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Muslims to Pray in Hagia Sophia on Saturday (video)
(Picture from Muslim prayer in Hagia Sophia on May 13, 2018) A call to Muslims to Pray in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul in the early hours of Saturday is advertised widely. The call is for 4:00am. Hagia...
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‘Anti-Greek Tropes’ Likely to Color Turkey’s Snap Elections
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hoping nationalist voters will return him as a much-strengthened president in the June 24 snap elections — meaning more clashes with Greece are likely. A U.K.-based...
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Patriarch Bartholomew Inaugurates Church on Imbros with ND Chief Mitsotakis
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew inaugurated the Saints Constantine and Eleni Church on Imbros on Tuesday in the presence of New Democracy Chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The conservative party leader...
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German Footballers Face Backlash Over Erdogan Photos
On Tuesday, as Germany unveiled its football squad for June’s 2018 World Cup in Russia, two of best-known players are facing a storm of criticism for meeting Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan....
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Turkey ‘Shrine’ Turns Out to be Tomb of Ancient Greek Boxer
A 2,300-year-old tomb in Aegean Turkey — once revered as a saint’s shrine — turns out to have been the final resting place of an ancient Greek boxer. Local people in the Marmaris district of Turgut...
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Wikipedia Urges Turkey to Lift Year-Long Ban
Wikipedia, the free open-source online encyclopedia, has written to Turkey’s leadership calling for a year-long ban on the site to be lifted. Writing in an open letter to Turkey’s communication...
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Turkey Arrests 26 FETO Members Trying to Flee to Greece
Turkish security forces on Saturday arrested 26 members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) attempting to flee to Greece, according to Yeni Safak newspaper. The arrests were made after the...
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Turkey’s Presidency Celebrates Fall of Constantinople (video)
A CGI ‘sultan’ vaults the city’s ‘July 15 Martyrs’ Bridge’ — renamed after the 2016 coup attempt. Turkey’s presidency has released a grandiose video celebrating the fall of Constantinople with a slick,...
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Migrant Boat Tragedy in Mediterranean Claims 9 Lives
Migrants attempting to reach Europe seen at sea (file photo) A tragic accident in the Turkish Mediterranean has claimed the lives of at least nine migrants. Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency reports...
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Video Reveals At-Risk State of Istanbul’s Former Greek Orphanage
The Prinkipo Greek Orphanage, built in 1899, and one of the largest wooden buildings in the world, closed in 1964. A new video is showing a behind-the-scenes look at the largest wooden building in...
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Turkish Cartoonist, 69, Jailed for Erdogan ‘Insult’
Nuri Kurtcebe (R) A Turkish court has jailed an elderly cartoonist for apparently insulting the country’s ruler, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with his drawings. Nuri Kurtcebe, whose work appears in the...
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Turkey Freezes Purchase of Russian S-400 Missile System
(File photo) Ankara is considering postponing the delivery of the controversial Russian S-400 missile system, after Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s visit to the U.S. and his talks with...
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Turkey’s Erdogan Insists Russian S-400 Missiles Are Not for Show
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Turkey has bought an expensive missile system from Moscow, against NATO wishes. (File photo). Russian-made surface-to-air...
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Discover Ancient Christian Churches in Manisa, Turkey
In modern times it may seem like an unlikely site of three of the Seven Churches of Asia, however Manisa province in Turkey was home to many Christians in ancient times. The ancient churches, also...
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Hagia Sophia in İznik: Historical Church Turned Mosque
The Hagia Sophia at Nicaea, located in modern-day Iznik, Turkey, is a historical part of Byzantine-era history. Originally built as a church, Hagia Sophia was constructed in the middle of the city in...
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Turkey’s Third Nuclear Plant to be Built in Thrace
Turkey considers building the country’s third nuclear energy plant in Thrace, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak said, according to Hurriyet Daily News. “The first phase of the Akkuyu...
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Archaeologists Confirm Discovery of Villa and Mosaic of Greek Fisherman...
After a property developer in noticed ancient ruins some 3-meters deep during a groundbreaking procedure in Turkey’s southwestern city of Muğla, he called the property authorities to verify the...
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Football Season in Turkey to be Named after Legendary Greek Player
The new football season in Turkey will be named after Greek player Lefteris Antoniadis (Lefter Kucukandonyadis), who is considered to be one of the top footballers ever to play in Greece’s neighbor....
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Greece Watches as Turkish Election Promises to Dictate Erdogan’s Future
(File photo) Millions of Turkish voters will go to the polls in presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fights for his political life. The elections are...
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Shots Fired During Turkish Elections (video)
The polls are closing in Turkey’s first ever joint parliamentary and presidential elections, with allegations of voter fraud and intimidation at some ballot boxes being reported. In the town of Suruc,...
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