Tag: Turkey

Israeli daily the Maariv, known as the “country’s paper,” the newspaper with the highest circulation and a cornerstone of Israeli media is now on the verge of collapse. Some say ...

An Egyptian-born U.S. columnist was arrested Tuesday for spray-painting an advertisement equating Muslim radicals with savages at a New York City subway station. Mona Eltahawy, 45, of New York, was ...

Representatives for U.S. actress and U.N. refugee envoy Angelina Jolie have denied rumors that the Hollywood star is battling the hepatitis C virus and is in need of a liver ...

A study of eunuchs in Korea’s royal court has found men without testicles live longer. Researchers looking at the court of the Chosun Dynasty found eunuchs lived to 70 on ...

İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district is currently home to its Sixth Sahaf (Bibliopole) Festival, a haven for bibliophiles and second-hand book sellers alike with its vast and varied collection of old and ...

Fashion week in Paris is always a race against time. Paris, the last city after New York, London and Milan to host shows, is offering up 95 frenetic catwalk spectacles ...

Japanese car giant Toyota yesterday unveiled a robotic best friend that can offer a helping hand around the house fetching and carrying for the elderly or immobile. The human support ...

The second Mardin Biennial is calling on both its residents and Turkey’s art circles to do a “Double Take” in this historic southeastern province to explore the relationship between art ...

Istanbul’s Beyoğlu Municipality is bringing together book collectors and rare book dealers at the sixth Beyoğlu Bibliopole Festival, from Sept. 25 to Oct. 14. As last year, the festival is ...

Greece and Spain, two ailing economies in the eurozone, are coping with a fresh wave of demonstrations against new austerity meausures. Rallies turn violent in both countries with dozens injured ...