Turkish Hamam Etiquette: What to know before you go
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL EXPAT CORNER NOV 16, 2020 Everyone should experience an authentic Turkish bath at least once in their lifetime. (Shutterstock Photo) Hamam, the Ottoman variation of the […]
Baghdad, Irbil begin implementation of Sinjar deal in major blow to PKK
BY ANADOLU AGENCY IRBIL, IRAQ W NOV 17, 2020 PKK terrorists in Iraq’s Sinjar (IHA File Photo) The Iraqi central government and Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) announced Tuesday that […]
Could Turkey’s Kurdish peace process be back on track?
Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, take part in a military parade marking the graduation of a new batch of cadets and attended by officials […]
Coronavirus: Turkish Germans raise new Covid vaccine hopes
Prof Ugur Sahin (L) and Dr Özlem Türeci A Turkish-German husband-and-wife team have emerged as frontrunners in the race to market a vaccine against coronavirus, which would be an extraordinary […]
The Hejaz Railway: More than a means of transport
BY RABEE AL-HAFIDH OP-ED NOV 10, 2020 On Sept. 1, 1900, on the orders of Sultan Abdulhamid II, the Ottoman authorities started working on a 1,320 kilometer (820.2 miles) railway […]
Rising populism, racism, Islamophobia eroding EU values, Turkish FM Cavusoglu says
BY DAILY SABAH ANKARA EU AFFAIRS NOV 06, 2020 Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu heads the informal meeting of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) in Turkey’s southern Antalya province, […]
Turkish Cypriot president, Greek Cypriot leader back UN bid to relaunch peace talks
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL DIPLOMACY NOV 04, 2020 9:27 AM GMT+3 Elizabeth Spehar, U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNFICYP Mission poses with Cypriot President […]
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque`s beloved feline resident Gli not doing well, vet says.
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL LIFE OCT 30, 2020 Gli at the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. (File Photo via Günaydın) Sixteen years may not feel like a long […]
Neo-Ottomanism debate in light of Turkey-Africa relations
BY MUHAMMET ALI GÜLER OP-ED OCT 24, 2020 Students hold Turkish flags in a dormitory restored by donations provided by Turkish charities and businesspeople, in the capital Abuja, Nigeria, Oct. […]
Mad for meze: The definitive guide to Turkey’s starter
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL EXPAT CORNER OCT 15, 2020 DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Mezes perfectly represent Turkish cuisine and food culture. (iStock Photo) If you want to understand the food […]
The Turks say: The new face of anti-Turkey rhetoric
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN OCT 13, 2020 The latest escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh reignited anti-Turkey rhetoric in the international arena. Turkey, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s leadership, threw its weight behind Azerbaijan […]
Sakıp Sabancı Museum moves show on Istanbul, capital of empires, online
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL EVENTS OCT 06, 2020 The portrait of Suleiman the Magnificent attributed to Italian painter Titian, oil on canvas, 99 by 85 centimeters, selected from Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, […]
Ankara’s rising role as a regional disruptor
Oct 05,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF With the latest intervention in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is extending his country’s foreign adventures from the […]
All about pomegranate, fruit of paradise, in Turkish cuisine
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL FOOD SEP 30, 2020 Did you know that while strawberries and raspberries are not actually classified as berries, pomegranates are botanically? (iStock Photo) With pomegranate season […]
Azerbaijani President Aliyev thanks Turkey for support against Armenia
BY ANADOLU AGENCY BAKU DIPLOMACY SEP 29, 2020 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev shake hands following a meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 12, […]
In Pakistan’s eyes Turkey leads Islamic world
Turkey is channeling its imperial past to assert its status as the ideological and cultural leader of the Muslim world By PITAMBER KAUSHIK SEPTEMBER 26, 2020 It is unlikely for an […]
Do it like the Turks: How to detox your mind, body and fall pantry
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL EXPAT CORNER SEP 17, 2020 Turkish baths and spas have been a detox practice that has been around for centuries. (iStock Photo) With the fun and […]
Turkey is the biggest threat to Europe today, and the Greeks need our help
As one former foreign minister put it, ‘if the EU’s foreign policy is now vegetarian, German foreign policy is vegan’ Denis Macshane@DenisMacShane 14 hours ago Greece and Cyprus have been […]
EU diplomacy on Turkey runs aground ahead of summit, envoys say
By John Chalmers, Gabriela Baczynska and Robin Emmott © Reuters/Murad Sezer FILE PHOTO: The Turkish drilling vessel Yavuz is seen being escorted by a Turkish Navy frigate in the eastern Mediterranean off Cyprus By John Chalmers, Gabriela Baczynska and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union diplomacy to resolve a […]
Cyprus: UN call to revive peace talks gets edgy welcome
1 hour ago NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Both sides on ethnically divided Cyprus on Thursday welcomed the United Nation chief’s expressed intention to soon start thawing out a frozen peace […]