Dozens of people have been detained across Türkiye in a major police operation targeting LGBT organisations and activists, prompting fresh concern over human rights and the increasingly restrictive climate for civil society in the country.At least 47 people were detained in coordinated raids over th...
Türkiye and Bulgaria are pressing ahead with plans for a new border checkpoint exclusively for heavy goods vehicles in an effort to relieve chronic congestion at Kapıkule–Kapitan Andreevo, one of the world’s busiest land crossings.Officials from the two neighbouring countries inspected the proposed...
Britain’s new Ambassador to Türkiye, Jennifer Anderson CMG, has formally taken up her post after presenting her credentials to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara.Ambassador Anderson presented her letter of credence to President Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex on Tuesday, 8 Septembe...
A convicted criminal who had evaded the Turkish authorities for more than eight years has finally been caught in Istanbul after dramatically changing his appearance and allegedly living as a woman while using his sister’s identity.Tuğrul Başar was detained in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district on Sunday, 6...
Türkiye’s women’s volleyball team have successfully defended their European crown after defeating reigning world and Olympic champions Italy in a pulsating five-set final in Istanbul.The Filenin Sultanları / Sultans of the Net came from behind twice to triumph 3-2 (16-25, 25-22, 12-25, 25-21, 15-10)...
Azerbaijan is again acting as an intermediary between Türkiye and Israel as relations between the two regional powers deteriorate, with their competing interests in Syria raising growing fears of an accidental – or potentially deliberate – military confrontation.Baku has been using its unusually str...
A major search and rescue operation is under way for 10 Turkish seafarers missing after their cargo ship sank following a collision in the Sea of Marmara in the early hours of Wednesday morning.The Turkish-flagged Tuğberk İmamoğlu collided with another Turkish vessel, the tanker Alsu, at around 3.15...
T-VINE Magazine is providing live updates on the key developments following Sunday’s tragic Filo Jet passenger ferry disaster off the coast of Girne, which has claimed at least eight lives and left a further 20 people missing.Our ongoing coverage includes the search for those still unaccounted for,...
A senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has said nearly 26,000 members of the Kurdish movement and affiliated armed groups have died during five decades of conflict and insurgency, as Türkiye and the PKK take unprecedented steps towards bringing their long-running confrontation to a...
A landmark new defence pact between Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is being hailed as the possible beginning of a new regional security order, with some already dubbing it a “Muslim NATO”.The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Saudi Crown Prince Moha...
