One of the best ways to learn a foreign language is to delve into a country’s history and learn about the incredible figures who played a pivotal role in shaping their nation’s future and identity. One such person is María Remedios del Valle, who is described by many Argentines as “Madre de la Pa...
Identical twin brothers have hit the headlines in Turkiye after achieving the same scores in their YSK university entrance exams and are now set to study on the same course after choosing the same university. Serdar and Serhat Asker told local media their future goal is to work together in the sa...
On Thursday, Turkiye’s Central Bank cut interest rates from 14% to 13%. The move was not expected by traders and within 24 hours, the Turkish lira was again sliding in the wrong direction nearing record lows. Such is the fear that the move will fuel more inflation that the Turkish lira suffered f...
Two separate road crashes on Saturday, one in Gaziantep and one in Mardin, have caused the deaths of 36 people and injured dozens more, many seriously. The scale of the fatalities prompted many media to describe the two crashes as a "katliam gibi kaza" or 'massacre-like crashes'. The first report...
Students from Istanbul Technical University (ITU) are road-testing their solar-powered car across Turkiye before they head to Belgium next month for the European Solar Challenge. The students are being sponsored by Zorlu Energy, Turkiye’s largest geothermal energy company. The collaboration with...
It was all smiles as Ersin Tatar, President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, posed for pictures with Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan during a meeting of the two leaders. The pair were in Konya for the opening of the Islamic Games, which start today. The meeting at the Ramada Pla...
A woman was stabbed and multiple Alevi houses of worship (‘cemevi’) and association buildings in the Turkish capital Ankara attacked and vandalised on Saturday, 30 July. The injured woman was on duty at the Turkmen Alevi Bektashi Association when a man came to the door asking if she was an Alevi...
Where does history begin? This is not just idle speculation, but one of the most important questions that we can ask in the context of the history of modern Cyprus. For some it all starts on the 20th of July 1974. For others, those more serious students of history, the seeds of our Island’s prese...
Epic romance stories can be found in all cultures and are told in all languages. Without a doubt, the basic human desire to love and be loved is one of the most important instincts of our creation. The story of Popocatépetl (Popo) and Iztaccihuatl (Izta) is the Aztec Romeo and Juliet, who were de...
Medical students graduating from Konya’s Selçuk University suddenly found themselves in the dark and the stage curtains drawn when they tried to take the Hippocratic Oath during their graduation ceremony. The universal ethical code, which is attributed to ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, is a...
