You can now book an Uber hot-air balloon in Turkey for $159

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Uber Balloon.

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An 87-year-old deal is keeping a lid on the naval war in Ukraine — for now

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TCG Anadolu, a drone-aircraft carrier and Turkey's largest warship, in the Bosphorus in April.

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Turkey's drones are a big hit in Ukraine, but they're also showing how they can pose a threat to the US

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Bayraktar TB2 UAVs is seen during the test flight at the military base located in Hmelnitski, Ukraine on March 20, 2019.
Turkish-built Bayraktar TB2 drones at a Ukrainian military base in March 2019.

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A US F-16 fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone, taking out another NATO ally's aircraft over Syria

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A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon.
A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon.

US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Keith James

The most powerful countries in the world in 2023, ranked

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, reaches past US President Joe Biden to shake hands with Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda as they stand with other NATO members, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, at the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (r) alongside US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, at the NATO Summit in

NATO's 2 least-friendly members have a history of aerial showdowns, and they're both about to get new stealth jets

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a TF KAAN during a ceremony in Ankara on May 1.

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The US is making 'irreversible' progress with a former Russian partner in a tense corner of Europe, but not everyone in NATO will be happy

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A US Army CH-47 helicopter over Cyprus in January 2020.

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How Saudi Arabia and UAE learned to stop worrying and love Turkey's Bayraktar drones

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Bayraktar's Akinci drone on display at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport on April 29.

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'Free speech opportunist' Elon Musk caved to government pressure to censor tweets ahead of the Turkish election. Critics argue SpaceX dealings with the country's right-wing leader may have caused the reversal.

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk is seen on stage sa he speaks at the POSSIBLE marketing conference, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Twitter CEO Elon Musk is seen on stage sa he speaks at the POSSIBLE marketing conference, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Miami Beach, Fla.

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Erdogan's future is in doubt, but Turkey's ties to Russia and tensions with the US aren't going anywhere

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A garbage collector walks by a bus with an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on May 10.

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