How a former slaughterhouse district became Rome’s hottest foodie destination
Good Weekend

How a former slaughterhouse district became Rome’s hottest foodie destination

Roman feasting,Albania’s road less travelled,Oxford’s weird and wonderful… European travel hits from Good Weekend’s 2023 Dream Destinations issue.

  • byHelen Goh,Tim Elliott,Barry Divola,Fenella Souter,Jill Dupleix,Terry Durack,Ute Junker,David Leser,Ben Groundwater,Brian Johnston andPaul Connolly

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Turkey’s election shows why Trump could win in 2024
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Turkey’s election shows why Trump could win in 2024

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s victory disproves the election slogan,“It’s the economy,stupid”. God,tradition,values,identity,culture and resentments also move voters.

  • byBret Stephens
‘The most unfair election in years’:Turkey divided as Erdogan extends his rule
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World elections

‘The most unfair election in years’:Turkey divided as Erdogan extends his rule

The result extends Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade after he saw off his toughest political challenge yet.

  • byCan Sezer
Volunteers provide a measure of care for victims of war and disaster
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Volunteers provide a measure of care for victims of war and disaster

Teams of volunteers gathered at Federation Square on Saturday to help prepare meal kits to be sent to people affected by the war in Ukraine and the earthquake that recently hit Turkey and Syria.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Homecoming for a hero:Sandy the War Horse statue unveiled
World War I

Homecoming for a hero:Sandy the War Horse statue unveiled

A statue in his home town of Tallangatta has been unveiled to Sandy,the only horse to return to Australia from World War I service.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Turkey’s presidential election goes down to the wire as runoff confirmed
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Turkey’s presidential election goes down to the wire as runoff confirmed

The presidential vote will decide not only who leads Turkey,a NATO-member country of 85 million,but also whether it reverts to a more secular,democratic path.

  • bySuzan Fraser andZeynep Bilginsoy
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New luxury hotel spearheads global fundraiser for earthquake relief
Istanbul

New luxury hotel spearheads global fundraiser for earthquake relief

The Peninsula Istanbul opened just a week after devastating earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria.

  • byJulietta Jameson
‘We will save our country’:Erdogan launches re-election campaign
World elections

‘We will save our country’:Erdogan launches re-election campaign

The Turkish president’s aggressive interest rate cuts sent inflation to a 24-year peak above 85 per cent in October. It’s currently at 50.5 per cent.

  • byEce Toksabay andEbru Tuncay
‘Welcome’:Turkish parliament ratifies Finland’s NATO membership
NATO

‘Welcome’:Turkish parliament ratifies Finland’s NATO membership

“This will make the whole NATO family stronger&safer,” tweeted Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. Finland applied to join as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

  • bySuzan Fraser
Guide to doing a hammam in Turkey:Lesson one - leave your undies on
Europe

Guide to doing a hammam in Turkey:Lesson one - leave your undies on

Hammams in Turkey are nothing like Japanese onsen;there is no serene soaking here.

  • byLouise Southerden
Murray has seen the aftermath of tsunamis,quakes and cyclones. This deployment was overwhelming
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Murray has seen the aftermath of tsunamis,quakes and cyclones. This deployment was overwhelming

Six days after the catastrophic earthquake struck south-east Turkey,Dr Rob Scott pulled the bodies of two teenage girls from the rubble that was their home.

  • byKate Aubusson