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The strategic role of Istanbul's Bosphorus in the Ukraine crisis from 2022-02-20T11:46:01
A Russian kilo class submarine gliding through Istanbul's Bosphorus waterway en route to the Black Sea recently provided an early morning spectacle to city commuters crossing the strait of wat...
Why drones pose a threat to Russia-Turkey relations as Ukraine crisis develops from 2022-02-17T13:37:51
With Russian forces poised to attack Ukraine, Turkish-made drones are set to face a big test in battle as well as a challenge to Turkey's relations with Russia.
New talks could see Turkey and Armenia reopen their borders after 30 years from 2022-02-01T17:28:41
Hopes are growing Turkey and Armenia could reopen their borders after nearly thirty years after Turkish Armenian envoys described last month's diplomatic talks as "constructive and positive,"<...
Turkey's Syrian refugees face local hostility as economic problems mount from 2022-01-09T13:07:55
Turkey is in the grip of an economic crisis. Last year the Turkish lira plummeted nearly 35 percent, resulting in surging prices and rising poverty. The country's deepening financial woes are ...
Turkey’s ambitions in the Caucasus strain relations with Iran from 2021-12-11T12:06:51
Turkey's highly publicised arrest of alleged Iranian agents is the latest sign of growing tensions between the two neighbors, as Turkey expands its influence in the Caucasus region at Iran's e...
Climate change: The impact of intense winters on Gaza olive production from 2021-11-02T14:54:33
In the Gaza Strip, farmers, customers, and traders of olives lament the sharp decline of olive production this season. The reason for the decline, according to experts, is climate change and h...
International report - Climate change: The impact of intense winters on Gaza olive production from 2021-11-02T14:54:33
In the Gaza Strip, farmers, customers, and traders of olives lament the sharp decline of olive production this season. The reason for the decline, according to experts, is climate change and h...
Turkey steps up threats against Syrian Kurdish forces after car bombing from 2021-11-01T13:59:41
Turkey is threatening to launch a military operation against Syrian Kurdish forces after a deadly attack in Syrian territory where Turkish forces are present.
International report - Turkey steps up threats against Syrian Kurdish forces after car bombing from 2021-11-01T13:59:41
Turkey is threatening to launch a military operation against Syrian Kurdish forces after a deadly attack in Syrian territory where Turkish forces are present.
Turkey fears another Syrian refugee crisis as Damascus ramps up attacks against Idlib from 2021-10-27T12:21:30
Turkey fears another exodus of Syrian refugees as Damascus, backed by Russia, is ramping up attacks against Idlib, the last Syrian rebel enclave. A Turkish military force stands in the way of ...
International report - Turkey fears another Syrian refugee crisis as Damascus ramps up attacks against Idlib from 2021-10-27T12:21:30
Turkey fears another exodus of Syrian refugees as Damascus, backed by Russia, is ramping up attacks against Idlib, the last Syrian rebel enclave. A Turkish military force stands in the way of ...
Why proposed legislation in Turkey aims to rein in social media from 2021-10-21T15:38:08
Dokuz Sekiz news web portal is one of a myriad of independent Turkish outlets that's opened up on social media in recent years. Like many others, it receives international support. But Turkey'...
International report - Why proposed legislation in Turkey aims to rein in social media from 2021-10-21T15:38:08
Dokuz Sekiz news web portal is one of a myriad of independent Turkish outlets that's opened up on social media in recent years. Like many others, it receives international support. But Turkey'...
Afghan NATO forces flee to Istanbul to seek refuge from 2021-10-10T13:13:32
Growing numbers of Afghans who fought alongside NATO forces are arriving in Istanbul looking for help from the countries they once worked with.
International report - Afghan NATO forces flee to Istanbul to seek refuge from 2021-10-10T13:13:32
Growing numbers of Afghans who fought alongside NATO forces are arriving in Istanbul looking for help from the countries they once worked with.
Turkey looks to play pivotal role in Taliban's new Afghanistan from 2021-09-14T11:42:44
Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, Turkey has been holding talks with the group's leadership. Ankara is looking to play a pivotal role in the new Taliban Afghanistan, but voices ca...
International report - Turkey looks to play pivotal role in Taliban's new Afghanistan from 2021-09-14T11:42:44
Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, Turkey has been holding talks with the group's leadership. Ankara is looking to play a pivotal role in the new Taliban Afghanistan, but voices ca...
Pegasus spyware scandal raises questions about independence of Indian press from 2021-09-07T16:37:01
A collaborative investigation into Pegasus spyware, based on information accessed by the France non-profit Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International and shared with a host of publications, h...
