I left the US and moved to Istanbul for a fresh start. I only spend $1,500 a month to live comfortably.

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Author Maria Mocerino smiling on a ferry
I love seeing Istanbul while on a ferry.

Maria Mocerino

Minimum-wage workers in Turkey just got a 49% pay rise, but they're probably not that happy about it

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Currency exchange in Istanbul, Turkey.
A currency exchange shop in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Turkey has a new drone to use with its new drone aircraft carrier, and it's looking to sell it to the rest of the world

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Turkey navy Anadolu Bayraktar TB-2 drone
A Bayraktar TB2 drone and helicopters aboard TCG Anadolu in the Bosphorus in October.

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Politician dies following a heart attack after a speech in parliament in which he warned Israel of 'the wrath of Allah'

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Turkey's opposition Felicity Party (Saadet) lawmaker Hasan Bitmez makes a speech at a stand with a placard, criticizing the government's policy towards Israel, at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey December 12, 2023.
Turkey's opposition Felicity Party (Saadet) lawmaker Hasan Bitmez makes a speech at a stand with a placard, criticizing the government's policy towards Israel, at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey December 12, 2023.

How the world's oldest cymbal business crafts instruments for celebrities

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The Avedis Zildjian Company is the the oldest cymbal maker in the world. For 400 years, the family business survived migration, a world war, and the worst economic crisis in America.

Turkey hikes interest rates to 40% to battle sky-high inflation

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A man purchasing food from a street vendor in Istanbul, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.

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I answer the Butterball turkey hotline. I get lots of funny questions on Thanksgiving Day.

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2013 Phyllis Kramer in the Butterball Test Kitchen
Phyllis Kramer in the Butterball test kitchen in 2013.

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A top Democrat's indictment could be a game-changer for 2 troublesome allies seeking US fighter jets

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Bob Menendez Ben Cardin
Sen. Bob Menendez, left, and Sen. Ben Cardin on Capitol Hill in April 2018.

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Turkey's Bayraktar TB2 drones have lost their edge in Ukraine, but the company behind them is still making a big bet there

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Bayraktar TB2 drone in Poland
A Bayraktar TB2 at a defense industry exhibition in Poland in September 2022.

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Trump praised Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán as 'the leader of Turkey'

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Then-President Donald Trump in 2019 seated next to Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban at the White House. Trump is extending his hand towards Orban.
Donald Trump, the then-US president, greets Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 13, 2019.

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