Love, passion, God: Navigating Konya during Rumi’s anniversary
BY YASEMIN ÇELEBI PAÇALIOĞLU DEC 10, 2021 – 11:52 AM GMT+3Great view of Mevlana Square in Konya, Turkey. (Shutterstock Photo) Every year the world flocks to the city of Konya, […]
Istanbul’s Ottoman-era pharmacy, elderly owner defy time
BY DAILY SABAH WITH DHA ISTANBUL DEC 10, 2021 – 3:01 PM GMT+3Melih Ziya Sezer shows the shelves filled with modern and ancient medicines at the pharmacy, in Istanbul, Turkey, Dec. […]
25 CORRUPTION SCANDALS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD
05 July 2019 Twenty-five years ago, when Transparency International was founded, corruption was seen as the necessary price of doing business and something so deeply ingrained that exposing and fighting […]
Ceremonies commemorating Rumi set to start in Turkey’s Konya
BY ANADOLU AGENCY KONYA DEC 06, 2021 – 11:22 PM GMT+3The shrine of Rumi in central Konya province comes to the forefront with its distinctive green-tiled cylindrical dome. (Sabah / Archive) […]
Language of flowers in Islam and Ottomans
BY EKREM BUĞRA EKINCI NOV 30, 2021 – 12:05 AM GMT+3Roses are seen in the garden at the entrance of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Shutterstock) Flowers are exceptional children of nature. They are perhaps the most pleasing for the eye and the soul due to their harmonious […]
Logic of Turkey’s diplomatic activism
BY TALHA KÖSE DEC 01, 2021 – 12:05 AM GMT+3Planet Earth is lit by the lights of large cities, with Turkey seen at the center. (Photo by Shutterstock) In the […]
Imagining Life after Erdogan Turkish Economic Woes Fuel Speculation of Early Elections
Imagining Life after ErdoğanTurkish Economic Woes Fuel Speculation of Early Elections A lira in freefall and skyrocketing prices: Turkey’s economy is in poor shape and much of the population is […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are Muslims who believe in the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad(peace be on him) (1835-1908) of Qadian. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in 1889 as a […]
All about the şalvar: Turkey’s ‘forbidden’ trouser
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL NOV 25, 2021 – 9:38 AM GMT+3Elderly senior woman walks with her cane toward a rural market grocery wearing şalvar pants in Bademler village, Urla, Izmir, […]
Rabbi behind Afghan rescue explores Turkey’s Jewish heritage
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL OCT 25, 2021 – 1:29 PM GMT+3Mendy Chitrik poses inside an ancient synagogue converted into a cultural center, in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 22, 2021. (AA PHOTO) RECOMMENDED Top name of Armenian patriarchate in Turkey passes away ARMENIAN-PATRIARCHATE Mendy Chitrik is credited with helping evacuate Afghanistan’s last […]
History of Noah’s Ark in eastern Turkey to feature in History Channel doc
BY ANADOLU AGENCY AĞRI, TURKEY NOV 16, 2021 – 7:32 PM GMT+3Mount Ararat towers above Ağrı, eastern Turkey, Nov. 14, 2021. (AA Photo) “In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day […]
Turkic Council’s name changed to Organization of Turkic States
ISTANBUL The name of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) has been changed to the Organization of Turkic States, according to a joint declaration of the Council’s 8th […]
The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan review – the present and future of the world
Power is shifting eastwards … travels in central Asia prompt a breezy analysis of how the world will beMaya Jasanoff Sat 11 May 2019 At the beginning of the 20th […]
With whom would Ottoman sultans marry?
BY EKREM BUĞRA EKINCI COLUMNS NOV 10, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3A view of Topkapı Palace, which served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans for centuries, with the […]
Presidential Library, epitome of modern Muslim civilization
BY ASYRAF ISYRAQI ARTS NOV 10, 2021 11:54 AM GMT+3A general view of the Presidential Library, Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 21, 2020. (Photo by Ali Ekeyılmaz) Turkey’s largest library in the capital Ankara […]
Istanbul to mark European Day of Jewish Culture
Among events to mark occasion are Jewish Heritage Tours, giving people a chance to visit synagogues in Istanbul’s old Jewish neighborhoods Handan Kazancı |23.10.2021 ISTANBUL Istanbul on Sunday will […]
A New Megaproject in Istanbul Features an Underground Cruise Ship Port
Richard Morgan 3 days ago © Architectural Digest The newly opened Galataport is poised to further transform both Istanbul’s waterfront and its overall economy. The next big idea in urbanism may be […]
US senator moves to ban Turkish drone exports, Azerbaijan aid
BY ANADOLU AGENCY WASHINGTON DEFENSE NOV 05, 2021 5:02 PM GMT+3A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is seen during a rehearsal of a military parade marking Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 20, 2021. […]
Illegal migrants hoping for new life leave nameless graves in Turkey
BY UĞUR YILDIRIM VAN TURKEY NOV 05, 2021 3:15 PM GMT+3An imam and cemetery workers perform funeral prayers for an unidentified migrant, in Van, eastern Turkey, Oct. 7, 2021. (PHOTO BY UĞUR YILDIRIM) […]
US needs to walk a fine line between Turkey and Greece
SINEM CENGIZ November 05, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/v57u5 One month after the British government ended its military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey in 1947, former US President Harry […]