On 30 June, Turkey officially opened Osman Gazi Bridge in İzmit Bay. At 2,682 metres long, it is world’s fourth longest suspension bridge and the second longest in Europe. The bridge is named after Osman Gazi (1258-1326), the founder and first sultan of the Ottoman Empire. President Recep Tayyip...
Governments, institutions and well-known personalities showed their solidarity with Turkey following the latest terrorist attack in the country, in which three suicide bombers killed 44 people and injured 239 others at Istanbul Atatürk Airport late on Tuesday evening. The following day, as dusk f...
Turkey is battling a major fire in the Kumluca district of Antalya. People have been evacuated away from the path of the two-day old fire, which has spread to the resort town of Adrasan and Çıralı village, and entered the Beydağları Coastal National Park that contains the historic Olympos (Lycia) si...
In the blink of an eye she was taken away from us. Years of compassion, dedication, courage gone. Two little children denied of a wonderful mum, her husband of a cheerful, compassionate partner. Why is it that the impact of the death of certain people is so much more profound? I did not kno...
Last month’s landmark case involving a parent taking his daughter on an “unauthorised holiday” has led to a flurry of questions on how this may affect others caught in a similar predicament. Despite the High Court ruling in favour of Jon Platt, a father who refused to pay a fine to his Local Auth...
A car bomb targeting a police bus has killed seven offers and four civilians, while injuring scores more. The explosion occurred in central Istanbul at rush hour this morning. At 8.35am, a bomb was detonated by a police station in Vezneciler, located in the city's historic Fatih district, just as...
To celebrate the opening of its new flagship store in Brent Cross, Doğtaş is offering visitors the chance to win a new bedroom worth £2,000. The prize includes a new bed and mattress (1.6m x 2m), a dresser with mirror, sliding wardrobe and two bedside cabinets, as shown on the competition poster....
On Tuesday, Binali Yıldırım, Turkey’s new Prime Minister, unveiled his first cabinet after seeking the approval of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. While many ministers retained their jobs or were reshuffled, over a third of all ministers were replaced. The nine outgoing ministers were: former PM...
Azimo, the digital money transfer company that is revolutionising the way we send money abroad, is offering T-VINE readers fee-free international money transfers for the next 10 days. Yes, that’s right it costs *nothing* to send your money to Turkey, the TRNC or anywhere else in the world until t...
A surprise fan joined in the celebrations on Sunday when Turkish football club Beşiktaş were crowned Super League champions – their first title win in seven years. Richard Moore, the UK ambassador to Turkey, saw Beşiktaş beat Osmanlıspor 3-1 at the club’s new Vodafone Arena ground in Istanbul, ea...
