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Izmir steelworks blast kills 19 as Türkiye’s poor workplace safety record faces fresh scrutiny
UNSEEN documentary on Turkish Cypriot athletes tops 32,000 YouTube views in just two days
Nations League finale: Türkiye fight to stay up as England chase quarter-final spot

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New book explores ebru, the Turkish art of painting on water

09 11 2026

Culture Books Talks

Unhemmed: Emel Zeyni Sevinç’s debut novel explores the lives behind London’s Turkish garment trade

04 11 2026

Culture Living Books Mind Soul

Turkish Cypriots are “guardians” of Europe’s Islamic history, says author

20 10 2026

Culture Books Talks

Music, grief and belonging: Tice Cin’s Safe Spaces is out now

02 10 2026

Culture Books Talks

Turkish Cypriot author Tice Cin to launch new novel Safe Spaces at Foyles

14 07 2026

Culture Books Talks

Metin Murat’s gripping new novel ‘Meeting Sister’ set for global release

25 06 2025

Culture Books Talks

Journalist Sami Kent’s "spellbinding" new book on Turkiye, The Endless Country, to be launched at the Stoke Newington Bookshop

12 06 2024

Culture Books Talks

Former Times Turkiye correspondent to give talk based on new Istanbul book

18 04 2024

Culture Books Talks

The London Years – a talk based on the newly published memoirs of former Turkish Ambassador Zeki Kuneralp

02 04 2024

UK Books

Istanbul’s Minoa wins Bookstore of the Year award at London Book Fair 2023

20 04 2023

UK Books

Preview of the London Book Fair 2023, where Turkish bookstore Minoa is up for an ‘Excellence’ award

28 03 2023

Books Talks

Talk and book-signing: 100 years after their empire ended, author Diane Darke delves into the cultural legacy of the Ottomans

04 11 2022

UK Books

Cancelled: Metin Murat’s Top 10 Cyprus book list that The Guardian refused to publish

14 07 2022

Culture Books

Review: Metin Murat’s The Crescent Moon Fox is a “page-turner ode to all the people of Cyprus and their culture”

30 04 2022

Books Music

The incredible tale of Frederick Bruce Thomas, aka ‘The Black Russian’, who brought Jazz and music hall culture to Turkey

02 10 2020

Books

N.K. Chavush’s new book Playing in Paradise is a football thriller set in North Cyprus

17 07 2020

Living Books Music His Stuff Her Stuff Kids’ Stuff Unisex

Christmas Gift Ideas

13 12 2019

Books

Book launch: Erdoğan Rising – The Times’ Istanbul correspondent Hannah Lucinda Smith in conversation with Anthony Loyd

03 08 2019

Books

Elif Shafak’s new novel ‘10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World’ out in June

20 05 2019

Books

The Red Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk: “a profound pronouncement on the importance of balance: East and West, individualism and authoritarianism”

16 11 2018

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"books" Tag

New book explores ebru, the Turkish art of painting on water

Unhemmed: Emel Zeyni Sevinç’s debut novel explores the lives behind London’s Turkish garment trade

Turkish Cypriots are “guardians” of Europe’s Islamic history, says author

Music, grief and belonging: Tice Cin’s Safe Spaces is out now

Turkish Cypriot author Tice Cin to launch new novel Safe Spaces at Foyles

Metin Murat’s gripping new novel ‘Meeting Sister’ set for global release

Journalist Sami Kent’s "spellbinding" new book on Turkiye, The Endless Country, to be launched at the Stoke Newington Bookshop

Former Times Turkiye correspondent to give talk based on new Istanbul book

The London Years – a talk based on the newly published memoirs of former Turkish Ambassador Zeki Kuneralp

Istanbul’s Minoa wins Bookstore of the Year award at London Book Fair 2023

Preview of the London Book Fair 2023, where Turkish bookstore Minoa is up for an ‘Excellence’ award

Talk and book-signing: 100 years after their empire ended, author Diane Darke delves into the cultural legacy of the Ottomans

Cancelled: Metin Murat’s Top 10 Cyprus book list that The Guardian refused to publish

Review: Metin Murat’s The Crescent Moon Fox is a “page-turner ode to all the people of Cyprus and their culture”

The incredible tale of Frederick Bruce Thomas, aka ‘The Black Russian’, who brought Jazz and music hall culture to Turkey

N.K. Chavush’s new book Playing in Paradise is a football thriller set in North Cyprus

Christmas Gift Ideas

Book launch: Erdoğan Rising – The Times’ Istanbul correspondent Hannah Lucinda Smith in conversation with Anthony Loyd

Elif Shafak’s new novel ‘10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World’ out in June

The Red Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk: “a profound pronouncement on the importance of balance: East and West, individualism and authoritarianism”

Konya’s whirling dervishes bring Rumi’s Sufi tradition to Sadler’s Wells

Unhemmed: Emel Zeyni Sevinç’s debut novel explores the lives behind London’s Turkish garment trade

From Constantinople to Istanbul: V&A brings 1,600 years of a great city’s history to London

Mehmet Ergen directs Greg Hicks in Ibsen’s The Master Builder at Arcola

From empire to republic: Can Çakır explores the extraordinary life of Ottoman Major Kadri Bey

Fazıl Say brings a fresh jazz take on his classical music to the Barbican

Kardeş Türküler to celebrate Ahmet Kaya’s musical legacy at special London concert

Turkish ‘Süperstar’ Ajda Pekkan brings six decades of hits to London this November

One of Türkiye’s finest voices, Birsen Tezer, to bring her spellbinding sound to London in November

Izmir steelworks blast kills 19 as Türkiye’s poor workplace safety record faces fresh scrutiny

UNSEEN documentary on Turkish Cypriot athletes tops 32,000 YouTube views in just two days

Nations League finale: Türkiye fight to stay up as England chase quarter-final spot

British Turks lay wreaths and share a prayer for peace on Remembrance Sunday

10 facts about Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the ‘Father of the Turks’

Erdoğan and Aliyev reaffirm alliance at Azerbaijan’s Victory Day after weeks of strain

Türkiye–North Cyprus gas pipeline could help power the whole island, says Turkish energy minister

Turkish Cypriots to participate in Remembrance Sunday services across London and Hertfordshire

Turkish Parliament approves Mecca defence pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia

Home Secretary confirms Ankara Agreement visa holders exempt from UK settlement overhaul