A NEWLY discovered name inscription suggests UK archaeologist Frank Calvert, credited for numerous excavations in ancient Troy, may have been to Çanakkale province as early as 1846, on a family visit. A local visiting Mount Ida in Turkey’s Çanakkale province recently discovered a set of 169-year-old inscriptions, possibly belonging to famous 19th-century UK archaeologist and…
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TURKEY’S tourism minister has said Turkish cities are as safe as London or Frankfurt. Speaking during a visit to Turkey’s northern Giresun province on Sunday, Yalçın Topçu said: “I can say something to our Western friends: Ankara is safe like New York. Istanbul is as secure as London is.” Calling on “members of the European…
Read MoreAFTER saying additional import taxes on electronic goods, mainly mobile phones, would be imposed, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci has backtracked.
Read MoreTwo ASKI workers dead by methane gas TWO ASKI (Aydin water/sewerage dept) workers have died after they were overcome by methane gas poisoning in a sewer in Kusadasi.
Read MoreTHREE children have died in separate pool accidents in Turkey.
Read MoreNational news brief: African heatwave to scorch Turkey A HEATWAVE approaching from Africa will scorch Turkey this week, resulting in temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) throughout the country.
Read MoreTURKEY, the sixth most visited tourism destination in the world, has also become one of the most popular medical tourism destinations with more than half a million medical tourists visiting the country in 2014.
Read MoreCABIN crew at easyJet are planning to strike this summer in a move that could bring misery to hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers.
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VOICES columnist Amy Idem, originally from a small market town in Lancashire, is now living with her husband and three children, in Idil, in Turkey’s south eastern province of Şırnak. She writes about her cultural and life experiences here, and on her blog: https://memyselfandidil.wordpress.com/ Learning Turkish Something I get asked often when someone learns I…
Read MoreMUSLIMS in Turkey began fasting on June 18 for the holy month of Ramadan, when most of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset.
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