The UEFA Champions League match between Paris-Saint German (PSG) and İstanbul Başakşehir was suspended after players from both teams walked off in the 14thminute following an incident involving one of the match officials. Sporting body UEFA is investigating after the Turkish club accused the four...
Turkey are drawn against the Netherlands and Norway, while Azerbaijan have Portugal and Republic of Ireland, and England will face Poland and Hungary in their qualification groups for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The draw for the European qualifiers was made by FIFA in Zurich earlier today, 7 Dec...
When Armenia launched an armed assault against Azerbaijan on September 27 2020, it was already occupying 20 percent of Azerbaijani territory. Yerevan’s decision to fire on Azerbaijan’s civilian population in its military offensive prompted an armed response from Baku. Over the next 44 days, Azerb...
This week, music streaming service Spotify released its annual "Wrapped" statistics, providing data about the listening habits of 2020 for individual users, countries, and the platform as a whole. In Turkey, rap, pop and indie music were the most popular genres for streaming in 2020, with Ezhel t...
Ersin Tatar, the newly elected President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, has extended a helping hand to the Greek Cypriot authorities by offering to treat 100 patients in TRNC hospitals. The offer comes amid a surge in Covid-19 cases across the Green Line, which threatens to overwhelm Gr...
France’s efforts to clamp down on Islamic extremism continues to target children. Four ten-year-old children were taken for questioning in Albertville, southeast France, last week. Three of the children were of Turkish origin, the fourth from North Africa. The incident, part of a growing trend...
On Tuesday evening Ersin Tatar, the newly elected president of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC), met his South Cyprus counterpart Nicos Anastasiades for the first time. The meeting was arranged by Elizabeth Spehar, the United Nations Special Representative and Deputy Special Adviser to...
Three young men have received praise for their bravery during the deadly gun attack in Vienna on Monday evening. Mikail Özen and Recep Tayyip Gültekin, both of Turkish heritage, and Palestinian Osama Joda, 23, risked their lives to save two police officers and two women who came under attack from...
The increasing number of coronavirus cases in South Cyprus has prompted the British government to remove the island from its travel corridor. The new measures, which came in on Sunday morning, 1 November, means those returning from Cyprus must self-isolate for 14 days. The decision was announc...
Officials have confirmed 20 people have been killed in Turkey along with two teenagers on the Greek island of Samos after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Aegean region. The fatalities in Turkey were in the western province of Izmir, where over 780 people were also injured, with several in a...
