From a historic parliamentary vote to a momentous announcement over dinner, the story behind 29 October is one of war, independence and political transformation.Today, Thursday 29 October 2026, marks the 103rd anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye.Known in Turkish as Cumhuriyet...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has praised the contribution of Turkish workers and their descendants to Germany’s prosperity, describing the migration that followed a landmark recruitment agreement 65 years ago as a success story.Speaking at a ceremony in Berlin on Tuesday 20 October, Merz paid tr...
The Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) women’s national football team is set to make history next summer when it competes in its first international tournament at the 2027 CONIFA Women’s World Football Cup in England.The Turkish Cypriot side will be one of eight national teams taking part in th...
Turkish authorities have taken control of Halk TV, one of the country’s most popular television news channels, halting its live broadcasts in a dawn police operation that has drawn widespread condemnation at home and abroad.The raid on Wednesday 14 October coincided with jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem...
An investment fund scandal in Türkiye has left nearly half a million people facing uncertainty over their savings, prompted the resignation of a senior ruling-party politician and raised questions about whether regulators failed to act on warning signs. Türkiye’s Capital Markets Board (SPK) ord...
Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon has made international headlines after marrying Alina Habba, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, at New York’s Waldorf Astoria on 26 September. Described as a billionaire by NDTV and other media outlets, the groom heads a family business with an expanding in...
History could be in the making after a Turkish-origin mayoral candidate came out on top in recent state elections. Elif Eralp and her party Die Linke (‘The Left’) made unprecedent gains, taking first place at the ballot box and garnering over a quarter of the overall vote.Her party’s performance has...
Türkiye is grappling with a growing plastic waste problem, with new research revealing alarming levels of microplastic pollution around recycling facilities while environmental groups warn that record quantities of waste imported from Europe are adding to the country’s own domestic plastic burden.Th...
Fifteen Turkish Cypriot victims of the 1974 massacre at Atlılar, including a baby just 40 days old and another aged 16 months, have finally been laid to rest under their own names, 52 years after they were killed.The victims, whose remains were identified following work by the Committee on Missing P...
Thirty years ago today, a 20-year-old soldier serving in the Turkish Cypriot Security Forces was shot dead while standing guard close to Cyprus’ Green Line.Private Allahverdi Kılıç was killed in the early hours of 8 September 1996 at a sentry post in Güvercinlik, near the British Sovereign Base Area...
