Black Sea exploration success enhances Turkey’s negotiating hand
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL ENERGY JUN 08, 2021 12:57 PM GMT+3A view of the part of Filyos Port from where Turkey plans to bring its Black Sea gas onshore, Zonguldak, northern […]
Turkey’s talisman superstitions: Evil eyes, pomegranates and more
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL EXPAT CORNER JUN 10, 2021 A popular evil eye talisman in Turkey. (Shutterstock Photo) Very few things can explain Turkish culture better than the country’s most popular […]
Outrage over Islamophobic attack on woman in Istanbul
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL TURKEY JUN 09, 2021 2:13 PM GMT+3 A collage of the photos of the victim Neşe Nur Akkaya (L) and the assault suspect E.Ç. published by Turkish media, Jun. […]
Turkey offers to guard, run Kabul airport after NATO withdrawal
BY DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS ANKARA DIPLOMACY JUN 08, 2021 12:40 PM GMT+3A NATO helicopter flies over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, June 29, 2020. (REUTERS Photo) Ankara has offered to guard and […]
New Muslim party in Sweden eyes Turkish community
By Pekka Vanttinen | EURACTIV.com 8:06 In an interview in August 2019 with Daily Sabah, a Turkish daily, he claimed he was forced out because he “did not speak against Turkey or President […]
Greece won’t accept asylum applications from Turkey anymore
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ATHENS DIPLOMACY JUN 07, 2021 Migrants inside a refugee camp watch European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson’s visit to the port of Vathy on the eastern Aegean island of Samos, Greece, […]
Minister vows action as ‘sea snot’ takes over Turkish sea
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL TURKEY JUN 06, 2021 3:08 PM GMT+3An aerial view of “sea snot” off the coast of Kadıköy, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 6, 2021. (AA PHOTO) “We will not abandon […]
Cavusoglu visit spurs hopes of normalisation of Greek-Turkish relations through high-level talks
The main obstacle to an understanding has been the fact that over the decades Ankara has vastly expanded its claims against Greece, ranging from territorial claims to Turkey’s efforts to […]
Shotaro Noda: Ottoman journey makes him 1st Japanese Muslim
BY MEHMET HASAN BULUT ISTANBUL PORTRAIT JUN 01, 2021 The first relations between the Islamic world and Japan began at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate or the Edo shogunate, the feudal […]
Greece rejects Turkish minister’s comments on Muslim minority
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece reacted angrily on Sunday to a statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that described members of a Muslim minority in northern Greece as Turkish and […]
Exiled Turkey mob boss opens new Pandora’s box with Syria claims
Sedat Peker. (Supplied) SADAT was founded in 2012 by a retired general and 23 officers who were expelled from the Turkish Armed Forces due to hard-line Islamic allegiances ARAB NEWS […]
‘Northern Cyprus will not be Gaza’
BY FERHAT TUTKAL OP-ED MAY 29, 2021 In April 2021, an informal meeting on Cyprus was held in Geneva. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that there is ‘‘no common ground’’ to resume […]
Erdogan inaugurates major new mosque in Taksim Square, heart of Istanbul
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the inauguration of Taksim Mosque in central Istanbul, Turkey, on May 28, 2021. (Reuters) Istanbul Reuters, Istanbul Published: 28 May ,2021 President Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated […]
Russian Artist Who Converted to Islam Promotes Turkish Traditions in Moscow
Published May 25th, 2021 Mariya Komisa (Twitter) She said that after accepting Islam, she and her husband moved to Turkey and lived for a long time in Bursa, the former […]
Future talks on Cyprus should begin with 2 states: Erdoğan
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA DIPLOMACY MAY 22, 20 Any future talks on decadeslong Cyprus question should involve two states rather than communities, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated Saturday during an inauguration ceremony […]
US report blasts Turkey for restricting religious minorities
Turkish police officers stand guard atop the Kariye (Chora) museum, the 11th century church of St. Savior, in Istanbul. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/nk3gp Non-Muslim religious groups face challenges in operating […]
Turkish German politician forced to resign on Israeli violence criticism
BY ANADOLU AGENCY BERLIN DIASPORA MAY 11, 2021 ATurkish German politician was forced to resign from her executive role in the ruling party’s Berlin branch Tuesday after she criticized Israeli violence against […]
Turkish and Ottoman traditions for Eid al-Fitr: A time for gratitude
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL HISTORY MAY 12, 2021 A night view of Halis Bekrizade Efendi, the mecca of baklava and Turkish delight, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in Istanbul, Turkey. (NurPhoto via […]
Almost as many Turks as Iraqis want EU asylum. Why?
When Europe’s migrant crisis first erupted six years ago, the continent was inundated with a wave of asylum applicants, the bulk of whom hailed from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. In […]
France targets Turkey’s Anadolu Agency for covering Islamophobia
BY ANADOLU AGENCY PARIS ISLAMOPHOBIA APR 28, 2021 France’s Interministerial Committee for the Prevention of Crime and Radicalization (CIPDR) claims that AA is a “propaganda body” and “attacking France in a deceptive […]