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 ...
(Reuters) – Every day hundreds of people gather on the banks of the Tigris river in southeast Turkey to watch a 12,000-year-old town disappearing before their eyes. Rising water levels from the giant Ilisu Dam ...
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Famous historical door of the Galatasaray high school in İstanbul. More and more students who graduate from well-respected high schools in Turkey prefer to attend university abroad and remain there, joining a large number of ...
PHOTO: Papaioannou Kostas (Unsplash) Although Turkey’s Islamist government has been trying to increase the level of piousness in the society, the number of young people fulfilling their daily religious duties over the last decade has ...
The ancient city of Hasankeyf, which sits on the banks of the Tigris River in southeastern Turkey, is believed to be one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited settlements, with a human history stretching back some ...