Turkey is making fake honey on an alarming scale

Turkey is one of the key players in the global honey market. With annual production of 115,000 tons of honey, the country is the world's second-largest supplier after China, followed by Ethiopia, Iran and India. The Turkish honey sector has an annual …

Police storm city hall, detain 127 as Turkey removes another Kurdish mayor from office

The Turkish government removed a Kurdish mayor from office in the eastern province of Van following a terrorism conviction, appointing the governor as trustee in his place, after which police stormed city hall at dawn, using tear gas and rubber bullets …

Greece Has Met The Enemy: Turkey’s EU Friends

Austrian psychologist Fritz Heider is credited saying, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” from his 1940s social balance theory research, that should have applied to European Union countries and NATO members aligned with Greece, especially when Turkish …

Ancient Greek Kouros Statue Brought to Light by Waves in Kusadasi, Turkey

Fragment of ancient Greek kouros statue from the Archaic period found in Kusadasi, Turkey. Credit: 2D Marconi Lentini CC BY-SA 4.0 A big fragment of an ancient Greek statue of a kouros that belongs to the Archaic period was exposed by waves in the coastal …

Turkey detains 103 in operations targeting alleged Gülen followers

A total of 103 people have been detained over the past week in police operations that targeted alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish Minute reported. Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X on Saturday that 103 suspects …

“World’s most extensive porcelain collection” to go on show in Turkey

Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace will open a new museum later this year featuring the “world’s most extensive porcelain collection,” with rare Chinese ceramics from the Yuan and Ming dynasties taking center stage, the palace’s director announced this week. After …

VIDEO: Anti-Trump protests in Turkey

Turkey ousts another Kurdish mayor, appoints trustee in Van Municipality

Duvar English Turkish Interior Ministry on Feb. 15 appointed a trustee mayor to replace Van’s Kurdish co-Mayor Abdullah Zeydan.  The ministry cited Zeydan’s recent judicial sentence as its reason to appoint a trustee. A Turkish court on Feb. 11 sentenced …

Turkey, Venezuela pledge to enforce energy bonds

(MENAFN) Turkish energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar stated on Friday that Turkey and Venezuela have vowed to reinforce their partnership in oil, natural gas as well as mining. Bayraktar stated on X that he joined the Venezuela's …

Pakistan & Turkey On Edge As Trump Offers F-35 Stealth Fighters To India; Turks Ask What About India’s S-400s?

Pakistan has expressed strong “concerns” after US President Donald Trump unexpectedly proposed selling Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets to India during a recent joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  On February 13, President …