Top 30 best traditional foods of the world
NR: 1 : Köfte, Turkey The quintessential Turkish meatball can be enjoyed both as street food and as a great dish to eat at a restaurant. Or just make it […]
‘We are all the same when we get round a fondue’
Source: Swiss Info https://www.swissinfo.ch/resource/image/46285942/landscape_ratio3x2/880/587/1515f53db56526141c3a7a5852444240/84E7CC88C1E8597370679F9CF445EE28/160734445_highres.jpg Swiss-Turkish comedian Semih Yavsaner talks to SWI swissinfo.ch about his best-known satirical character Müslüm, “ethnic humour” and its limits. Yavsaner is a Bern-based artist whose cabaret act includes elements of stand-up, song, dance and improvisation. He is not the only Swiss comedian who uses immigration as […]
Diplomacy prevails again in Turkey, Greece talks
BY YAHYA BOSTAN COLUMNS JAN 29, 2021 Turkey’s research vessel Oruç Reis, in red and white, is surrounded by Turkish naval vessels as it cruises near Antalya province on the […]
Turkey seeks to be developer of next-generation technologies
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL ECONOMY JAN 27, 2021 A worker is seen at a factory in the northwestern province of Bursa, Turkey, Jan. 20, 2021. (AA Photo) Turkey […]
Turkey reacts to Greece’s territorial waters extension
MANOLIS KOSTIDIS ISTANBUL – Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted in an announcement Wednesday that Greece’s extension of its territorial waters from 6 to 12 miles does not regard the […]
Turkey, Saudi Arabia eye improved ties after Gulf crisis ends
Normalisation between a Saudi-led coalition and Qatar removed the barrier to reconciliation between Ankara and Riyadh. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin […]
Greece, Turkey hold first crisis talks since 2016
By AFP – Jan 25,2021 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken and released on Monday, by the Turkish foreign ministry press office shows Greek diplomat Pavlos Apostolidis (second left), Turkish […]
WWF Turkey starts campaign to combat water scarcity, save Meander
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL ENVIRONMENT JAN 21, 2021 The Meander is Turkey’s Eegean region is under the threat of being polluted and drying up. (Courtesy of WWF Turkey) The Turkey […]
Dutch child care subsidies scandal exposes country’s systematic xenophobia, Turkophobia
BY ŞEYMA NAZLI GÜRBÜZ ISTANBUL NEWS ANALYSIS JAN 19, 2021 Seemingly a simple case of tax fraud at first glance, the recent child subsidies scandal that ousted the Dutch government […]
Biden appoints staunch Turkey critic Brett McGurk to National Security Council
Turkish official says McGurk, who served as envoy to anti-IS coalition, ‘harmed Turkish-American relations’ Brett McGurk resigned from Trump administration late in 2018 in protest against decision to pull US […]
Last heir to Ottoman throne passes away at 90
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL TURKEY JAN 19, 2021 The late Dündar Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu is seen in this undated photo shared by family member Orhan Osmanoğlu on Jan. 19, 2021 (Photo […]
6 reasons to eat homemade yogurt every day, plus some classic Turkish recipes
BY AYLA COŞKUN ISTANBUL FOOD JAN 17, 2021 Many Turks would insist yogurt tastes best in earthenware pots. (Shutterstock Photo) Delicious, creamy, gut-loving. Yogurt has long been a part of […]
Top 10 historical places to visit in Istanbul
BY DAILY SABAH JAN 12, 20212:57 Hagia Sophia Hagia Sophia was originally built as a church during Byzantine times. In 1453, upon the conquest of what was formerly known as […]
Going nuts for nuts: Deciphering Turkey’s ‘kuruyemiş’ shops
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL EXPAT CORNER JAN 14, 2021 A Turkish stallholder selling dried fruits and nuts at the Spice Bazaar in Istanbul, May 20, 2010. (Getty Images Photo) You […]
Greece wants EU pressure on Turkey to take back migrants
A migrant takes cover behind an umbrella during clashes with Greek police in the buffer zone on the Turkish-Greek border at Pazarkule. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/mw4aq Under an EU-Turkey 2016 […]
Cult leader Adnan Oktar sentenced to thousands of years in Turkey
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL TURKEY JAN 11, 2021 Adnan Oktar is escorted by police after his arrest, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 11, 2018. (DHA PHOTO) An Istanbul court on Monday […]
Thaw in Gulf rift could bridge gap between Ankara, Arab states, reshape regional balances
BY DILARA ASLAN ANKARA NEWS ANALYSIS JAN 10, 2021 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Nayef bin Falah Al-Hajraf (L) and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud hold a […]
Good side of pandemic: Endangered sea turtles enjoy empty Turkish beaches
BY ANADOLU AGENCY MUĞLA, TURKEY ENVIRONMENT JAN 05, 2021 Rehabilitated in the care of the Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (DEKAMER) workers treating a Caretta caretta sea turtle […]
Turkish Cyprus’ Tatar calls on Anastasiades to quit ‘unrealistic dreams,’ support 2-state solution
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL DIPLOMACY JAN 03, 2021 Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar attends the commemoration ceremony of Turkish martyrs at the Museum of Barbarism, which showcases the […]
30 years post-Cold War, Turkey tries to strike balance with US, Russia
BY ŞEYMA NAZLI GÜRBÜZ İSTANBUL NEWS ANALYSIS JAN 03 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Sept. 16, 2019. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) The S-400 crisis […]