Turkiye Erdogan begins Gulf tour with trip to Saudi RIYADH: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives on Monday in Saudi Arabia during a three-country Gulf tour as... Published 17 Jul, 2023 06:32pm
Life & Style Istanbul’s ancient shoreline gets ultramodern museum ISTANBUL: Istanbul’s museum of modern art moved Tuesday into a futuristic building overlooking the Bosphorus Strait... Published 21 Jun, 2023 03:14pm
Life & Style Actor Saboor Aly opens up about the importance of travelling alone, discovering new cities and cultures Aly recently appeared on a travel podcast to speak about the importance of opening one’s mind Updated 07 Jun, 2023 03:56pm
World Istanbul mayor's bus pelted during election campaign ISTANBUL: Angry protesters on Sunday pelted the Istanbul mayor's campaign bus with stones while he was touring... Published 07 May, 2023 11:49pm
Life & Style Travelling over the holidays: 8 destinations worth considering As we hurtle through the last half of Ramadan, there are upcoming Eid holidays to think about. Over the horizon... Updated 07 Apr, 2023 05:30pm
World Efforts under way to refloat ship stuck in Suez Canal, authority says DUBAI: Efforts are under way to refloat a cargo vessel carrying grain from Ukraine that has run aground in the Suez... Published 09 Jan, 2023 01:24pm
Print Govt urges Turkiye to expedite TGA ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reportedly requested Turkiye to expedite approvals of Trade in Goods Agreement (TGA) signed... Updated 05 Dec, 2022 09:57am
World Bulgaria charges five with helping Istanbul bombing suspect SOFIA: Bulgaria has charged five people with helping one of the suspects in last weekend’s bombing in central... Published 19 Nov, 2022 03:44pm
World Turkey accuses Kurdish PKK over Istanbul bomb attack ISTANBUL: Turkey’s interior minister accused the Kurdistan’s Workers’ Party (PKK) of responsibility for a bombing in... Published 14 Nov, 2022 10:58am
Pakistan Zardari condemns blast in Istanbul ISLAMABAD: Former President of Pakistan and President Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians, Asif Ali Zardari... Published 14 Nov, 2022 05:55am
World Six dead in Istanbul blast Erdogan says ‘smells like terrorism’ ISTANBUL: Six people were killed and 53 others were wounded on Sunday when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian... Updated 13 Nov, 2022 09:41pm
Business & Finance Turkey sees inflation at 65pc at 2022 end, C/A deficit at $47.3bn ISTANBUL, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Turkey expects inflation to ease to 65% by the end of the year from nearly 80% in July,... Published 05 Sep, 2022 07:34am
World Grain ship from Ukraine towed to anchorage in Istanbul, traffic reopened ISTANBUL: A cargo vessel carrying more than 3,000 tonnes (3,307 tons) of corn from Ukraine was towed to anchorage in... Published 02 Sep, 2022 11:04am
Sports Real Madrid and rivals await Champions League draw in Istanbul ISTANBUL: Title holders Real Madrid and the rest of Europe’s elite clubs will be able to start plotting their route... Published 24 Aug, 2022 10:36am
Life & Style Salt Bae’s Nusr-Et London restaurant makes £7mn in four months The London restaurant of Turkish chef Salt Bae made £7 million ($8.55m) in its first four months of trading, after... Published 11 Aug, 2022 05:57pm
Business & Finance Chaudhary Salik participates in D-8 Investment Conference in Istanbul ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Board of Investment (BOI) and Special Initiative, Chaudhary Salik Hussain, and... Published 17 Jun, 2022 06:37am
Business & Finance Turkish businessmen invited to explore investment opportunities ISLAMABAD: Chaudhary Salik Hussain, Federal Minister for Board of Investment (BOI) and Special Initiatives, and BOI... Published 16 Jun, 2022 06:03am
Opinion Bosphorus sea trade unaffected by Ukraine war, sanctions At the gates of the Black Sea, trade is in full swing as freighters and oil tankers sail from the heart of Istanbul... Published 05 Jun, 2022 05:54am
Business & Finance Food inflation pain puts emerging markets between rock and hard place LONDON/ISTANBUL/CAIRO: Like for millions of people in developing and emerging market countries around the world,... Published 17 May, 2022 11:20am
World Erdogan plans visit to Saudi Arabia, mending strained ties ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to fly to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, mending a rift... Published 27 Apr, 2022 05:19am
Sports Potapova shrugs off Wimbledon ban to win maiden WTA title ISTANBUL: Anastasia Potapova defeated fellow Russian Veronika Kudermetova to win her maiden WTA title in Istanbul on... Published 25 Apr, 2022 07:23am
World In Istanbul and Dubai, Russians pile into property to shelter from sanctions ISTANBUL/DUBAI: Wealthy Russians are pouring money into real estate in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, seeking ... Published 31 Mar, 2022 07:14am
World Istanbul skyline row erupts over new build near iconic mosque ISTANBUL: The soaring minarets of the 16th-century Suleymaniye mosque paint the postcard image of Istanbul, but that... Published 18 Feb, 2022 02:08pm
Business & Finance Turkish lira up slightly ISTANBUL: Turkey’s lira gained in early trade on Monday, reversing some of last week’s losses as government... Published 11 Jan, 2022 06:33am
World Erdogan says he will visit Saudi Arabia in February ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he will make a visit next month to Saudi Arabia, whose ... Published 04 Jan, 2022 06:54am
Markets Turkey hikes energy prices; Istanbul monthly inflation highest in decade ISTANBUL: Inflation soared by the most in at least a decade in Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul last month, ... Published 02 Jan, 2022 05:05am
World At least 10 missing in Turkey building collapse ISTANBUL: At least 13 people were injured on Tuesday and 10 others feared trapped under debris when two-storey... Published 10 Nov, 2021 05:47am
World Afghan peace conference in Turkey postponed KABUL: A Washington-backed Afghan peace conference in Turkey has been postponed over non-participation by the... Published 21 Apr, 2021 03:21am
Business & Finance ITI Freight Train to resume operations after 9 years: Razak Dawood The Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad (ITI) Freight Train will resume operations this March after nine years, according to a recent tweet by Abdul Razak Dawood. Published 02 Mar, 2021 03:53pm
Opinion Turkey’s central bank in no rush to start easing policy The new governor of Turkey’s central bank, Naci Agbal, said he does not expect it to begin considering cutting... Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am