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Nurtane Karagil’s awareness project ‘Coastlines Waning: All for a few extra Sunbeds’ goes live on Cyprus billboards

The destruction of the natural environment, particularly Cyprus’s beautiful coastlines, has been highlighted in a powerful new awareness campaign created by artist Nurtane Karagil.Called ‘Coastline(s) Waning: All for a few extra Sunbeds’, Karagil’s collage of four scenes shows beaches dug up as if t...

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From the new Ercan Airport to Barbie’s pink mules, and overseas voting in Turkiye’s Presidential Elections, here are T-VINE’s big stories of 2023

T-VINE Magazine readers really do love a good news story. Two thirds of our most well-read and commented stories of 2023 were about positive developments, charity or success stories.There are four separate news items about the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus that feature in our Top 15, including ou...

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Top Turkish football manager Fatih Terim named new coach of Panathinaikos

Legendary former Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim is the new coach of Greek Super League side Panathinaikos. The news came 24 hours after the shock departure of Ivan Jovanovic, who was sacked despite the Athenian side being a point behind league leaders PAOK.Jovanovic had led Panathinaikos to cup tri...

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US Presidential hopeful Cenk Uygur tells talk show host Piers Morgan that he would “end all funding to Israel”

Turkish American Cenk Uygur, who is currently seeking the Democratic Party nomination for the 2024 US Presidential Elections, has said he would bar all American funds to Israel if he was elected.Uygur made the comments while appearing as a guest on British talk show host Piers Morgan’s Talk TV progr...

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From foe to friend, Turkiye and Greece sign over a dozen agreements to shape “new era”

It was all smiles between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Greek host, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, after the pair met in Athens as part of the 5th Greece-Turkiye High Level Cooperation Council.The two leaders signed a joint declaration to pursue good neighbourly relations, mark...

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7th century Islamic artefacts and inscriptions in Baf/Paphos proof of early Muslim life in Cyprus

For many years now, I have dedicated my time to researching the 1,400 year Islamic history of Cyprus – a history as old as Islam itself.This passion of mine involves a lot of reading and rummaging through historical archives to uncover the lives of long forgotten historic personalities and a heritag...

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Draw for EURO 2024 finals: Turkiye’s Group F rivals, games and locations

The UEFA EURO 2024 finals draw took place at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany, yesterday evening, determining in which of the six final tournament groups each of the 24 qualifying teams will play.Türkiye, which entered the draw having topped its qualifying group – a first in its history of in...

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Photojournalism from around the world: see the winners of Istanbul Photo Awards 2023 in London exhibition

Now in its nineth year, the Anadolu Agency’s Istanbul Photo Awards is an annual celebration of international photographers whose incredible images capture vivid and often hard-hitting stories about global people and events.This year’s winning images are being toured around the world with London the...

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“Morally reprehensible” – British Turks slam Labour and Conservative MPs who rejected Gaza ceasefire motion

British Turks have joined the huge chorus of criticism levelled at the mass of MPs who abstained or voted against a motion in Parliament calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. An amendment to the King’s Speech, tabled by the Scottish National Party (SNP), called for “all parties to agree to an immediate...

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UEFA Euro 2024: Turkiye and England go into the December tournament finals draw as group leaders

The November international break saw the final round of group qualifier games for Euro 2024. Both Turkiye and England drew their final games, but remained top of their respective groups. A lacklustre England laboured to a 2-0 win against Malta at Wembley on Friday. An own goal from Enrico Pepe put...

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