The Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea has been moved from Istanbul to Portugal, UEFA has announced. The decision was made after the British government put Turkey on its Covid-19 travel destinations red list. As a result, anyone traveling from or through Turkey must enter...
After a thrilling return to Formula 1 last year, many racing fans were disappointed that there was no room for the Turkish Grand Prix in the 2021 calendar. That’s set to change, with Turkey announced as the replacement for the Canadian Grand Prix. Formula 1 confirmed the change to round 7 of the...
A domestically produced Turkish electronic car has won one of the world’s leading design prizes. TOGG, short for Türkiye'nin Otomobili Girişim Grubu [Turkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group], was a winner in the Professional Concept category at iF Design Award 2021. Launched in 1954, the iF Desig...
A photograph of man celebrating after hearing that Azerbaijan forces had liberated the city of Şuşa / Shusha from occupation has won a Special Award in this year’s Press Photographs Contest of the Year. The frame, taken by Uğur Yıldırım, a photojournalist for top Turkish daily Sabah newspaper, ca...
Sümeyye Boyacı has powered to victory in the women's 50-meter backstroke in the World Para Swimming World Series in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. She won in a time of 43.83 – nearly a full second faster than the swim that brought her gold at the World Swimming championships in 2019. Boyacı, 18, w...
Wendy Morton, the British Minister for the European Neighbourhood and the Americas, will be in Cyprus this week for two days of meetings with the presidents of North and South Cyprus, and Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders. Morton’s visit, which starts on Wednesday, 7 April, comes ahead...
As many as 33 candidates of Turkish origin could become members of parliament (MP) in the 240-seat Bulgarian Parliament following the country’s General Election on Sunday, 4 April. With over 98% of the votes counted, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s conservative Citizens for European Development of...
Relations between Turkey and neighbouring Azerbaijan continue to strengthen and deepen. Passport-free travel between the two countries commenced on Thursday, 1 April. The following day, Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan and Azerbaijan's Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov (both pictured above) s...
After years of disputes, Cypriot cheese – known in Turkish as hellim and in Greek as halloumi – has been granted Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status by the European Union. Member states “unanimously supported” the PDO proposals earlier today, which are applicable to “all parts of...
Turkey are flying high after beating Norway 3-0 on Saturday, to make it two wins out of two in their European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. Played in Malaga due to the coronavirus restrictions in Oslo, Turkey got off to a dream start thanks to a fine goal from Ozan Tufan in the 4th minute....
