Turkey arrests Swedish journalist over 'insulting the president' and 'terrorism'

found 2025 › Mar › 29 (Sat) @ 18:48 UTC

Reporters Without Borders condemned the arrest and criticised what they call the erosion in press freedom in Turkey.

Around me in Istanbul there is fear on every face – but I see a resilience that refuses to die | Carolin Würfel

found 2025 › Mar › 29 (Sat) @ 08:31 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Many turbulent years have taught my friends never to make plans. Yet, even after Ekrem İmamoğlu’s arrest, they have hope

Carolin Würfel is a German writer based in Istanbul

When I first visited Istanbu…

Ex-Navy policeman, 40, is left fighting for his life in hospital after botched eyelift operation in Turkey

found 2025 › Mar › 29 (Sat) @ 08:31 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Ryan Taylor, 40, underwent a blepharoplasty procedure to reduce crow's feet and wrinkles around the eyes at a private clinic in the coastal city of Izmir last Tuesday (18th).

'Then, the phone rang': BBC's Mark Lowen on being deported from Turkey

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 20:33 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

The BBC correspondent was deported from Turkey this week after covering ongoing mass protests in the country.

Erdoğan, not Trump, is Europe’s new best friend on security

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

a story from Politico EU › Politico EU

Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor and the main political rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been arrested. So what is Europe doing about it? Staying pretty quiet, it seems. Mass prot…

Olympic skier Berkin Usta dies aged 24 in fire at winter resort hotel

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Olympian and his father Yahya die in blaze in closed hotel in Turkey
Berkin raced slalom and giant slalom at 2022 Beijing Winter Games

The Olympic skier Berkin Usta and his father have died in a fire a…

I’ve never seen such clampdowns in Istanbul. Turkey’s democracy is fighting for its life | Orhan Pamuk

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The jailing of President Erdoğan’s main political rival is the low point of a decade-long march towards autocracy – but the protesters aren’t done yet either

• Orhan Pamuk won the 2006 Nobel prize in …

‘At 60, the bulk of your life is lived. What’s left now?’ Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The actor and director on why The Return took 30 years to make, their joy at persuading Juliette Binoche to join them – and the punishing regime that earned Fiennes his battle-scarred physique

Uberto …

Trump administration hints at why hijab-wearing student was seized by ICE

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, who is from Turkey and currently studying at Tufts University in Massachusetts , was swarmed by a group of individuals near her off-campus home on Tuesday.

Katie Price's ex Dane Bowers looks unrecognisable as he jets to Turkey for a dramatic teeth transformation after undergoing a hair transplant

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The singer, 45, took to Instagram to reveal he's jetted to Turkey to have a new set of veneers, just days after undergoing a hair transplant.