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Istanbul

Arcs in and about Istanbul from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 116 stories · 635 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 1, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

  • The Russia-Ukraine war: the front line and the long-range strikes

    Here for 2 stories about Istanbul

    Dec 25, 2023week of Sep 28, 2026

    Sep 28 Ukraine war latest: Russia strikes downtown Kyiv, kills one, injures 24, damages National Academy of Sciences

    499 stories · earliest story we hold Dec 27, 2023

  • The Russia-Ukraine war: the peace talks

    Here for 7 stories about Istanbul

    Jan 8, 2024week of Sep 21, 2026

    Sep 25 Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he urged Trump to enlist China’s help in ending Russia’s invasion

    297 stories · earliest story we hold Jan 10, 2024

All arcs1 named arc in 2023

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The Russia-Ukraine war: the front line and the long-range strikes

5 of 499 stories this year · 2 about Istanbul

Russia launches record number of drones across Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv continue aerial attacks · 30 articles, Dec 27Russian drone and artillery attack kills 6 in Ukraine and knocks out power in a major city · 12 articles, Dec 27Russia launches fresh drone strikes on Ukraine after promising retaliation for Belgorod attack · 17 articles, Dec 27Russia launches the biggest aerial barrage of the war and kills 30 civilians, Ukraine says · 45 articles, Dec 29Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities, killing 5 and injuring more than 100, Kyiv officials say · 31 articles, Dec 29

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

202355 articles2024483 articles2025911 articles2026335 articles

Earlier years are still being indexed.

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Sep 25, 202325216
Oct 2, 202345117
Oct 16, 202323210
Dec 4, 20231025
Dec 25, 20231001
Jan 1, 2024915572
Jan 8, 202438430
Jan 22, 202429224
Jan 29, 202454016
Feb 5, 202425116
Mar 4, 202455114
Mar 25, 202417217
Apr 1, 2024815443
Apr 8, 2024915570
Apr 15, 20240101
Apr 22, 202444225
May 13, 202434313
Aug 12, 20240305
Oct 7, 202449242
Nov 18, 20240215
Dec 2, 20243216
Dec 9, 20241102
Dec 23, 202417215
Jan 6, 20250125
Jan 13, 202522012
Jan 20, 2025622370
Feb 24, 202548233
Mar 3, 202527113
Mar 17, 2025713549
Mar 24, 202534416
Apr 7, 20251115
Apr 14, 20250306
Apr 21, 202558229
May 5, 2025210727
May 12, 2025152413121
May 19, 2025817565
May 26, 2025311632
Jun 2, 2025721764
Jun 9, 202505222
Jun 23, 20250219
Jul 14, 20252328
Jul 21, 202554537
Jul 28, 20252103
Aug 4, 202516015
Aug 11, 202514113
Oct 27, 20251102
Nov 10, 20251102
Nov 17, 2025711736
Nov 24, 2025514550
Dec 22, 202514112
Dec 29, 20252107
Mar 30, 202615112
Apr 6, 202604312
Jun 8, 202617218
Jun 29, 20261013
Jul 6, 202614514
Jul 13, 20260102
Jul 20, 20261103
Jul 27, 20261001
Aug 3, 20261001
Aug 10, 20260415
Aug 17, 202658736
Aug 24, 2026513340
Aug 31, 2026413443
Sep 7, 202645817
Sep 14, 202626014
Sep 21, 202612011
Sep 28, 202605011

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else5 stories in 2023 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories that name Istanbul

  1. Dec 31– Jan 7Israel is entering a new phase of war. Is it still trying to ‘destroy’ Hamas?12 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 0 right
  2. Dec 9Turkey’s Erdogan accuses the West of ‘barbarism’ and Islamophobia in the war in Gaza5 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 0 center, 2 right
  3. Oct 16– 17In Brazil's Amazon, rivers fall to record low levels during drought11 articles · 10 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 2 right
  4. Oct 1At least one killed in bomb attack near government building in Ankara, Turkey says7 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 1 right
  5. Oct 1– 4Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq again after warning of retaliation for a bombing in Ankara30 articles · 22 independent sources
    5 left, 6 center, 2 right
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