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An everyday tale
David R. Mellor
writes
An everyday tale
An everyday tale
26 April 2025 David R. Mellor
‘We are pursuing a miracle’: Doctor describes battle to save Sırrı Süreyya Önder
‘We are pursuing a miracle’: Doctor describes battle to save Sırrı Süreyya Önder
Önder, Turkey's deputy parliament speaker and a key figure in the ongoing Kurdish peace initiative, has been in critical condition since Apr 15 when he suffered a cardiac arrest.
25 April 2025
The weight of ordinary existence: Ayşegül Savaş’s The Anthropologists
Nural Sümbültepe
writes
The weight of ordinary existence: Ayşegül Savaş’s The Anthropologists
The weight of ordinary existence: Ayşegül Savaş’s The Anthropologists
While reading Ayşegül Savaş's third novel, I was reminded of that pile of sand; so plain, seemingly mediocre, yet somehow extraordinary.
22 April 2025 Nural Sümbültepe
Christians mark Easter across Turkey
Christians mark Easter across Turkey
The midnight service in İstanbul was led by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
21 April 2025
Profile: Who is Sırrı Süreyya Önder, the pro-Kurdish politician shaped by activism, labor and cinema?
Profile: Who is Sırrı Süreyya Önder, the pro-Kurdish politician shaped by activism, labor and cinema?
After undergoing a lengthy surgery due to a cardiac issue, Önder, Turkey's deputy parliament speaker, remains in intensive care.
16 April 2025
Forced land seizure in Hatay: 'We survived the earthquake, but the government is killing us'
Vecih Cuzdan
reports
Forced land seizure in Hatay: 'We survived the earthquake, but the government is killing us'
Forced land seizure in Hatay: 'We survived the earthquake, but the government is killing us'
Construction machinery entered lands expropriated for post-disaster housing and uprooted trees. Citizens whose lands were seized protested the action.
16 April 2025 Vecih Cuzdan
Fire breaks out on set of historical drama on İstanbul island, killing crew member
Fire breaks out on set of historical drama on İstanbul island, killing crew member
The set, which spanned an area of 1,200 square meters, was nearly completely destroyed, causing financial loss around 1.3 million dollars, according to reports.
16 April 2025
Massive freeze devastates crops across Turkey, sparking food inflation concerns
Massive freeze devastates crops across Turkey, sparking food inflation concerns
Nearly half of the country's provinces were hit by the agricultural freeze, damaging a wide range of crops from fruits and vegetables to tea and nuts.
14 April 2025
Folk singer Volkan Konak dies on stage during Cyprus concert
Folk singer Volkan Konak dies on stage during Cyprus concert
Konak, 58, collapsed on the stage due to a heart attack.
31 March 2025
Happy Eid al-Fitr
Happy Eid al-Fitr
We wish a happy holiday to everyone observing it.
30 March 2025
Kurds celebrate Newroz in Diyarbakır with massive attendance
Evrim Deniz
reports
Kurds celebrate Newroz in Diyarbakır with massive attendance
Kurds celebrate Newroz in Diyarbakır with massive attendance
Every Newroz has been a bittersweet time for us, a time we’ve wished for peace. Today, we renew that hope. We want to live in freedom and democratic peace,” says one participant.
21 March 2025 Evrim Deniz
Impounded
David R. Mellor
writes
Impounded
Impounded
Everyone’s faces were bowed down, the children glanced over with tears in their eyes. “Where have they gone?”
15 March 2025 David R. Mellor
Six apprehended in central Turkey for attempting to sell medieval-era mummy
Six apprehended in central Turkey for attempting to sell medieval-era mummy
Gendarmerie units discovered the mummuy during the raid on a house in Niğde.
12 March 2025
Edip Akbayram, a pioneer of Anatolian rock, dies at 75
Edip Akbayram, a pioneer of Anatolian rock, dies at 75
A key figure in Anatolian rock and protest music, Akbayram stood out from the 1970s onward with songs addressing social issues. He created a unique style by blending folk music with rock and Western musical elements.
3 March 2025
Ostrich given as gift escapes, finds way back home in Diyarbakır
Ostrich given as gift escapes, finds way back home in Diyarbakır
“No matter where I went, it would follow me. It’s such an emotional animal,” said the owner of the ostrich.
19 February 2025
JUSTICE 06:02:23
David R. Mellor
writes
JUSTICE 06:02:23
JUSTICE 06:02:23
6 February 2025 David R. Mellor
Senior MHP figure visits exhibit on Kurdish forced disappearances
Senior MHP figure visits exhibit on Kurdish forced disappearances
The visit comes amid the nationalist party's recent openings regarding the Kurdish issue.
