TTK Library: Diving into history with 5-century-old books
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA JAN 18, 2022 – 6:00 PM GMT+3A view of the books at the TTK Library, Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 18, 2022. (AA) The Turkish Historical Society (TTK) Library […]
Turkey’s balancing act with Russia and China in Central Asia
SINEM CENGIZ January 14, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/2nsbh When a geopolitical vacuum emerges, regional and global powers alike jockey to carve out new roles for themselves. In recent years, developments […]
The Turkic world from a cultural perspective
BY MUHAMMET ALI GÜLER JAN 11, 2022 – 12:05 AM GMT+3Illustration by Erhan Yalvaç. In October 2009, the Turkic Council, which recently changed its name to “the Organization of Turkic […]
FM Çavuşoğlu conveys support for Uyghurs to Chinese counterpart
BY DAILY SABAH ANKARA JAN 12, 2022 – 5:06 PM GMT+3Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi in Beijing, China, Jan.12, 2022 (AA Photo) Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu […]
Arctic Islam: the Midnight Sun, the ‘Isha Prayer, and Islamic Law and Practice
January 11, 2022 By Luke Campopiano Article, Climate and Environment, Society and Culture The Nord Kamal Mosque in Norilsk, Russia is the northernmost mosque in the world. Photo: Igor Sobolev “No major religion’s daily ritual observances […]
France may spread Islamophobia at rotating helm of EU: Experts
BY DILARA ASLAN ANKARA JAN 05, 2022 – 1:37 PM GMT+3In the aftermath of the assassination of teacher Samuel Paty, many people came to pay tribute in front of the Bois […]
The winner gets the girl!
BY EKREM BUĞRA EKINCI JAN 10, 2022 – Fatima Hanım was famous for her beauty and intelligence. Sultans and princes would line up to marry her. However, she set only […]
Keeping tradition alive: Calligraphy in spotlight
BY İREM YAŞAR DEC 31, 2021 – DAILY SABAH Traditional arts reflect the cultural peculiarities and artistic senses of the society that they belong to. Passed from generation to generation, […]
Govt signals action for Turkey’s Alevi community amid obstacles
BY NURBANU KIZIL ISTANBUL DEC 31, 2021 – 8:49 AM GMT+3Alevis attend a prayer in a cemevi in Istanbul, Turkey, April 3, 2008. (Reuters File Photo) The ruling AK Party government […]
We are living in an age of disorder and discontent
SIR JOHN JENKINS December 31, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zcdsh In his remarkable book, “Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century,” the British historian Geoffrey Parker explores […]
1,898-year-old bronze military diploma found in Turkey’s Perre
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ADIYAMAN, TURKEY DEC 29, 2021 – 1:25 PM GMT+3A close-up of the military diploma found in the ancient city of Perre, Adıyaman, southeastern Turkey, Dec. 28, 2021. (AA) […]
America’s ‘Suez moment’: Another strategic mistake would be its last
David Hearst 27 December 2021 President Joe Biden truly reaped a bitter harvest from the strategic foreign policy errors of four of his predecessors. But Washington would do well to […]
Germany celebrates 60 years of Turkish workers with exhibition
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA COLOGNE DEC 27, 2021 – 4:43 PM GMT+3An exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of Turkish workers coming to Germany can be seen in the Sachsenheim district […]
Confab of rabbis from Islamic nations whisked off for surprise visit with Erdogan
Turkish leader, long critical of Israel, tells spiritual leaders he values renewed dialogue with Herzog, Bennett; says he supports rebuilding local synagogues, condemns Holocaust By DAVID I. KLEIN24 December 2021 Members […]
Commemorating Rumi: Islamic scholar, poet and mystic
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS DEC 24, 2021 Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death […]
Islam’s reformists: Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Pan-Islamism
BY MEHMET HASAN BULUT ISTANBUL DEC 19, 2021 – 2:19 PM GMT+3Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, circa 1883. (WikiMedia Commons Photo) From Egypt to the Ottoman Empire to Europe, from assassinations to revolutions, […]
Lira plunges again after Erdogan cites Islam to defend rate cuts
1 / 2 Lira plunges again after Erdogan cites Islam to defend rate cuts Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched an ‘economic war of independence’ focused on growth at all […]
Turkey’s crisis rattles the faithful in Erdogan’s heartland
This content was published on December 20, 2021 By Dominic Evans and Tuvan Gumrukcu KONYA, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish labourer Hasan Sarikaya says he has no job, no money and […]
An immense mystery older than Stonehenge
(Image credit: mfatih5er/Getty Images) By Andrew Curry 16th August 2021Reshaping previous ideas on the story of civilisation, Gobekli Tepe in Turkey was built by a prehistoric people 6,000 yea rs before […]
The architecture of Islam in Russia
Exploration Russia Feature Russia Z 14 December 2021 Text: Masha BorodachevaImages: Anton AlimovRUSSIA Z Islam is Russia’s second-largest religion. With Russian Muslims largely concentrated in the country’s southern Caucasus region or in large cities, […]