International report - Pegasus spyware scandal raises questions about independence of Indian press from 2021-09-07T16:37:01
A collaborative investigation into Pegasus spyware, based on information accessed by the France non-profit Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International and shared with a host of publications, h...
Afghan refugees in India tensely wait for news of those they left behind from 2021-08-18T13:58:23
With a resurgent Taliban now re-established all over Afghanistan, thousands of anxious refugees in India continue to live in fear and uncertainty, wondering what the future holds for the famil...
International report - Afghan refugees in India tensely wait for news of those they left behind from 2021-08-18T13:58:23
With a resurgent Taliban now re-established all over Afghanistan, thousands of anxious refugees in India continue to live in fear and uncertainty, wondering what the future holds for the famil...
After the war of words, are Paris and Ankara on the verge of a new era? from 2021-07-14T09:23:44
Turkish and French Presidents are pledging to ease tensions after months of trading insults, but difficulties between them remain, especially over their increasingly contrary interests in Afri...
International report - After the war of words, are Paris and Ankara on the verge of a new era? from 2021-07-14T09:23:44
Turkish and French Presidents are pledging to ease tensions after months of trading insults, but difficulties between them remain, especially over their increasingly contrary interests in Afri...
Afghanistan turns to India as US hastens to escape 'the war without end' from 2021-07-12T10:01:35
Afghanistan has called on India to engage with the Taliban once American troops return home. The signals became public just one day after the US vacated its biggest airbase near Kabul in a ste...
International report - Afghanistan turns to India as US hastens to escape 'the war without end' from 2021-07-12T10:01:35
Afghanistan has called on India to engage with the Taliban once American troops return home. The signals became public just one day after the US vacated its biggest airbase near Kabul in a ste...
UN Security Council to meet as waters and tensions rise at Ethiopian Nile dam from 2021-07-07T12:03:21
Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling the reservoir of its mega-dam on the upper Blue Nile, according to the authorities in neighbouring Egypt and Sudan, raising tensions ahead of a...
International report - UN Security Council to meet as waters and tensions rise at Ethiopian Nile dam from 2021-07-07T12:03:21
Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling the reservoir of its mega-dam on the upper Blue Nile, according to the authorities in neighbouring Egypt and Sudan, raising tensions ahead of a...
International report - The geopolitical and environmental dangers of Turkey's Bosphorus bypass canal from 2021-07-04T09:26:30
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has initiated the controversial building of a multi-billion-dollar canal intended to bypass the busy waters of the Bosphorus Strait, despite grim environ...
The geopolitical and environmental dangers of Turkey's Bosphorus bypass canal from 2021-07-04T09:26:30
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has initiated the controversial building of a multi-billion-dollar canal intended to bypass the busy waters of the Bosphorus Strait, despite grim environ...
Pandemic-hit India holds out hope of ‘brighter future’ for Covid-19 orphans from 2021-06-25T14:16:21
India’s government has promised support for the uncounted number of children who are either orphaned or have lost a parent in the Covid-19 pandemic that so far has infected more than 30 millio...
International report - Pandemic-hit India holds out hope of ‘brighter future’ for Covid-19 orphans from 2021-06-25T14:16:21
India’s government has promised support for the uncounted number of children who are either orphaned or have lost a parent in the Covid-19 pandemic that so far has infected more than 30 millio...
Taj Mahal reopens but Indian tourism industry remains badly hit by Covid crisis from 2021-06-21T14:17:14
The tourism industry of Agra – the northern Indian city which is home to the Taj Mahal - has been brought to its knees in the past year by the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic.
International report - Taj Mahal reopens but Indian tourism industry remains badly hit by Covid crisis from 2021-06-21T14:17:14
The tourism industry of Agra – the northern Indian city which is home to the Taj Mahal - has been brought to its knees in the past year by the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Indian military fight back to blunt devastating virus surge from 2021-06-09T09:30:56
The Indian Navy vessel Shardul recently ferried oxygen from the Middle East instead of the military tanks it is designed to carry. The 4,259 nautical mile voyage scripted another golden verse ...
International report - Indian military fight back to blunt devastating virus surge from 2021-06-09T09:30:56
The Indian Navy vessel Shardul recently ferried oxygen from the Middle East instead of the military tanks it is designed to carry. The 4,259 nautical mile voyage scripted another golden verse ...
What are Turkish troops and Syrian militia fighters doing in Libya? from 2021-06-08T14:40:05
Turkey's military presence in Libya is under growing pressure amid increasing international and Libyan calls for all foreign forces to leave the country. The pressure is predicted to grow as c...
