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Ara Güler, iconic Turkish photographer and journalist, dies at 90

Ninety-year-old Ara Güler, iconic Turkish photographer and journalist, died on Wednesday evening from congestive heart failure at the Florence Hospital in İstanbul. He was born...

Foreigners snapping up İstanbul’s iconic waterside mansions due to weak lira

Rich Middle Easterners, in particular Qataris, are interested in purchasing İstanbul’s iconic waterside mansions – yalı in Turkish – near the Bosporus, especially since...

Villagers suspect ‘theft’ after 300-year-old bridge disappears

A 300-year-old stone bridge on a creek located in Turkey’s northeastern province of Gümüşhane was noticed to have vanished on Friday by villagers who...

4 Turkish social media personalities briefly detained for allegedly promoting drug use

Four social media personalities on Monday were detained by Turkish police on accusations of promoting drug use in their works, the T24 news website...

New regulation requires Internet broadcasting platforms in Turkey to secure permission from MİT, police

A new regulation will oblige Internet broadcasting platforms such as Netflix to secure permission to operate from Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the...

Top court rejects application demanding opening of Hagia Sophia to Muslim prayer

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application which claimed that failing to open the country’s historic Hagia Sophia museum to Muslim prayer violates freedom...

Turkish film receives Special Jury Prize at 75th Venice Film Festival

The Turkish dark comedy “Anons” (The Announcement) received the Special Jury Prize at the 75th Venice Film Festival on Saturday, the state-run Anadolu news...

Turkey’s public broadcaster stops showing Westerns as retaliatory measure against US

Turkish public broadcaster TRT has stopped showing Westerns – a genre of movies set in the American Old West -- which the channel has...

‘Bad news’ themed art festival in Germany includes statue of Erdoğan

A golden effigy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan evoking the famous statue of Saddam Hussein has been erected in a central German city...

Turkey ‘attempting to erase LGBT community’ with Eurovision boycott

Turkey’s boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest for including gay and transgender performers, such as bearded Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst, was criticized on...

Famous Turkish mathematician Ali Nesin wins prestigious Leelavati Prize

Prominent Turkish mathematician Ali Nesin has been awarded the prestigious Leelavati Prize at the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians, currently ongoing in Rio de...

Pianist Say offers to make peace with Turkish ambassadors after concert cancellation

Turkey’s renowned pianist Fazıl Say offered to make peace with Turkish ambassadors and other diplomats in a statement on Instagram concerning the cancellation of...

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