Just over a month ago, Nathan Apodaca went from an unknown American working in a potato factory in Idaho to becoming a global internet sensation. His car had broken down on the way to work, compounding an already tough week as he dealt with water and electricity problems at his trailer home. Instead of letting […]
Passengers have flocked to use Istanbul’s new Mecidiyeköy–Mahmutbey extension after it opened at midday today, Wednesday 28 October. The 18 km extension forms part of the M7 metro line that runs from Kabataş to Mahmutbey on the European side of the city, connecting eight districts of Istanbul. To commemorate the opening one day before Turkey’s […]
The election of Ersin Tatar as President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) has left behind not one, but two vacancies: TRNC Prime Minister and leader of the National Unity Party (UBP). Five candidates have put themselves forward to be the next UBP leader. The winning candidate will not only head North Cyprus’ […]
The family of a young London Turkish Cypriot who was killed in a car accident in Lefkoşa, North Cyprus, last Sunday have launched an urgent appeal to cover her repatriation and funeral costs. Fatma Kaşıkçı was killed after the small silver Mazda she was driving came off the main Lefkoşa-Gazimağusa road and hit an electricity […]
A photograph by Hasan Bağlar of a grasshopper shedding its hard outer skeleton has been selected by the UK’s Royal Society of Biology Photography as one of the year’s best images of the natural world. Bağlar, from Lefkoşa (Nicosia), North Cyprus, submitted his photo titled “My Shirt’, capturing the moment a grasshopper moults its exoskeleton. […]
The fifth president of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus has been sworn in at a special ceremony at the TRNC Parliament in the capital Lefkoşa (Nicosia). Ersin Tatar took the oath of allegiance on Friday afternoon, 23 October, five days after beating the incumbent Mustafa Akıncı in a run-off. The swearing-in ceremony was attended […]
Daylight Saving Time (DST) kicks in on Sunday, 25 October 2020. As a result, clocks will go back an hour in various parts of the world, including Britain, and North and South Cyprus, but not in Turkey, which opted out of DST in 2016. Clocks switch over to DST at 2am Sunday morning, allowing those […]
An international tip-off and surveillance of suspects led to the discovery of a huge stash of cocaine on board a ship at Mersin Port, in southern Turkey, on Tuesday. According to local media reports, Turkish customs and police discovered 220 kilos of cocaine hidden among the ship’s declared cargo of A4 paper. The ship had […]
The family of a young woman from Ilford, East London, who was killed in a road traffic accident in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, have appealed to the Turkish Cypriot authorities to investigate further claiming she was being blackmailed at the time of her death. Fatma Kaşıkçı, aged 24, was driving a small silver […]
During this Covid-19 pandemic, many more of us are paying attention to what we eat. Improvements to our diet can generate positive changes to our overall wellbeing. One of the foods growing in popularity is the avocado. This pear-shaped fruit with a hard inedible outer green skin and a delicious savoury-tasting flesh is an excellent […]
