theguardian Europe’s fourth-biggest carrier says bright makeup ‘impairs visual integrity’, triggering concerns over creeping Islamisation Turkey‘s national airline has barred flight attendants from wearing red lipstick and nail polish, triggering concerns among secular Turks that the country is becoming more Islamic. Turkish Airlines, Europe’s fourth-biggest carrier, said the ban was […]
Pamukkale, 19 km (12 miles) north of Denizli, is Turkey’s foremost mineral-bath spa because of its natural beauty: hot calcium-laden waters spring from the earth and cascade over a cliff. As they cool they form dramatic travertines of hard, brilliantly white calcium that form pools. Pamukkale has been used as […]
There is no difference between my youth and old age!” declared Nasruddin at the teahouse one day. “I’m just as strong as I was twenty years ago.” “Is that so‽” Hamza replied, always willing to challenge the Mullah on his boasting. “This is a boulder in the city garden that […]
ARBIL – Hürriyet Daily News Turkey’s Baydöner, a döner kebab chain, has opened a branch in Arbil, the Northern Iraq, by receiving the Economy Ministry’s Turquality fund Dilara Sarıdilara.sari@hdn.com.tr Many […]
ISTANBUL: Wrapping up a 24-hour visit to Istanbul, US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday sought to cement and speed up an improvement in relations between Turkey and Israel as well as explore new ways to relaunch Mideast peace efforts. President Barack Obama has made both issues foreign policy […]
Agence France Presse ARABNEWS Sunday 21 April 2013 ISTANBUL: The main international backers of Syria’s opposition gather in Istanbul with the opposition hoping Western and Arab countries will step up […]
Associated Press ARABNEWS Sunday 21 April 2013 ISTANBUL: Families of the victims of an Israeli raid on an aid flotilla yesterday spoke out against compensation talks between Turkey and Israel, […]
Rock-cut tombs in Myra, An ancient town in Lycia, Turkey.
Story Summary In Homs, Syrian forces battled rebels near the border with Lebanon as part of a counteroffensive aimed at regaining control of territory. Meanwhile, fighting between rebels and opposition forces also broke out in the eastern city of Qamishli on the Turkish border, ending a de facto truce in […]
A Turkish shoe shiner has won a legal case against British courts after his visa application was refused by the country. Metin Ali Kalkan, 34, appealed to the British Consulate General in Istanbul a year ago to get a visa and run a business in London, where his brother lives, […]
ANKARA – Anatolia News Agency HUEEIYET DAILY NEWS The 50th anniversary of the first labor migration agreement between Turkey and Germany is the subject of a continuing documentary series. The second episode of the series will be aired on TRT tonight The second episode of a four-part documentary series, “Almanya’da […]
The imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, has reiterated his thesis on the creation of a “Kurdish Democratic Confederation” comprising the Kurds of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey in a message to the Kandil mountains in northern Iraq, where the main PKK base is located. […]
Source: Asia Times: By Ramzy Baroud “Confused” may be an appropriate term to describe Turkey’s current foreign policy in the Middle East and in Israel in particular. The source of that confusion – aside from the appalling violence in Syria and earlier in Libya – is Turkey’s own mistakes. The […]
By: Orhan Kemal Cengiz for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse. Posted on April 1. Omer Celik, minister of culture of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, has made repeated calls recently in which he invited non-Muslims to come back to Turkey. In his most recent TV interview on March 29, Prime […]
By IGAL ACIMAN03/26/2013 22:33 First person: As many cheer the pending normalization process, they know it is based on strategic interests. ISTANBUL – When the news of Prime Minister Binyamin […]
ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul chose a ”Bridge Together” slogan for its 2020 Olympic bid on Monday, while an IOC poll indicated strong public support for the city’s fifth attempt to […]
“We are at a point today when the guns will fall silent and ideas will speak,” declared Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdish insurgency, in Turkey on March 21. “Turks and Kurds fought together (in the First World War), and launched the Turkish parliament together in 1922. The basis of […]
The Associated Press Published: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 3:54 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 3:54 p.m. JERUSALEM – Concerns that Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons could reach militant groups bordering Israel and Turkey was the motivating factor in restoring relations with Ankara after a three year […]
Prashant Rao ARABNEWS Saturday 23 March 2013 Abdullah Ocalan’s cease-fire call marks a key turning point for the Kurdish nation that 25 years ago was hit by the deadliest use of chemical weapons ever and had begun an armed conflict for independence. The cease-fire call, set out in a letter […]
In their first phone conversation since 2010, the Israeli PM has apologized to Turkish PM Erdogan for deaths in the Gaza flotilla raid, Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said. Israel also agreed […]