Coronavirus: Afghan girls make ventilators out of car parts
Health
May 20, 2020
Coronavirus: Afghan girls make ventilators out of car parts
The teenagers made headlines in 2017 when they won a special award at an international competition in the US. Now…
President initiates the creation of a working group to address the problems of the Crimean Tatar people
Ukraine
May 18, 2020
President initiates the creation of a working group to address the problems of the Crimean Tatar people
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with representatives of the Crimean Tatar people. The Head of State expressed condolences on…
Professor fired from university after promoting teenage pregnancy
Turkey
May 18, 2020
Professor fired from university after promoting teenage pregnancy
İstanbul Aydın University has fired an academic due to controversial remarks made during a TV program in which he seemingly…
Vice president says 70 pct of countries sought help from Turkey to fight coronavirus
Turkey
May 18, 2020
Vice president says 70 pct of countries sought help from Turkey to fight coronavirus
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has said two-thirds of the world’s countries, around 70 percent, have asked for assistance from…
Prosecutor rules no need for probe into death of teacher tortured in custody
Turkey
May 18, 2020
Prosecutor rules no need for probe into death of teacher tortured in custody
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has once again ruled that there is no need to investigate the death of…
Anti-gov’t Twitter user, journalist detained after being targeted by pro-gov’t media
Media Freedom
May 18, 2020
Anti-gov’t Twitter user, journalist detained after being targeted by pro-gov’t media
Taylan Kulaçoğlu, a popular, anti-government Twitter user, and journalist Hakan Gülseven were detained after they were targeted by pro-government media…
OSCE PA’s South East Europe envoy Mark Pritchard welcomes appointment of Albanian Ambassador Mazi
World
May 18, 2020
OSCE PA’s South East Europe envoy Mark Pritchard welcomes appointment of Albanian Ambassador Mazi
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on South East Europe, Mark Pritchard, welcomed the appointment of Ambassador Zef Mazi as…
When I met a Gandhian ‘Jihadi’ in America
Editor's Choice
May 17, 2020
When I met a Gandhian ‘Jihadi’ in America
The holy month of Ramadan is here, and our Muslim brethren are engaged in what is irrefutably the largest collective…
Turkey slams EU criticism over new drilling off Cyprus
World
May 16, 2020
Turkey slams EU criticism over new drilling off Cyprus
A declaration by EU foreign ministers condemning Turkish drilling in the eastern Mediterranean is the “last example of a fruitless…
Art of darkness How Fevzi Yazici’s arrest and confinement have transformed his work
Art and Culture
May 15, 2020
Art of darkness How Fevzi Yazici’s arrest and confinement have transformed his work
Fevzi Yazici missed the opening night of his first professional art exhibit. While other artists were proudly standing beside their…