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Manisa kicks off week-long festieves with Türkiye Culture Route Festival

Manisa kicks off week-long festieves with Türkiye Culture Route Festival

Culture

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Lost Ottoman naval landmark to rise again on Bosphorus shore

Lost Ottoman naval landmark to rise again on Bosphorus shore

Culture

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Kanuni Suleyman: The magnificent sultan

Kanuni Suleyman: The magnificent sultan

Culture

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How tea became Türkiye’s national drink in less than a century Image

Lifestyle

How tea became Türkiye’s national drink in less than a century

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Ottoman-era mosque rises from ruins in Edirne Image

Culture

Ottoman-era mosque rises from ruins in Edirne

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Osman Hamdi Bey heads to Met as Pera Museum showcases his iconic works Image

Culture

Osman Hamdi Bey heads to Met as Pera Museum showcases his iconic works

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The Turks' new world: Türkiye’s strategic future in North Africa Image

Opinion

The Turks' new world: Türkiye’s strategic future in North Africa

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Blagaj Tekke—timeless Ottoman legacy linking Anatolia and Bosnia Image

Culture

Blagaj Tekke—timeless Ottoman legacy linking Anatolia and Bosnia

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Yavuz Selim: The sultan who stood resolute Image

Culture

Yavuz Selim: The sultan who stood resolute

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Why Sultan Suleiman I had his own son executed Image

Culture

Why Sultan Suleiman I had his own son executed

5 min read

Türkiye Culture Route Festival expands to Aydin with exhibitions, concerts, food route Image

Culture

Türkiye Culture Route Festival expands to Aydin with exhibitions, concerts, food route

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Istanbul album from Festetics family opens window onto city 160 years ago Image

Culture

Istanbul album from Festetics family opens window onto city 160 years ago

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Pierre Loti—French novelist who loved Istanbul Image

Culture

Pierre Loti—French novelist who loved Istanbul

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Turkish Americans protests Mamdani over 1915 remarks Image

World

Turkish Americans protests Mamdani over 1915 remarks

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Nations that once fought at Gallipoli gather again at Canakkale Martyrs' Memorial for 111th anniversary Image

Culture

Nations that once fought at Gallipoli gather again at Canakkale Martyrs' Memorial for 111th anniversary

American Evangelicals must confront Israel’s war on Christianity Image

Opinion

American Evangelicals must confront Israel’s war on Christianity

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Türkiye marks 106th anniversary of Parliament, milestone in independence struggle Image

Culture

Türkiye marks 106th anniversary of Parliament, milestone in independence struggle

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Türkiye restores 500-year-old mosque shattered in Bosnian War Image

Culture

Türkiye restores 500-year-old mosque shattered in Bosnian War

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Anatolia’s oldest state high school marks 141 years of uninterrupted education Image

Culture

Anatolia’s oldest state high school marks 141 years of uninterrupted education

3 min read

Türkiye gets royal invite as guest of honor at European Royal Residences Assembly Image

Culture

Türkiye gets royal invite as guest of honor at European Royal Residences Assembly

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Türkiye eyes to revive historic Hejaz railway, linking Gulf to Europe Image

Business

Türkiye eyes to revive historic Hejaz railway, linking Gulf to Europe

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From empire to present: Villagers safeguard ancestral banners in Türkiye Image

Culture

From empire to present: Villagers safeguard ancestral banners in Türkiye

2 min read

How Ottomans used astrology while slander targeted a sultan who weeded out charlatans Image

Culture

How Ottomans used astrology while slander targeted a sultan who weeded out charlatans

4 min read

Otto Eats: Paper-thin technology, one honest street borek at a time Image

Lifestyle

Otto Eats: Paper-thin technology, one honest street borek at a time

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Türkiye’s Troy bridges myth and history at Rome conference Image

Culture

Türkiye’s Troy bridges myth and history at Rome conference

2 min read

Istanbul's flying Persian carpets and echoes of Iran war Image

Culture

Istanbul's flying Persian carpets and echoes of Iran war

5 min read

Bayezid Veli: The saintly sultan who ruled with conscience and compassion Image

Culture

Bayezid Veli: The saintly sultan who ruled with conscience and compassion

6 min read

Road work reveals 200-year-old hidden Ottoman bridge in northern Türkiye Image

Culture

Road work reveals 200-year-old hidden Ottoman bridge in northern Türkiye

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Spray-painted for centuries, a unique 600-year-old Ottoman rock inscription restored Image

