Ratio of female academics in Turkey surpasses 45%
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL MAR 06, 2022 Associate professor Nurcan Tunçbağ of Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) works on a computer, Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 11, 2019. (AA File Photo) […]
How Turkey’s Ukraine role is shaping its foreign relations
YASAR YAKIS March 28, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/njqst Turkey has demonstrated that it can play a positive role when it wants to. This is what it has done during the […]
Elizabeth I and the Ottomans: An alliance that saved England
NADIA KHAN In the 16th century, the Muslim world would come to rescue an isolated Protestant England from a disasterous fate by making it an ally and trade partner. How […]
Riyadh and Ankara move to repair their relations
SINEM CENGIZ March 25, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/gfhmf Significant encounters between Saudi and Turkish officials in the past week suggest an easing of tensions in political, economic and security relations. […]
Ramadan fasting in Turkey: Not so fast for all cities
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL MAR 23, 2022 People pray before eating iftar in Hakkari, where the dinner to break the fast is eaten earliest in the country, southeastern Turkey, […]
A changed Turkey can be a benefit to all
RABBI MARC SCHNEIER March 23, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/65cm8 Change is happening fast in Turkey, and countries from Europe to the Middle East and the US are taking note.On the […]
Greek ‘confidence-building measures’ target rights of Turkish Cypriots
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL MAR 22, 2022 – A view of snow covering a portion of Cyprus’ northern Kyrenia mountain range, above the flag of the Turkish Republic of […]
Turkey says Russia, Ukraine ‘close to agreement’
10 million have fled their homes in Ukraine — UN By AFP – Mar 20,2022 – An Ukrainian child looks out of a tent while waiting for relocation after crossing the Ukrainian-Romanian […]
Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk: Turkey Is “Clearly on the Side of the West”
Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk on Russia’s War of Aggression In an interview, Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk says that autocrats like Vladimir Putin will ultimately lose in the long run. He […]
The eyes and ears of the world are in Turkey for peace
BY NUR ÖZKAN ERBAY ANTALYA MAR 10, 2022 – Turkey created a world brand while re-coding diplomacy ANTALYA-DIPLOMACY-FORUM The Antalya Diplomacy Forum, held for the second time this year, began under […]
UN reforms needed for fair, efficient global governance: Experts
BY ERALP YARAR ANTALYA MAR 13, 2022 – Participants speak during the panel “Revitalising Multilateralism: U.N. and Beyond” at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Antalya, Turkey, March 12, 2022. (AA Photo) The […]
Turkish imam helps conversion to Islam in Netherlands
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL MAR 10, 2022 – Bünyamin Yıldız (R) speaks to Muslim convert Sydney Zandwijken, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, March 10, 2022. (AA Photo) Bünyamin Yıldız, a Netherlands-born Turkish […]
Bosphorus back in the spotlight as Turkey invokes Montreux
ZAID M. BELBAGI March 09, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/jbmyh Though security concerns and international borders often change over time, there are certain geographical chokeholds that retain their strategic importance regardless. […]
Russian invasion of Ukraine hurts Turkish tourism recovery
Russian invasion of Ukraine hurts Turkish tourism recovery BY FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP ISTANBUL MAR 06, 2022 – Tourists walk near Galata Bridge during a two-day curfew to limit the […]
The growing signs of moderation in Erdogan’s attitude
YASAR YAKIS March 06, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/mkr35 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has started offering signals of moderation in his attitude. The first signs came in foreign policy, with […]
Understanding Turkey’s position in the Ukraine crisis
BY NUR ÖZKAN ERBAY ANKARA FEB 24, 2022 Smoke rises from an air defense base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP […]
Turkey ‘has much to gain’ by curbing migration to Cyprus: EU official
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AP ISTANBUL FEB 21, 2022 Area residents block a motorway near a refugee camp to protest what they say are the various problems that have arisen as […]
Lessons from Hanau: We will not allow ourselves to be divided
BY KAAN ELBIR FEB 18, 2022 – DAILY SABAH The photos of the victims of the Hanau racist attack hang on the wall in the place where the bloody attack […]
First republic-era church rises over Istanbul’s Yeşilköy
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL FEB 16, 2022 – The exterior of the new Mor Efrem Syriac Orthodox Church, in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 16, 2022. (AA PHOTO) Turkey’s Syriac community […]
Turkey stands by Greece’s Turkish minority: Foreign Ministry
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA FEB 15, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Turks in Western Thrace’s Iskeçe (Xanthi) province protest Greek government’s assimilation policies in education, Iskeçe (Xanthi), Western Thrace, Greece, Sept. 24, […]