Who was the ‘Ottoman padishah’?
BY EKREM BUĞRA EKINCI SEP 17, 2021 – DAILY SABAH Selim III receives dignitaries during an audience at the Gate of Felicity, Topkapı Palace in the Painting by Konstantin Kapıdağlı, […]
Expanding Ukraine grain deal hinges on land control: Major exporter
BY REUTERS MYKOLAIV, UKRAINE FEB 24, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Vessels are seen as they wait for inspection under Black Sea Grain Initiative in the southern anchorage of the Bosporus in […]
Daniel Craig aka James Bond raises $120M for quake victims
BY DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES ISTANBUL FEB 26, 2023 – EDITED BY BUSE KESKIN Daniel Craig speaks on stage during the National Board Of Review 2023 Awards Gala, New York, U.S., […]
Levels of Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates plunge in south
An aerial view shows the Hadarat bridge across the Euphrates river that is witnessing a sharp decrease in water levels, in Nassiriya on February 26, 2023. (AFP) Updated 20 sec […]
How ‘earthquake diplomacy’ can mend EU ties with Turkey
SINEM CENGIZ February 24, 2023 In what became known as “earthquake diplomacy,” Turkiye and Greece put decades of enmity behind them and provided aid to each other after a series of powerful earthquakes hit both countries in 1999. The mutual solidarity created a new climate that led to Athens dropping […]
Grief from Türkiye quakes should help transform global disaster response
Türkiye’s catastrophe is an opportunity to improve the international humanitarian system, global financial institutions, as well as the private sector. Türkiye is no stranger to earthquakes. But the massive February […]
Famous travelers to Türkiye: Hadrian, emperor with wanderlust
BY A. PETER DORE FEB 21, 2023 – 10:29 AM GMT+3 EDITED BY BUSE KESKIN An illustration of Emperor Hadrian. (Wikipedia / Edited by Betül Tilmaç) Visiting the remains of […]
Cyprus’s Polarized Elections Highlight a Crisis of Political Legitimacy
BYLEANDROS FISCHER Sunday’s Cypriot election brought victory for nationalist hardliner Nikos Christodoulides. The Left’s vote held up, but the campaign also showed its weaknesses in combining class politics with answers […]
Sacred scroll found after quake handed to Türkiye’s Jewish Community
BY AGENCIES FEB 21, 2023 – daily sabah EDITED BY BUSE KESKIN The photo published by the Israeli rescue team ZAKA shows one of the volunteers holding the Book of […]
IOM Appeals for US$161 Million to Respond to Devastating Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria
By News Desk – February 21, 2023 The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched appeals for USD 161 million to provide relief aid to more than 1.4 million people […]
Türkiye quakes: Fast-track visa welcomed, no visa would be even better
BY KLAUS JURGENS FEB 20, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Many European citizens can visit Türkiye without a visa and for up to a maximum duration of 90 days. (ShutterStock Photo) […]
How does aid get into rebel-held northwest Syria?
A woman uses a phone to film collapsed buildings along an alley in the aftermath of the February 6 deadly earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, in Jindayris in northwestern […]
Turkey hit by two more powerful earthquakes two weeks after disaster
Three killed and 213 injured, government says, after quakes of 6.4 and 5.8 magnitude shake southern province of Hatay Ruth Michaelson in IstanbulMon 20 Feb 2023 A 6.4-magnitude earthquake and a […]
How to be happy again amidst tragedy in Türkiye
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL FEB 19, 2023 – DAILY SABAH EDITED BY BUSE KESKIN Mehmet Toğoğlu, the head of the search and rescue team of the local NGO Haytap, hugs […]
Turkiye’s problems multiply in earthquake’s aftermath
YASAR YAKIS February 19, 2023 A fortnight after the major earthquake that plunged Turkiye into disaster, the government continues to face some potentially insurmountable problems. The first problem is that […]
Asylum cases increased in 2022, not counting Ukrainians
Identities Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) says it received 24,511 asylum applications in 2022, without counting Ukrainians who are eligible for a special protection status.This content was published on February 13, […]
2 UK mosques receive Islamophobic letter after quakes in Türkiye, Syria
BY ANADOLU AGENCY LONDON FEB 17, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A man displays a placard during a protest following the burning of the Quran in Stockholm, outside the Embassy of Sweden […]
Natural Disasters or Divine Punishment?
Hazrat Mirza Tahir AhmadThe Review of Religions, December 1993 [ Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V ] Cataclysms of nature that antedate human existence and sometimes still occur in uninhabited […]
Three radical discourses after Türkiye earthquake
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN FEB 16, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Search and rescue teams search the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, Feb. 14, 2023. (AFP Photo) Lies on social […]
Right attitude needed in post-quake era: German NGO leader
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ADANA, TÜRKIYE FEB 15, 2023 – DAILY SABAH People and rescue workers stand on the rubble of a collapsed building following the deadly earthquake in Adana, Türkiye, Feb. […]