’s tightened grip of the Donbas
Ukrainian president’s visit comes as Russian forces said to capture city of Lyman; Zelensky vows to ‘defend our land to the last man’
By Dmitry Zaks
Smoke and dirt rise from the city of Severodonetsk, during shelling in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas, May 26, 2022, (Aris Messinis/AFP)
May 29, 2022, 12:14 pm
Ukraine denies Russia claim to have encircled key eastern city Severodonetsk
Kyiv says Russian troops have been repelled on the outskirts of strategic city, as 15,000 civilians suffer under ‘constant shelling’ by Moscow’s forces
By Dmitry Zaks and Patrick Fort
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on May 26, 2022. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
May 26, 2022, 3:29 pm
Germany’s Scholz vows Putin ‘won’t win’ as Zelensky implores West for unlimited aid
Berlin faces accusations from Ukraine that it could do more to help; Russia presses its slow advance into neighbor’s east
By Charlotte Plantive, Dmitry Zaks and David Stout
A destroyed tank is seen near the village of Biskvitne near Kharkiv on May 19, 2022, amid Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. (Sergey Bobok/AFP)
May 21, 2022, 4:20 pm
Zelensky: Only diplomacy can end conflict with Russia
Ukrainian president warns continued fighting ‘will be bloody’; Moscow cuts gas supplies to Finland following NATO application
By Charlotte Plantive, Dmitry Zaks and Patrick Fort
This photo released on May 10, 2022, by the Azov regiment shows an injured Ukrainian serviceman inside the Azovstal iron and steel works factory in Mariupol, Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion. (Dmytro 'Orest' Kozatskyi/various sources/AFP)
May 17, 2022, 3:44 pm
Ukraine says doing ‘everything necessary’ to extract last defenders of Mariupol mill
Kyiv hails fighters who have held out against Russians in Azovstal, saying they gave country ‘vital time to accumulate reserves, regroup and mobilize forces and receive assistance’
By David Stout, Patrick Fort and Dmitry Zaks
Firefighters extinguish an apartment house after a Russian rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, Ukraine, Monday, March 14, 2022. (AP/Pavel Dorogoy)
March 15, 2022, 4:49 am
Ukrainian cities buffeted by Russian strikes as ceasefire talks make little headway
UN says 2.8 million have fled, over 600 civilians killed as offensive nears three-week mark; UN chief warns of global food shortage if fighting not halted
By Dmitry Zaks and Dave Clark
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