DİTİB launches aid campaign for mosques in Germany amid pandemic
by Daily Sabah with AA ISTANBUL Politics Apr 01, 2020 The Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) launched an aid campaign for mosques in Germany with the call “Now […]
Syrian Children Freeze to Death. Bombs Rain Down. And ‘Nobody Cares.’
The Syrian government’s assault on a rebel-held province has created one of the worst humanitarian emergencies of a brutal nine-year war. Nearly a million Syrians have fled toward the border […]
‘Somewhere Like Home’: Uighur Kids Find A Haven At Boarding School In Turkey
Source: NPR Ten-year-old Nurzat climbs out of his bunk bed, tiptoes across the room that he shares with three other boys and opens his locker. It holds his most prized […]
Turkey shuts cinemas, cafes, gyms to halt coronavirus spread, extends flight ban
Mar 16, 2020 – http://www.swissinfo.ch ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will temporarily close cafes, sports and entertainment venues and is suspending mass prayers in mosques in an effort to contain the […]
Turkish Petroleum discovers 200 mcm of gas in Turkey’s Thrace
by DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Energy Mar 12, 2020 This undated photo shows a natural resources exploration area owned by TPAO in eastern Turkey. (AA Photo) Recent exploration operations by the […]
Amid migrant crisis, Greece-Turkey conflict plays out on social media
By Lefteris Papadimas and Ece Toksabay ATHENS/ANKARA (Reuters) – Greeks and Turks are waging a proxy war on social media with photos, video and commentary purporting to show the other […]
EU and Turkey hold ‘frank’ talks over border opening for refugees
Brussels agrees to rehouse up to 1,500 children as conditions in Greek camps deteriorate Daniel Boffey in Brussels Mon 9 Mar 2020 Refugees and migrants near the Turkish-Greek border. Photograph: […]
Hospitality gives way to hostility for migrants to Greece
Arab News Monday . March 09, 2020 Turkey announced earlier this month that it would no longer prevent migrants and refugees from crossing over to EU countries. (AFP) Short […]
Protesters in Germany call on EU to accept refugees at Greek border Migration-crisis
Rallying in the German capital Berlin on Saturday, thousands of protesters called on the European Union to accept asylum seekers waiting desperately at Greece’s border while enduring ill-treatment under harsh […]
Turkey deploys at land border amid fears of move at sea
Athens was faced on Thursday with an apparent attempt by Ankara to stoke tensions at the Greek-Turkish land border after Turkey said it was deploying 1,000 officers of its elite police units to stop the return of migrants into its territory as Turkish officials continued with inflammatory rhetoric against their […]
Is Ankara afraid of being invaded?
Source: Arab News By Abdulrahman Al-Rashed The Syrian war, which began nine years ago, marks the first time that Turkey’s air force and artillery has targeted Syrian regime forces and Iranian militias. Turkish F-16 fighter jets or drones would not have entered Syrian airspace — where Syrian, Iranian and Russian […]
Erdogan finds himself without allies in beleaguered Idlib
Mar 03,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Turkey is now officially at war with the Syrian government in Damascus for the first time since 2011. It is something that […]
Turkey opens gates into Europe as migrants gather on border
By Andrew Wilks and Costas Kantouris, Associated Press 8 hrs ago Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country’s borders with Europe are open. Mr Erdogan’s announcement delivered […]
Istanbul trial pits church against Italian royal heirs
Source: Daily Sabah St. Anthony of Padua, the largest Roman Catholic church in Istanbul, is nowadays entangled in a legal battle over its ownership. Descendants of Italian royalty seek the […]
Syrian refugees flock to shores, bus stations on way to European borders
by Daily Sabah with Agencies ISTANBUL Politics Feb 28, 2020 Given the green light to seek their way to Europe, hundreds of irregular migrants on Friday flocked to shores and […]
Turkey, with more dead troops, says it won’t stop Syrian refugees reaching Europe
Feb 28, 2020 – swissinfo.ch By Orhan Coskun and Ezgi Erkoyun ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey, faced with a possible new wave of Syrian migrants and dozens more dead Turkish […]
102 years since death of Sultan Abdulhamid II marked
Tuesday, February 25 2020 34th Ottoman sultan ruled empire for 33 years, and significantly improved education, literacy, and public works ISTANBUL (Rahnuma) Sultan Abdulhamid II, the 34th sultan of the […]
‘Walk For Peace’ from London to Mecca: A British Muslim’s story
Source: The Daily Sabah Farid Feyadi said he hopes his walk to Mecca will inspire people to be stronger and kinder. (AA Photo) At a time when fear and new […]
Powerful new Khashoggi film hits its mark … but will audiences get to see it?
The Observer Jamal Khashoggi Documentary exposé about the murdered journalist is proving tough to sell – not least because distributors may be wary of upsetting the Saudis Vanessa Thorpe Sat […]
The Ottoman Empire: 600 Years of Domination
Source: Ancient Origins 16 February, 2020 – The Ottoman Empire was one of history’s largest and longest-lasting empires. It was founded around the end of the 13th / beginning of […]