18.3 C
Frankfurt am Main
type here...

CATEGORY

Arts and Culture

Arts and Culture

State news agency runs story warning Turkish families of ‘dangers’ of K-Pop culture

Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu news agency on Friday ran a story warning parents about the “dangers” of South Korean-based K-Pop (Korean pop) music bands, which...
Arts and Culture

Ministry stops hotel construction in cultural heritage site Cappadocia

Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Wednesday announced that hotel construction in the middle of Cappadocia, a culturally significant area of Central Anatolia,...
Arts and Culture

Law stipulating review of all movies before release goes into effect in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday signed new legislation that mandates the review of all movies produced in the country before their release. The...
Arts and Culture

Erdoğan to attend concert of renowned Turkish pianist Fazıl Say

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will go to a concert to be given by world-famous Turkish pianist and composer Fazıl Say in the Turkish...
Arts and Culture

Turkish rappers sentenced to 4 years in prison for encouraging drug use

Popular Turkish rappers Server Uraz and Volkan Ayvazoğlu have been sentenced to four years, two months in prison for allegedly promoting and facilitating drug...
Arts and Culture

Turkish university cancels thespian’s appearance over his support for Gezi

Sakarya University has cancelled a play starring thespian Fırat Tanış and justified its action by labeling the artist as “political” and “a supporter of...
Arts and Culture

Hagia Sophia to investigate after photo of dancer doing the splits surfaces on social media

İstanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum administration has announced it launched an investigation after a photo of a ballerina doing the splits inside the historic building...
Arts and Culture

Turkish broadcast watchdog fines Qatari-owned beIN for airing ‘Modern Family’

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has fined Qatari-owned TV network beIN for airing the US television series “Modern Family,”...
Arts and Culture

Turkey increases tax on e-books, stationery goods

Turkey has increased the value-added tax on digital publishing products and stationery goods to 18 percent from 1 percent, according to the Wednesday edition...
Arts and Culture

Sarah Jessica Parker to publish jailed Kurdish politician’s short story collection

The publishing house of famous American actress Sarah Jessica Parker is publishing a collection of short stories by jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş for...
Arts and Culture

6 handwritten copies of Torah seized in western Turkey

Teams from the Uşak Gendarmerie Command in western Turkey have seized six handwritten copies of the Torah in two vehicles that were under surveillance,...
Arts and Culture

Sean Penn in İstanbul to film Khashoggi documentary

Actor Sean Penn was seen in front of the Saudi Consulate General in Istanbul, reportedly making a documentary about journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was...
1234...10Page 3 of 10

Latest news

© Designed by Increases 2016 - 2022

About Us

Categories