A European survey into the average time mobile phone users spend talking on their phones was topped by Turkey. According to figures from 2016’s third quarter, Turks spend an average of seven hours and 16 minutes (436 minutes) per month chatting, compared to four hours and 17 minutes (257 minutes) for the rest of Europe. […]
A journey across the Bosphorus Strait that used to take over 1.5 hours now takes just 15 minutes. That’s the time needed to drive across Istanbul’s new 5.4 km (3.4 miles) long Eurasia Tunnel, which was formally opened to the public on Thursday 22 Dec. Entrances to the Eurasia Tunnel are in the Göztepe district, […]
Ambassador Andrei Karlov has died after being shot as he was making a speech at a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital earlier this evening. The Russian envoy was rushed to hospital in a critical state, but despite desperate attempts it was not possible to save him. The news of his death was confirmed by the […]
A car laden with explosives crashed into a municipality bus carrying off-duty soldiers and civilians, killing 13 and injuring 56 in central Turkey. The attack took place at 8.45am local time this morning, just as the bus was by a bus stop that serves Kayseri’s Erciyes University campus, adding to the casualty toll. Turkey’s Interior […]
The death toll continues to rise as the authorities confirm more casualties from the double bombing near Beşiktaş Football Club’s Vodafone Arena Stadium in central Istanbul last night. According to Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, 30 police officers and seven civilians are among the dead, with another of the victims yet to be identified. A […]
Beautifully-preserved wrecks of the ships which held the mighty Ottoman Empire together have been discovered during a climate-survey of the Black Sea bed. An international team led by Southampton University’s Professor Jon Adams has found over 40 wrecks from the Ottoman, Byzantine and Roman periods using state-of-the-art underwater ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles). The stunning remains […]
A major fire in the dormitory of a boarding school in southern Turkey has claimed at least a dozen lives this evening. It is believed 28 students aged 12 and 13 years old and various staff were inside the building at the time the fire took hold. The blaze broke out at the private junior […]
A controversial clause by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to pardon men imprisoned for marrying and having sex with underage girls has caused outrage in Turkey. The government claims it is a one-time amnesty for men who have wed teenage girls in a religious ceremony with the consent of the girls and their […]
Turkey’s automotive sector remains its top performing industry, posting an 8.2% increase in exports last month. Its October sales of $2.2 bn helped prop up the country’s export total for the month , which stood at $11.727 bn – 4.9% down on the same period last year. The October 2016 figures were released by the […]
Despite local and international concerns, the Turkish authorities continue to clampdown on opposition media. In the past fortnight, the police have arrested and charged the editor and journalists of respected broadsheet Cumhuriyet claiming they were linked with “terrorists”. It was the final straw for one major foreign media investor in the country. On Nov. 3, […]