International report - What are Turkish troops and Syrian militia fighters doing in Libya? from 2021-06-08T14:40:05
Turkey's military presence in Libya is under growing pressure amid increasing international and Libyan calls for all foreign forces to leave the country. The pressure is predicted to grow as c...
As Gaza rebuilds, Hamas and the PA struggle for control of aid cash from 2021-06-04T13:02:29
The latest Israeli attacks on Gaza have damaged many hundreds of buildings, including homes, mosques, factories and government-run facilities. As the reconstruction process begins once again, ...
International report - As Gaza rebuilds, Hamas and the PA struggle for control of aid cash from 2021-06-04T13:02:29
The latest Israeli attacks on Gaza have damaged many hundreds of buildings, including homes, mosques, factories and government-run facilities. As the reconstruction process begins once again, ...
India’s chaotic Covid crisis damages PM Narendra Modi’s public image from 2021-06-03T13:51:06
As a devastating second wave of coronavirus has swept India in recent weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s well-crafted public image has taken a beating.
International report - India’s chaotic Covid crisis damages PM Narendra Modi’s public image from 2021-06-03T13:51:06
As a devastating second wave of coronavirus has swept India in recent weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s well-crafted public image has taken a beating.
Press freedom concerns as Ankara forces internet giants to bow to Turkish law from 2021-05-20T09:53:16
The recent decision by international internet companies to comply with Turkish government demands that the companies open offices in Turkey is stoking fears over the future of country’s last r...
International report - Press freedom concerns as Ankara forces internet giants to bow to Turkish law from 2021-05-20T09:53:16
The recent decision by international internet companies to comply with Turkish government demands that the companies open offices in Turkey is stoking fears over the future of country’s last r...
Is feeble Fatah the real reason for Abbas's Palestinian election postponement? from 2021-05-10T16:08:21
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's decision, announced in April, to indefinitely postpone elections could rekindle tensions between his secular Fatah movement and Hamas Islamists, piling pre...
International report - Is feeble Fatah the real reason for Abbas's Palestinian election postponement? from 2021-05-10T16:08:21
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's decision, announced in April, to indefinitely postpone elections could rekindle tensions between his secular Fatah movement and Hamas Islamists, piling pre...
Crematoriums face meltdown as funeral fires light up the skies in India from 2021-05-10T11:30:44
The acrid stench of wood-fire, molten oils and the confused ululation of last rites engulf cremation centers in India where the pandemic is currently claiming three lives every minute. The sub...
International report - Crematoriums face meltdown as funeral fires light up the skies in India from 2021-05-10T11:30:44
The acrid stench of wood-fire, molten oils and the confused ululation of last rites engulf cremation centers in India where the pandemic is currently claiming three lives every minute. The sub...
Memories of Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood mire Egypt-Turkey diplomatic efforts from 2021-05-06T09:59:34
Turkey and Egypt have started diplomatic talks to restore ties frozen since the 2013 military coup that ousted President Mohamed Morsi. Analysts predict such a rapprochement could have repercu...
International report - Memories of Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood mire Egypt-Turkey diplomatic efforts from 2021-05-06T09:59:34
Turkey and Egypt have started diplomatic talks to restore ties frozen since the 2013 military coup that ousted President Mohamed Morsi. Analysts predict such a rapprochement could have repercu...
One citizen, one vote: meet Scotland’s new electors on the eve of a telling test from 2021-05-05T09:10:18
For the first time ever, all Scottish citizens aged 16 and over will have the right to vote, regardless of nationality. Previously, only British, EU and Commonwealth citizens were allowed to t...
International report - One citizen, one vote: meet Scotland’s new electors on the eve of a telling test from 2021-05-05T09:10:18
For the first time ever, all Scottish citizens aged 16 and over will have the right to vote, regardless of nationality. Previously, only British, EU and Commonwealth citizens were allowed to t...
International report - Climate crisis takes centre stage in Scotland’s election campaign from 2021-05-03T14:01:23
With the country gearing up to welcome the world in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit later this year, Scotland wants to be a global leader in the fight against climate change. A couple of ...
International report - Could the new Scottish Parliament turn out to be the most diverse ever? from 2021-04-28T10:44:25
Since its creation in 1999, the Scottish Parliament has provided a forum to address issues like health, education and the environment, which directly affect the nation. However, as far as repr...
