The Turkish nation is grieving the loss of acting legend Cüneyt Arkın. Thousands attended his funeral in Istanbul on Thursday, 30 June. Arkın emerged in the golden age of Turkish cinema, in a period known as ‘Yeşilçam’, playing in around 300 films and television series, including Babaların Babası...
Two women face the truth of the dissolution of the European egalitarian dream. Everywhere they look things are not equal; in the taxi, on the bench in the middle of a village, in the congregation, in the boardroom, in the home. They tell stories of childbirth, sing about violence and dance about...
Local Elections are taking place across many parts of the UK today, with polling stations open until 10pm.If you have already voted, well done! If you’ve not, please do!Not only is it important that you exercise your democratic voice, it’s also important for the standing of the British Turkish commu...
After a four year break from live fashion, Raşit Bağzıbağlı returned to wow his fashion audience with a stunning show. The internationally acclaimed Turkish Cypriot designer presented his new 48-piece collection Summer Couture 2022 Collection on a specially designed turning runway at the Ritz-Car...
LÖSEV, the Foundation for Children with Leukaemia, has launched its annual Ramazan campaign to raise vital funds for the organisation. The Ankara-based charity is appealing for Turks to make their annual fitre andzekât donations to them. The Ankara-based charity has been supporting leukaemia and...
Güliz Öztürk will be breaking new ground next month when she takes over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pegasus Airlines from Mehmet T. Nane. The news was announced by Pegasus Airlines on Friday. Ms Öztürk is currently Pegasus' Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Her appointment marks the first t...
Turkiye’s latest engineering feat, the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, has entered the record books as the longest and tallest suspension bridge in the world. With a span measuring two-kilometres (1.25 mile), or 2,023 metres, between its two distinctive red towers, the suspension bridge is 32 metres longe...
Marked on 8 March every year, the International Women's Day (IWD) is a global event to celebrate women's achievements and also to demand women's equality. In Istanbul there was again an air of defiance among the metropolis’ women. Each year, in Turkiye as in other parts of the world, many notable...
Over a third of all lakes in Göller Yöresi (the Lakes Region of Turkey) have dried out, according to one of the country’s leading conservation experts. Dr Erol Kesici Dr Erol Kesici, a Scientific Advisor to the Turkish Nature Conservation Association (Türkiye, Tabiatını Koruma Derneği, TTKD),...
Staff at the BBC Istanbul bureau are holding a one day strike today, after talks between BBC management and the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) broke down. The parties had been in negotiations over a new collective labour deal that would give parity to local journalists and their international...
