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PHOTO: Birgün daily Video footage circulating on Turkish social media on Thursday showing the destruction of the inner walls of the medieval Galata Tower in İstanbul has led to public outrage, according to a report ...
Flatbreads exist in most Middle Eastern cuisine, from Moroccan msemen to Iranian taftoon. Every country has their own unique flatbreads, but one that is shared widely across borders is lahmacun. These meat-topped flatbreads are a ...
Filmmaker Alan Parker, one of Britain’s most successful directors whose movies included Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express and Evita, has died at 76, his family said. Parker’s diverse body of work includes Fame, Mississippi Burning, The ...
TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts (MCHTH) announced on Monday that it is opposed to Turkey’s proposal to register Islamic calligraphy as its own heritage on the UNESCO List of the ...
When Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala was released from prison on February 18 after 840 days of solitary confinement, he walked to freedom carrying the companions that had kept him company in isolation: two small snails that ...
Jun 20, 2020 On June 13, Turkish social media was rocked by a crude threat from a pro-Justice and Development Party (AKP) account. The target was Selahattin Demirtas and his wife, Basak Demirtas. Demirtas, the ...
Teenagers in Izmir, western Turkey. Photograph: Bradley Secker/The Guardian Young people likely to challenge Islam and see themselves as less religious than previous generations Twenty-two-year old Esra, from Mersin, is even more bored than ...
While Turkey stands accused of domestic repression, its largest city is increasingly seen as a beacon for the persecuted A ruined yali, or Bosphorus mansion, is still standing on the shore of the largest island ...
Turks have come up with a variety of hoax measures to protect against global pandemic The eruption of home remedies for coronavirus has alarmed health officials across the world, particularly in Turkey where do-it-yourself prevention ...
Hundreds of Turks are flocking to buy lemon cologne, a traditional ethanol-based scented disinfectant, to ward off the new coronavirus after Turkey confirmed its first case this week, Reuters reported. People formed long lines outside ...
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