The death toll has risen to 50 following a suicide bombing of a wedding party in central Gaziantep, southeast Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan named Daesh as the prime suspect behind Saturday night’s terror attack, which also left 100 people wounded. Gaziantep Governor Ali Yerlikaya called...
Writing a dissertation can be one of the hardest and most stressful things you are ever called upon to do as a student. If you are one of the unlucky students whose dissertation supervisor is unhelpful and unfriendly, maybe even to the point where you know they haven't read your work, then this c...
It’s the final few days for Pegasus Airlines’ campaign offering international passengers a free connecting flight in Turkey. Those booking international flights with Pegasus to or from Turkey can fly the internal leg of their journey for free as long as they book by 22 August. The campaign applie...
Forty two years and a day after their deaths, 33 Turkish Cypriot men from the village of Tochni (called Taşkent in Turkish) were buried in the Taşkent Martyrs Cemetery during a moving ceremony attended by their relatives, TRNC dignitaries and many members of the public. President Mustafa Akıncı, for...
Recent events in Turkey, including last Friday's failed military coup, have raised question marks for those visiting the country. Earlier this week, a three month State of Emergency was declared. Much of the country is now functioning as normal. However, some risks remain and travellers are asked...
Young Turkish Cypriots are up in arms after the TRNC Parliament approved a protocol between Ankara and Lefkoşa that paves the way for the Turkish government to directly control the finance it provides North Cyprus for education, culture, youth and sport. The investments will be supervised by a new o...
If an allegation of plagiarism has been made against you, then you need to act quickly and decide how you are going to defend yourself. The consequences of being found guilty of plagiarism could lead to a variety of penalties being imposed against you. Among the worst is being permanently exclude...
Efforts by a small faction of the Turkish military to topple the AKP government have failed. At least 194 people were killed in the attempted coup, which started on Friday evening when tanks and troops took up positions over Istanbul’s two Bosphorus bridges and at Istanbul Atatürk Airport. How even...
On 30 June, Turkey officially opened Osman Gazi Bridge in İzmit Bay. At 2,682 metres long, it is world’s fourth longest suspension bridge and the second longest in Europe. The bridge is named after Osman Gazi (1258-1326), the founder and first sultan of the Ottoman Empire. President Recep Tayyip...
Governments, institutions and well-known personalities showed their solidarity with Turkey following the latest terrorist attack in the country, in which three suicide bombers killed 44 people and injured 239 others at Istanbul Atatürk Airport late on Tuesday evening. The following day, as dusk f...
