One of the pivotal figures in Australia’s Turkish Cypriot community, Oral Avni, has passed away on his 93rdbirthday. The sad news was announced on the Facebook page of the association he helped found, Northern Cyprus Turkish Association (NCTA) of New South Wales. Based in Sydney, Mr Avni was among the early wave of Turkish Cypriots […]
The Sultans of the Net are out of the World Cup are failing to find a way past a strong USA side in their quarterfinal match in Poland. The Turks were on the back foot from the start of the match, losing in three straight sets to the Americans: 25-22, 25-15, and 25-20. The defeat […]
Turkish Airlines, the Çırağan Palace Kempinski, and Mandarin Oriental Bosphorus are among the top winners from Turkiye at the Europe Winners of the 29th World Travel Awards™. Many others picked up awards for the country-specific categories. The leading lights in the travel industry from some 40 countries attended the glitzy gala ceremony at the Hilton Mallorca […]
Turkiye have reached the last eight of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship 2022, but have to overcome a tough American side today in order to progress to the semis. The Sultans of the Net, who topped their first round group, qualified for the quarter-finals despite losing two of their four games in Round 2, […]
Sunday’s draw for the Euro 2024 qualifiers has been kind to Turkiye, who will fancy their chances after being drawn in Group D against the likes of Wales, Latvia and Armenia. Turkiye’s toughest opponent according to FIFA world rankings are in-form Croatia. The Balkans side recently jumped three places in the global list to 12th […]
Turkiye’s national volleyball team is through to the final sixteen of the Women’s World Championship after beating host nation Poland 3-2. The Turks topped their group after four wins and one defeat. The Sultans of the Net, known as ‘Filenin Sultanları’ in Turkish, became Pool B leaders despite losing their opening bout of the tournament 2-3 […]
An airline owned by Turkish Airlines and Germany’s Lufthansa has been named the World’s Best Leisure Airline. SunExpress was presented with its award by airlines ranking body Skytrax in a ceremony in London last week. Known as the ‘Oscars of the aviation industry, this year’s Skytrax awards were based on the responses of 14 million […]
Turkiye will supply over 3,000 police officers to Qatar ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2022, to help with security at stadiums and hotels in the country, Reuters has reported. Under the protocol signed between the two countries, Ankara will deploy 3,000 riot police and 100 special operations police to Qatar. The squad will also […]
The Turkish Republic of North Cyprus will host next year’s CONIFA European Championship. Twelve teams from politically non-recognised nations and territories in Europe will compete for the right to lift the trophy. The tournament is being organised by the Confederation of Independent Football Associations, or CONIFA for short. It serves as an alternative to FIFA, […]
Turkiye’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told reporters in New York that he has discussed the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus with his Russian counterpart, including direct flights. “If direct flights start from Russia to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, we will of course be pleased,” President Erdoğan said. His statement on direct flights […]
