Who is refugee, who is not? Turkey’s efforts for humanity
BY TÜLAY DEMIR MAY 13, 2022 – DAILY SABAH A general view of the briquette houses built by Turkey’s international aid organizations and NGOs for war-weary Syrian people, in Idlib, […]
Mighty sovereigns of Ottoman throne: Sultan Abdülhamid II
BY EKREM BUĞRA EKINCI MAY 13, 2022 – DAILY SABAH This old photo shows Sultan Abdülhamid II, the 34th ruler of the Ottoman Empire. (Wikimedia / Edited by Büşra Öztürk) […]
What makes Adhan (Azaan) so important for Muslims?
MURAT SOFUOGLU 4 HOURS AGO What would you like to learn more about? Topics Religion Islam Muslims Adhan Azaan Related In pictures: Muslims welcome holy month of Ramadan ‘How do […]
New chapter in Turkey-Saudi Arabia relations
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN MAY 09, 2022 – DAILY SABAH President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan walks with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman (R) in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, April 28, 2022. (AP Photo) ‘One […]
Insight into Islam, the prophet and Ramadan
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL ISTANBUL APR 14, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Muslims break their fast as part of iftar, in Sultanahmet Square during Ramadan, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 10, 2022. (Shutterstock […]
Istanbul’s Blue Mosque draws Argentine academic to Islam
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL APR 20, 2022 Abel Abduljalel Buzarquis reads the Quran in his office, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 19, 2022. (AA Photo) RECOMMENDED Prophet Muhammad’s relic back on display in Istanbul for Ramadan PROPHET-MUHAMMAD For some, it is a verse from the Quran or sometimes a quote […]
Niceties of fasting: All about eating during holy month of Ramadan
BY İREM YAŞAR APR 21, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Menus should contain plenty of fiber and sufficient protein in sahur meals. (iStock Photo) Although fasting affects the body during Ramadan, […]
Turkey’s Fener Orthodox Patriarchate starts rare chrism ritual
BY DAILY SABAH WITH DHA ISTANBUL APR 20, 2022 – Patriarchate staff prepare the chrism in Istanbul, Turkey, April 20, 2022. (DHA PHOTO) Aonce-in-a-decade ritual has begun to make chrism, a […]
Turkish man’s kind act leads to capture of Swedish drug lord
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL APR 15, 2022 – Police officers escort the suspect in Muğla, southwestern Turkey, April 15, 2022. (DHA PHOTO) Agardener, working for a meager salary but leading an honest life, inadvertently led to the detention of one of the most wanted men in Sweden. Ali Eren […]
After Hagia Sophia reversion, Turkey reopens its iconic madrassa
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL APR 15, 2022 – A view of the madrassa in Istanbul, Turkey, April 14, 2022. (DHA PHOTO) Hagia Sophia Fatih Madrassa, the first Ottoman school built in […]
President Erdoğan extends Passover wishes to Jewish community
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA APR 15, 2022 – President Erdoğan at a meeting with representatives of Turkish and U.S. Jewish communities in the capital Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 9, 2016. (PHOTO BY […]
Armenia must emerge from shadow of the G-word
SINEM CENGIZ April 15, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/z3af7 The Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was assassinated by an ultra-nationalist teenager outside his office in İstanbul in 2007, once wrote: “There […]
Turkish Cypriots do not have another 50 years to waste: Oktay
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL APR 14, 2022 Vice President Fuat Oktay speaks at an economy meeting in Ankara, Turkey, April 14, 2022. (IHA Photo) RECOMMENDED 1,000 tons of Turkish food aid […]
Turkey to hike citizenship-for-homes threshold as sales soar
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL APR 13, 2022 – Residential apartment blocks and skyscrapers are seen in the Maslak bussiness and financial district in Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 23, 2020. (Reuters Photo) RECOMMENDED For Biden’s battered rating, ‘nothing else matters’ but inflation INFLATION Foreigners looking to buy homes in Turkey to become Turkish […]
Turkey, Egypt inch toward long-awaited normalization
YASAR YAKIS April 13, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/8j2jx A new semi-concrete step has been taken to further mend Turkish-Egyptian relations, as Turkey has decided to appoint a senior diplomat to […]
Sufism: Where otherness does not exist
BY MAHMUD EROL KILIÇ APR 06, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Illustrations by Shutterstock – edited by Büşra Öztürk. When looking through the lens of the concept of absolute unity within […]
Meet the Turkish family that looks after the Prophet Muhammad’s cloak
NEWS TURKEY MURAT SOFUOGLU SAAD HASAN 28 MAY 2019 What would you like to learn more about? Topics Turkey Western Asia Asia Islam Muhammad Related Ottoman gravestones survive the test […]
Ukranian woman influenced by adhan converts to Islam during Ramadan
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL APR 08, 2022 Daria Yaroshenko and Turkish mufti Üzeyir Yavaş pose together, Iznik, Turkey, April 7, 2022. (AA Photo) Impressed by the adhan (the Islamic call to […]
Erdoğan inaugurates Islamic Civilizations Museum in Istanbul
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL APR 08, 2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at inauguration ceremony of the Islamic Civilizations Museum on the grounds of the Grand Çamlıca Mosque, […]
‘Turkey made unprecedented progress in minority rights’
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL APR 06, 2022 – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (C), the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, leads the Epiphany Mass at the Patriarchal Church of St. […]