Ankara slams Turkish Cypriot leader for remarks, Akıncı backs his words
Senior Turkish officials on Feb. 8 condemned the remarks by Mustafa Akıncı, the leader of Turkish Cyprus in…
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CHP leader criticizes Turkey’s Libya policy
Serkan Demirtaş – ANKARA Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has strongly criticized the…
Ukrainian Orthodox Church gets ‘tomos of autocephaly’ at historic ceremony in Istanbul
ISTANBUL An independent Ukrainian Orthodox church was created at a signing ceremony in Turkey on Jan. 5, formalizing a split…
Veysel Donbaz, interpreter of dead languages
The Sumerologist Veysel Donbaz speaks languages almost no one speaks today: Sumerian, Hittite, and two dialects of Akkadian, which are…
1923 interview with Atatürk: Democracy is the hope of the human race
This Isaac Marcosson article was originally published by The Saturday Evening Post on Nov. 20,…
‘Bikini is Islamic veil,’ Turkish televangelist Oktar tells police
A police officer reminded him of his words on the night of the coup attempt,…
Tüpraş ‘reduces Iranian crude purchases’ as US sanctions loom
Turkey’s biggest oil importer Tüpraş has cut back purchases of Iranian crude since May, when the United States said…
The unlikely saviors of Libya’s roman remains
LEPTIS MAGNA, Libya – Agence France-Press Ali Hribish stands by the Arch of Septimius Severus…
Woman in Turkey’s east celebrates divorce by decorating car, urges others to defend women’s rights
A woman is more powerful and precious than anybody else,” she added A woman…
Interview: Umut Uzer on the turbulent history of Turkish nationalism
Three leading right-wing figures from the 20th century in Turkey: Former Welfare Party head Necmettin…
The story of modernization in Turkish painting
‘Bare, Naked, Nude,’ a new exhibition recently opened at Istanbul’s Pera Museum, includes academic studies…
INTERVIEW: Markus Dressler on the formation of modern Turkish Alevism
William Armstrong – william.armstrong@hdn.com.tr Turkey’s newly elected government has given signals that it may move…
The modern making of Turkish Alevi Islam
A protester in Istanbul holds a sign reading ‘Alevism is my right.’ William Armstrong…
Iran tycoon confesses to stockpiling 15 billion euros abroad
İpek Yezdani – TEHRAN Babek Zanjani, an Iranian businessman currently imprisoned in Iran on corruption…
Analysis: Why Turkey’s AKP failed to make a comeback in polls
Ahmet Hakan – ISTANBUL Özer Sencar, owner of polling company MetroPoll, explains to daily Hürriyet…
The transformation of Turkey’s state identity
William Armstrong william.armstrong@hdn.com.tr ‘National and State Identity in Turkey: The Transformation of the Republic’s Status…
Turkey in the Middle Eastern ‘swamp’
An Ottoman heliograph section in the Charge at Huj in 1917, during the Sinai and…