Culture

Spray-painted for centuries, a unique 600-year-old Ottoman rock inscription restored

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How Europe remembers the Ottomans—and why it matters today Image

Culture

How Europe remembers the Ottomans—and why it matters today

6 min read

Local guide preserves Mimar Sinan birthplace legacy for 25 Years Image

Culture

Local guide preserves Mimar Sinan birthplace legacy for 25 Years

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Step inside living history at Istanbul’s Hisart Living History Museum Image

Culture

Step inside living history at Istanbul’s Hisart Living History Museum

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Bilecik: Walk the ground where an Ottoman empire was born Image

Culture

Bilecik: Walk the ground where an Ottoman empire was born

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Ottoman-era library in Rhodes preserves rare manuscripts spanning centuries Image

Culture

Ottoman-era library in Rhodes preserves rare manuscripts spanning centuries

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England’s largest Turkish war cemetery awaits restoration Image

Culture

England’s largest Turkish war cemetery awaits restoration

4 min read

Camouflage couture: When war cuts the pattern Image

Culture

Camouflage couture: When war cuts the pattern

6 min read

Türkiye mourns Ilber Ortayli, historian who urged Turks to rediscover Iran Image

Lifestyle

Türkiye mourns Ilber Ortayli, historian who urged Turks to rediscover Iran

5 min read

Fatih Mehmed II: Sultan who conquered Constantinople Image

Culture

Fatih Mehmed II: Sultan who conquered Constantinople

6 min read

Why Iran keeps sending missiles toward Türkiye Image

Opinion

Why Iran keeps sending missiles toward Türkiye

5 min read

Turkish historian Ilber Ortayli dies at 78 after health complications Image

Lifestyle

Turkish historian Ilber Ortayli dies at 78 after health complications

5 min read

9 Hagia Sophias across Türkiye revealed in new book Image

Culture

9 Hagia Sophias across Türkiye revealed in new book

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Rare Renaissance medallion of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II to go up for auction in Dubai Image

Culture

Rare Renaissance medallion of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II to go up for auction in Dubai

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The Cuban grandmothers who dream of Istanbul: Turkish dizis and their transatlantic reach Image

Opinion

The Cuban grandmothers who dream of Istanbul: Turkish dizis and their transatlantic reach

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700 years since conquest of Bursa marks turning point in Ottoman rise Image

Culture

700 years since conquest of Bursa marks turning point in Ottoman rise

5 min read

How the Ottoman Empire honored women who helped society Image

Culture

How the Ottoman Empire honored women who helped society

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Inside Bursa’s Muradiye Manuscripts Museum, where centuries of Qur’an artistry unfold Image

Culture

Inside Bursa’s Muradiye Manuscripts Museum, where centuries of Qur’an artistry unfold

Five Turkish cities feature in 2026 global livability ranking Image

Lifestyle

Five Turkish cities feature in 2026 global livability ranking

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Fenerbahce fans fire back at Partizan over Kosovo display Image

Sports

Fenerbahce fans fire back at Partizan over Kosovo display

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Mehmed Celebi: The sultan who restored Ottoman state Image

Culture

Mehmed Celebi: The sultan who restored Ottoman state

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Silk and sovereignty: The language of Ottoman women’s dress Image

Culture

Silk and sovereignty: The language of Ottoman women’s dress

6 min read

What lies under Istanbul? Hidden Byzantine structure beneath Molla Zeyrek Mosque Image

Culture

What lies under Istanbul? Hidden Byzantine structure beneath Molla Zeyrek Mosque

6 min read

Tinubu’s Ankara visit marks new era in Nigeria-Türkiye ties Image

World

Tinubu’s Ankara visit marks new era in Nigeria-Türkiye ties

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Who gets to name history? British Museum’s removal of ‘Palestine’ decision raises questions Image

Culture

Who gets to name history? British Museum’s removal of ‘Palestine’ decision raises questions

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