International report - Will Russian tourists and Covid vaccines force Turkey to abandon Ukraine? from 2021-04-22T15:19:34
With tensions escalating between Russia and Ukraine, Turkey is standing by Kiev, for the moment at least. But Turkey could end up paying a heavy price as Moscow steps up pressure on Ankara. Ru...
International report - 'You could easily forget it’s happening': Scotland's strange election campaign from 2021-04-22T11:59:09
As Scotland carefully exits lockdown, citizens across the country will go the polls on 6 May in elections that have been described as the most important since the nation’s devolved Parliament ...
International report - Electricity from solar panels offers brighter future for many in the Gaza Strip from 2021-04-19T14:49:35
In 2006, the Gaza Strip was plunged into darkness following an Israeli military assault on Gaza's only power plant. Since then, the 2-million-resident coastal enclave has suffered prolonged po...
International report - Signs of thaw between India, Pakistan as border ceasefire holds from 2021-04-13T15:22:54
India and Pakistan recently held their first meeting in three years on water sharing rights after a border ceasefire pledge reflected signs of rapprochement between the two nuclear neighbours ...
International report - Glaring contrast in Covid vaccination rates between Israel and the Gaza Strip from 2021-03-30T11:38:26
The health authorities in the Gaza Strip say that a new wave of Covid-19 infections is hitting the coastal enclave, with more than one hundred cases being reported on a daily basis since mid-M...
International report - Are Syrian refugees going to pay for Europe's disagreements with Turkey? from 2021-03-29T13:31:24
The month of March 2021 marked the fifth anniversary of a refugee deal between Turkey and the European Union. The agreement saw Ankara agree to stem a mass exodus of refugees and migrants to E...
International report - Crocodiles make a comeback in India's Bhitarkanika mangrove reserve from 2021-03-18T13:41:29
Bhitarkanika in India's eastern Odisha state is one of the sub-continent's largest mangrove ecosystems, and is home to salt water crocodiles and a huge range of other creatures. It is also the...
International report - Sex and lies: will political scandals derail Scotland's bid for independence? from 2021-03-16T13:35:57
Scottish politics has been rocked by a bitter public feud between first minister Nicola Sturgeon and her predecessor Alex Salmond. A complex saga with many twists and turns involving a sex sca...
International report - Erdogan's electoral nemesis aims to strike again for democracy, women's rights from 2021-03-06T14:03:24
Canan Kaftancioglu, the mastermind behind Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's biggest electoral defeat now has her sights set on ousting Erdogan himself. Provided she can stay out of jail...
International report - Ten years after the Arab Spring revolution, what have ordinary Egyptians gained? from 2021-03-05T16:13:49
A decade ago, Egyptians followed their neighbours in Tunisia, Syria and Bahrain onto the streets to call for social, political and economic reforms. In Egypt, protestors asked for bread, incre...
International report - Despite Brexit, Scotland insists on the right to remain part of Europe from 2021-03-02T13:20:27
Brexit is now a reality: since the start of this year, the United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union. In Scotland, which voted against leaving the EU in 2016, there are intense de...
International report - Will Turkey sacrifice Uighur refugees to greed for Chinese investment? from 2021-02-19T16:11:04
The fate of tens of thousands of Uighur refugees in Turkey is threatening to become an embarrassing political controversy for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
International report - Dark spell lingers as India honours women waging war on witchcraft from 2021-02-19T15:49:48
Two Indian women recently received one of the country’s highest civilian awards for their efforts to rescue women branded as witches. However, recent ritual killings eclipsed the Independence ...
International report - Violence and disappointment as Tunisia marks tenth anniversary of revolution from 2021-02-15T13:56:24
Since the tenth anniversary of the 2011 Arab Spring, Tunisia has witnessed a wave of unrest in different parts of the country. Groups of youngsters across disadvantaged urban areas took to the...
International report - Can Northern Ireland survive the vaccine war in the wake of Brexit? from 2021-02-15T13:05:33
Maintaining an invisible border is crucial to the Northern Ireland peace process. The biggest conundrum in the Brexit negotiations was how to keep people and trade flowing across that virtual ...
International report - In times of agrarian distress, a new lease of life for Maharashtra farmers from 2021-02-08T13:34:11
Thanks to imaginative cultivation methods, farmers in the western Indian state of Maharashtra have turned the corner after facing water scarcity and severe drought over the years.
International report - The hand-to-hand struggle to fight Covid in Brazil's Amazonas state from 2021-01-28T15:26:49
A coronavirus variant from Manaus in northern Brazil, first detected in Japan earlier in January, is now the dominant form of the virus in the hard-hit South American city. As grave diggers st...
