US aircraft giant Boeing has launched a new engineering and technology centre in the Turkish city of Istanbul, it has been announced. The site, located in the city’s Teknopark, was officially opened at a ceremony by Turkey’s defence industry head İsmail Demir, a press release from the company s...
“Kardeş kardeşi satmaz,” Rukiye Turdush, a Canada-based advocate for the persecuted Uyghur minority in China said, switching from her local Turkic dialect spoken in China’s western Xinjiang region to the Anatolian dialect spoken in Turkey. A brother does not sell out his brother. “Uyghurs never...
Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will support President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the country’s three largest cities in next year’s local elections, it has been reported. MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli said that his party would not put forward any mayoral c...
Hussein Chalayan’s shows are always one of the highlights of London Fashion Week (LFW) with their extraordinary qualities. So T-VINE takes a look back at the globally renowned fashion designer’s recent LFW show at Sadler's Wells theatre on 16 September 2018. Renowned for his art as much as his fa...
Turkey was plunged into mourning after authorities confirmed that eight soldiers had been killed and one seriously injured in Batman province, in the southeast of the country. The soldiers were targeted by an explosive roadside device early on Thursday morning. A statement from the Governor of Ba...
A mega new international airport for Turkey’s biggest city will open as scheduled on Turkish Republic Day this year . The confirmation came from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the wake of strikes by builders working on the site. “The opening date is Oct 29, tests have been carried ou...
For the second week running, mothers seeking to peacefully demonstrate and demand information about their missing children were denied the right to hold their vigil on İstiklal Caddesi in Istanbul. The government ban on their assembly remained in place and in a bid to prevent violent scenes of la...
Mothers are sacred, not only according to Turkish customs, but also in the Islamic faith. Yet on Saturday 25 August, elderly mothers felt the full force of the Turkish authorities after failing to heed a ban on their weekly gathering in central Istanbul to peacefully demand news about the fate of th...
Prep Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes This month’s recipe is one Naciye Nene would definitely approve of: the super-tasty Şeftali (pronounced shef-ta-lee) kebab that is delicious whether cooked over charcoal during barbeque weather or under the grill. The...
Whatever adventures await in your personalised Green Walnut itinerary, you won’t get out the front door without first experiencing the unrivalled morning feasting found in this part of the world. Expect a spectacular breakfast spread of local produce and regional dishes, such as jams and preserves m...
