Sümeyye Boyacı has powered to victory in the women's 50-meter backstroke in the World Para Swimming World Series in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. She won in a time of 43.83 – nearly a full second faster than the swim that brought her gold at the World Swimming championships in 2019. Boyacı, 18, w...
Wendy Morton, the British Minister for the European Neighbourhood and the Americas, will be in Cyprus this week for two days of meetings with the presidents of North and South Cyprus, and Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders. Morton’s visit, which starts on Wednesday, 7 April, comes ahead...
As many as 33 candidates of Turkish origin could become members of parliament (MP) in the 240-seat Bulgarian Parliament following the country’s General Election on Sunday, 4 April. With over 98% of the votes counted, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s conservative Citizens for European Development of...
Relations between Turkey and neighbouring Azerbaijan continue to strengthen and deepen. Passport-free travel between the two countries commenced on Thursday, 1 April. The following day, Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan and Azerbaijan's Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov (both pictured above) s...
After years of disputes, Cypriot cheese – known in Turkish as hellim and in Greek as halloumi – has been granted Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status by the European Union. Member states “unanimously supported” the PDO proposals earlier today, which are applicable to “all parts of...
Turkey are flying high after beating Norway 3-0 on Saturday, to make it two wins out of two in their European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. Played in Malaga due to the coronavirus restrictions in Oslo, Turkey got off to a dream start thanks to a fine goal from Ozan Tufan in the 4th minute....
This weekend, people in Britain, Cyprus and other parts of the world adhering to the Daylight Saving Time system will have less time in bed, as the clocks go forward by an hour. The change officially happens in the early hours of Sunday, 28 March. At 1am local time, the clocks will automatically...
Turkey got its 2022 World Cup campaign off to a cracking start with a 4-2 victory against the Netherlands at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul last night. Lille striker Burak Yılmaz (pictured top) was on top form, bagging three goals: a deflected long-range effort on 15 minutes, a penalty n...
The European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar get underway this week, with games taking place on Wednesday, 24 and Thursday, 25 March. Turkey, Azerbaijan and Wales are in action on Wednesday evening, with England, Northern Ireland and Scotland playing on Thursday. Sky Sports will be giv...
The home of the head of the Switzerland Turkish Society has been vandalised by supporters of the PKK terror group. It is the fifth time in two years that Şeref Yıldız’s property in Basel has been targeted. The latest attack took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning, 17 March, by three as...
