Life in turkey

600-year-old Jewish cemetery in Turkey vandalized, graves destroyed

Hasköy is one of the oldest districts where Jews used to live and one of the older still-used Jewish cemeteries is located there.

 36 graves in the Jewish Hasköy Cemetery in Istanbul Turkey were vandalized and destroyed Thursday night, July 14, 2022
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Turkey's 'The Bride of Istanbul' on Israeli TV

TURKISH PRESIDENT Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the US embassy move to Jerusalem, in Istanbul, Turkey on May 18.

Turkey has Janus face when it comes to opposing nationalism in Israel

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Istanbul, Turkey June 24, 2018

Erdogan’s victory and Israel’s natural gas exports


Turkey’s Tourism Plummets amid Bombings and Crisis with Russia

Tourism revenue losses could reach $15 billion in 2016.

Ankara, Turkey explosion kills over two dozen March 13, 2016

Turkish journalists jailed for five years, hours after courthouse attack

The two journalists are free pending appeal. The court also decided to postpone a hearing on separate charges of links to a terrorist group until the outcome of a related case.

Can Dundar (R), editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet, accompanied by his Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul

Foreign Affairs: The authoritarian reaction

The takeover of a major opposition daily signals the demise not only of Turkish democracy but also of freedom’s global march since 1989.

RIOT POLICE use tear gas to disperse protesting employees and supporters of the ‘Zaman’ newspaper after the mass circulation daily was nationalized earlier this month

Turkish government commandeers media group including Erdoğan rivals

Opposition warns the nation will suffer the consequences of media abuse.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Politics of the Turkish Lira and Saudi Riyal

The Jerusalem Post

Turkish government commemorates Jews killed in 1942 ‘Struma’ tragedy

768 Jews were killed on the Struma refugee ship in 1942.

A Struma memorial in Ashdod

ISIS approaches Europe, reportedly planning attacks in Turkey and Bulgaria

Some senior ISIS commanders, are thought to already be in Turkey, hiding in safe houses.

People walk along a main shopping street in Istanbul, Turkey

Brawl in Turkish parliament injures five lawmakers

Fight reportedly broke out when members of ruling AK Party approached female member of pro-Kurdish party.

Turkish MPs hurt in Parliament brawl‏

In the mood for oud

Jerusalem’s 10-day International Oud Festival starts next week.

Jerusalem’s Oud Festival

Turkish court asks Interpol to arrest former IDF chief Ashkenazi, 3 others for flotilla raid

Istanbul court orders the arrest of Ashkenazi, Merom, Yadlin and Avishai Levi, who are being tried in absentia for their part in 'Mavi Marmara' raid.

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