Hagia Sophia hosts 6.5M visitors in 2nd year of reopening as mosque
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL JUL 24, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Interior of Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, July 24, 2022. (AA Photo) The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque […]
Turkish bath ‘hammam’ in summer: It’s cooler than you think
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL ISTANBUL JUL 20, 2022 – While the Turkish bath may seem too hot to handle, there are added benefits to taking part in this detoxifying ritual in […]
The bottom is falling out for post-war UN regime
BY HAKKI ÖCAL JUL 25, 2022 – DAILY SABAH A wheat field is seen in the village of Zhurivka, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine, July 23, 2022. (Reuters […]
Grain corridor, summits and Turkey’s policy
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN JUL 24, 2022 – DAILY SABAH President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (R) and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sit at the start of the signature ceremony of an initiative […]
Erdogan presses case against Syria’s Kurds at Tehran summit despite Khamenei rebuke
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meet in Tehran on July 19, 2022. (WANA handout via REUTERS) Short Url https://arab.news/9gx9s AFP REUTERS July […]
Why a Balkan city is important for understanding Turkish history
BY HAMZA KARCIC NOV 06, 2020 – DAILY SABAH A general view of the 15th Ottoman Bey Hamam, also known as “Baths of Paradise,” located along Egnatia Street in Thessaloniki, […]
Turkey ready to host 4-way Ukraine peace talks: FM Çavuşoğlu
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL JUN 12, 2022 – Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky (R) looks on next to his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu during their joint press conference in Prague, Czech Republic, June 11, 2022. (AFP Photo) RECOMMENDED Turkey, Germany, US, UK, France convene in Berlin before NATO summit TURKEY-WEST-RELATIONS Turkey […]
Israel urges citizens to leave Turkey due to Iranian attack threat
BY REUTERS JERUSALEM JUN 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem May 15, 2022. Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS/File […]
Ukraine grain export plan reasonable, Turkey says after Russia meeting
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL JUN 08, 2022 – 11:53 AM GMT+3 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu attend a news conference as they meet in Ankara, […]
How US diplomacy can provide a solution in northeast Syria
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB June 08, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/64gme Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again raised the issue of an incursion into Syria. Such operations are a […]
Turkey, Russia agree on Ukrainian grain exports from Odessa: Izvestia
BY AGENCIES JUN 06, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Cargo ships are docked in the Black sea port of Odessa, Ukraine, Nov. 4, 2016. (Reuters Photo) The Russian government plans to […]
Hajj journey begins after hiatus for Turkish faithful
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL JUN 07, 2022 Prospective pilgrims wait to board their flight at the airport, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 7, 2022. (AA PHOTO) The annual Muslim pilgrimage […]
Amineh Kakabaveh: The MP standing between Sweden and NATO
BILGEHAN OZTURK Stockholm’s national interests are taken hostage by the whims and the parochial agenda of PKK and its conduits. Moscow’s assault on Ukraine has caused geopolitical anxieties, particularly in […]
A brief history of time: Time as a concept and what to do with it
BY NESLIHAN KOÇAK JUN 05, 2022 – 1:09 PM GMT+3 Although there is no consensus on the definition of time, there is no disagreement about its measurement either. (Shutterstock Photo) […]
Being in nature: Where to live the rural lifestyle in Turkey
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL ISTANBUL JUN 03, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Muğla’s Köyceğis is a quiet town despite it’s breath-taking vistas of the surrounding almost mystical Köyceğiz Lake, and is actually a […]
Children of Syria’s Al-Hol camp inmates languish in political limbo
1 / 8 Children live and die in horrendous conditions in the Syrian camps, and it leaves them very vulnerable to radicalization in the face of the potential resurgence in Daesh […]
Who are the Muslims among the ‘Christian Turks’?
NEWS OPINIO ALIM MAKHSUTOV Many people know about the Gagauz people, who are primarily Orthodox Christian, but the Gagauz Muslims are a lesser known minority-within-a-minority. In 1903, researcher VA Moshkov […]
Turkish commission on Islamophobia, racism meets with Dutch officials
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ANKARA JUN 03, 2022 A Turkish parliamentary commission on racism and Islamophobia met with Dutch officials in the Hague, Netherlands, June 2, 2022 (AA Photo) ATurkish parliamentary sub-commission on combating Islamophobia and racism in Europe gathered with Turkish nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and Dutch officials in The […]
Russia-Turkey talks crucial to return of grain supplies
DR. THEODORE KARASIK June 04, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/m8qz3 As diplomatic moves continue to shape the future of grain exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea and Russia’s Sea of Azov ports […]
Coffee drinking habit leads to lower mortality risk, study finds
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL JUN 02, 2022 – A cup of espresso is prepared at a restaurant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo) Those who drink moderate amounts […]