Celebrating Easter in Turkey: a way for Armenians to show they still exist
Alin Ozinian
Armenians in Turkey, who are mainly concentrated in Istanbul, will celebrate Easter on Sunday at home this year due...
Last traces of Ankara’s Jews in peril
The Jewish heritage of Turkey’s capital city, Ankara, which dates back to the 2nd century BC, is faced with destruction...
Smuggled out in 1964, ancient sculpture of mother-goddess Cybele returns to Anatolia
A 1,700-year-old sculpture of Cybele, an Anatolian goddess associated with abundance and fertility, returned to Turkey after being smuggled abroad...
Minority newspapers in Turkey are struggling to survive
Alin Ozinian
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, during its...
Netflix removes ‘Designated Survivor’ episode due to demand from Turkey
Netflix has removed an episode of political thriller series "Designated Survivor" in Turkey following a demand from the country’s censor...
Turkish actor Bilginer wins for Best Performance at 47th Int’l Emmy Awards
Famous Turkish actor Haluk
Bilginer on Monday won the award for Best Performance by an Actor at the 47th
International Emmy Awards...
Sculptor whose work Erdoğan called ‘monstrous’ wins compensation case
Turkey’s Constitutional
Court has ruled that Mehmet Aksoy suffered a violation of his rights when a
statue he had sculpted was described...
12,000-year-old lake in Turkish town destroyed over rumor of hidden treasure
A 12,000-year-old lake in a Turkish town was
completely obliterated after an official excavation in search of hidden
treasure from the Roman...
Turkish rappers release 2 songs criticizing social injustice, human rights abuses
Turkish rappers on Friday released two new songs
criticizing the Turkish government and urging the public, especially young
people, to raise their...
7.5 million year-old giant fossil discovered in central Turkey
A giant fossil dating
back 7.5 million years has been found during ongoing excavations near the
Yamula Dam in the central Turkish...
Turkish composer says he was denied award for supporting opposition hashtag
Renowned
Turkish composer and musician Cahit Berkay has revealed that he was denied an
award for which he was nominated, claiming that...
Exiled novelist Erdoğan pessimistic about ever returning to Turkey
“The hope of being able to return to Turkey is getting
dimmer,” says Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, who chose to live...