International report - Turkish women journalists fighting the discourse of male state violence from 2021-01-26T16:20:43
Working under the slogan "With a women's pen in the pursuit of truth," JinNews is a groundbreaking women's news agency in Turkey. But Jin's future is increasingly in doubt, the agency becoming...
International report - ???????Robin Hood Army: waging war on hunger with food the rich don't want from 2021-01-12T18:12:56
The Robin Hood Army is a group of volunteers who collect excess food from restaurants and hotels and distribute it to those in need in India and 14 other countries. Every week volunteers meet ...
International report - India adds teeth to world’s fastest cruise missile as China tensions mount from 2021-01-10T13:07:34
India has kicked off a flurry of tests of a supersonic cruise missile against a background of border tensions with China. The military is hard at work to add speed, range and accuracy to the c...
International report - Can Turkish exports survive Erdogan's aggressive foreign policy stance? from 2021-01-09T14:38:13
Turkish exporters say they have become collateral victims of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's aggressive foreign policy. Ankara's push to exert its influence in the Middle East and Africa has ...
International report - Terrible beauty: the Turkish prison artwork of Zehra Dogan on show in Istanbul from 2020-12-08T12:24:38
Zehra Dogan, a 31-year-old Kurdish artist who spent almost two years in jail in Turkey, is earning growing international plaudits for her work. A recent exhibition in Istanbul of the work she ...
International report - Will Erdogan's Turkey turn into Biden's foreign policy nightmare? from 2020-11-27T12:53:30
Turkey is set to be one of the thorniest issues facing US president-elect Joseph Biden. Biden has pledged to restore international alliances and traditional ties with America's friends in Euro...
International report - Rich millennials in Canada plead with the government to let them pay more taxes from 2020-11-27T12:29:26
A group of 200 rich Canadians, members of a group called Resource Movement, are in favour of higher wealth taxes to help reduce inequalities between the most fortunate and the rest of the popu...
International report - Giving a voice to Tunisia's black women, victims of double discrimination from 2020-11-19T15:54:09
The Voices of Tunisian Black Women, launched early this year, is a group offering a safe space for self-expression so that black women can speak out about the racial discrimination and abuse t...
International report - African influence at stake in diplomatic row between Paris and Ankara from 2020-11-16T14:16:45
The war of words between France and Turkey over cartoons portraying Islam's Prophet Muhammad is the latest ugly spat between the two Nato members. But underlying the simmering diplomatic tensi...
International report - India ponders changing minimum marriage age to help women join labor-force from 2020-11-10T18:15:23
India plans to push up the legal marriage age of women from 18 years at present to 21, the same as for men, in the hope the measure will steer more women into the nation’s labour force and slo...
International report - No sign of decline in the number of acid attacks against women in India from 2020-10-23T10:21:54
India tragically tops the global charts when it comes to acid attacks targeting women. Despite stricter laws and harsher punishments, the number of such attacks continues to increase on the su...
International report - Will Turkish-made drones give Azerbaijan the edge in Nagorno-Karabakh? from 2020-10-21T16:13:04
Turkish-made drones are at the forefront of Azerbaijan's fight to reclaim the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave from ethnic Armenian control. Azerbaijan claims success with the Turkish weapons...
International report - Australian sheep left unshorn as Covid-19 sparks shearer shortage from 2020-10-16T10:18:56
Australian sheep and the huge woollen industry that depends on them are among the less-likely collateral victims of the Covid crisis.
International report - As Brexit bogs down, support for Scottish Independence surges to all-time high from 2020-10-14T13:56:29
Six years can feel like a lifetime: Scotland, more than any other nation in the United Kingdom, certainly knows about it. It was only in 2014 that the nation chose to stay in the United Kingdo...
International report - Vasu Primlani condemns India's deep-rooted and rampant sexual violence from 2020-10-11T12:04:24
A toxic patriarchal system combined with societal attitudes and a non-responsive judicial machinery has contributed to India’s rape problem. Vasu Primlani, herself a victim, now an activist, e...
International report - India’s child trafficking problems worsen as pandemic hits livelihoods from 2020-10-07T16:09:26
A project to reward police officers hunting for missing kids in India’s capital city may have paid off, but millions of children run the risk of slipping into slavery as the coronavirus pandem...
International report - What would be the soundtrack of your city? Sonotopia in Dakar aims to find out from 2020-03-28T10:02:12
For five years now, the Beethoven Foundation for Art and Culture in Germany has been organizing "Sonotopia", an international artistic residence in three countries that revolves mainly around ...