4 February 2025
Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan opens new photography exhibition in İstanbul
Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan opens new photography exhibition in İstanbul
The exhibition can be seen free of charge until Feb 23.
30 January 2025
From Grenfell to Grand Kartal Hotel
David R. Mellor
writes
From Grenfell to Grand Kartal Hotel
From Grenfell to Grand Kartal Hotel
There is sense that disasters are befalling the country on an almost weekly basis, and nothing is happening to stop them. It is as if this is the new identity of the people, removing  any positive characteristic  from their personality.
28 January 2025 David R. Mellor
Istanbul: Counterfeit alcohol deaths rise to 23 in last 48 hours
Istanbul: Counterfeit alcohol deaths rise to 23 in last 48 hours
Deaths due to poisoning from counterfeit alcohol in Istanbul have more than doubled on the second day. The increase in number of foreigners among the deaths indicates that counterfeit alcohol use more often takes place not in homes but tourist facilities.
16 January 2025
Isak Haleva, Chief Rabbi of Turkey, dies
Isak Haleva, Chief Rabbi of Turkey, dies
Turkish Chief Rabbinate Foundation: ““We are deeply saddened to have lost our esteemed Leader, our Chief Rabbi Rav Isak Haleva, who led our Community for many years.”
14 January 2025
Christmas service at the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Edirne
Christmas service at the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Edirne
The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Amphilochios and priest Atanas Sultanov presided over the singing of hymns describing the life of Jesus and the reading of prayers, while the congregation lit candles and prayed.
30 December 2024
Armenian publisher and writer Yetvart Tomasyan laid to rest in İstanbul
Armenian publisher and writer Yetvart Tomasyan laid to rest in İstanbul
Tomasyan, who passed away on Dec 14, was one of the four co-founders of Aras Publishing, alongside Mıgırdiç Margosyan, Ardaşes Margosyan, and Hrant Dink.
17 December 2024
Acclaimed director Şerif Gören dies at 80
Acclaimed director Şerif Gören dies at 80
Gören’s films often tackled themes such as workers’ rights, social inequality, and the aftermath of Turkey’s 1980 military coup.
9 December 2024
'I spent 30 years in prison imagining becoming a free poet'
Evrim Deniz
interview
'I spent 30 years in prison imagining becoming a free poet'
'I spent 30 years in prison imagining becoming a free poet'
Kurdish poet İlhan Sami Çomak, 51, was freed last week after serving 30 years in prison.
3 December 2024 Evrim Deniz
Greek Film Days to kick off in İstanbul
Greek Film Days to kick off in İstanbul
The third edition of the event will showcase award-winning films from 1980s and 1990s Greek cinema. One of the event’s guests will be author and screenwriter Petros Markaris, who was born on İstanbul's Heybeliada island.
19 November 2024
Jethro Tull to perform in İstanbul
Jethro Tull to perform in İstanbul
The Grammy-winning British band to take the stage on Nov 23.
18 November 2024
Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, renowned and controversial researcher, dies at 110
Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, renowned and controversial researcher, dies at 110
Çığ, a prominent and often controversial scientist who witnessed the history of the Republic of Turkey since its founding, served as the chairperson of the HZİ Neuropsychiatry Foundation, which was allegedly involved in using imprisoned socialist revolutionaries as test subjects during the 1980s.
18 November 2024
Exhibit sheds light on censorship and self-censorship in art in Turkey
Exhibit sheds light on censorship and self-censorship in art in Turkey
The exhibition focuses on challenges faced by political prisoners and dissident artists in Turkey.
17 November 2024
'Translating Socialism' exhibition explores reflections of Yugoslav socialism in Turkish-speaking community
Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
'Translating Socialism' exhibition explores reflections of Yugoslav socialism in Turkish-speaking community
'Translating Socialism' exhibition explores reflections of Yugoslav socialism in Turkish-speaking community
The exhibition at İstanbul's Salt Galata examines the little-known history of the Turkish-speaking community in the socialist Yugoslavia.
16 November 2024 Tuğçe Yılmaz
MP raises concerns over future of İstanbul’s historic Haydarpaşa and Sirkeci train stations
MP raises concerns over future of İstanbul’s historic Haydarpaşa and Sirkeci train stations
The Culture and Tourism Ministry’s planned project aims to reduce the stations’ role as transportation hubs and transform them into a cultural industry zone.
15 November 2024
Nude painting mistaken for Picasso seized in art trafficking raid in Turkey, later censored
Vecih Cuzdan
reports
Nude painting mistaken for Picasso seized in art trafficking raid in Turkey, later censored
Nude painting mistaken for Picasso seized in art trafficking raid in Turkey, later censored
News about an “18th century painting by Picasso” dated 1875 rapidly circulated in Turkish media following the raid.
14 November 2024 Vecih Cuzdan
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