Zübeyde Süpürgeci has won gold at the women’s 100-meter T54 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, setting a championship record time of 16.83 in the process. The 27-year-old hijab-wearing athlete also won a silver medal in the 400m T54 event at the same championsh...
Anadolu Efes came from behind to beat Barcelona 86-81 in the final of the 2021 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. The title is Europe’s premier club basketball tournament. The Istanbul-based club became the second Turkish team to win the trophy after Fenerbahce won the EuroLeague title in 2017. For...
A Turkish-Kurdish woman who came to the Netherlands as a child now has a senior role in the Dutch government. Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius was appointed State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in a government reshuffle by Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday, 25 May. Born in Ankara o...
This year’s Eurovision again proved to be a mixed bag of songs, talents and weird costumes but then which year since the 1980s hasn’t. Despite the year off due to the COVID pandemic or maybe because of it, the return of Eurovision with live performers and an actual audience was greeted with jub...
The life, customs and roots of the Turkic peoples of Central Asia and Anatolia is set to be broadcast in a new weekly television series. Produced by state broadcaster Azerbaijan Television (AzTV), each week ‘The Turkic World’ will feature the rich culture, history, traditions and landmarks of the...
Ersin Tatar, the President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, has made clear he has no intention of risking the security of his country by dispensing with the vital 1960 Agreements that allows Turkish troops on the island to protect Turkish Cypriots. Reviewing events in nearby Palestine and...
The Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea has been moved from Istanbul to Portugal, UEFA has announced. The decision was made after the British government put Turkey on its Covid-19 travel destinations red list. As a result, anyone traveling from or through Turkey must enter...
After a thrilling return to Formula 1 last year, many racing fans were disappointed that there was no room for the Turkish Grand Prix in the 2021 calendar. That’s set to change, with Turkey announced as the replacement for the Canadian Grand Prix. Formula 1 confirmed the change to round 7 of the...
A domestically produced Turkish electronic car has won one of the world’s leading design prizes. TOGG, short for Türkiye'nin Otomobili Girişim Grubu [Turkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group], was a winner in the Professional Concept category at iF Design Award 2021. Launched in 1954, the iF Desig...
A photograph of man celebrating after hearing that Azerbaijan forces had liberated the city of Şuşa / Shusha from occupation has won a Special Award in this year’s Press Photographs Contest of the Year. The frame, taken by Uğur Yıldırım, a photojournalist for top Turkish daily Sabah newspaper, ca...
