ISTANBUL - Atıl Kutoğlu went to Vienna to study business administration and has found himself atop the world of fashion design. Blending art, culture and a range of textiles, Kutoğlu has made a name for himself and his flagship Istanbul store.
ANTALYA - Antalya, the world-renowned tourism destinations on the Turkish Riviera, has been unable to match 2008’s tourism figures for the first quarter of this year. However, figures have begun to climb again as of this month, much to the joy of tourism authorities.
ISTANBUL - April 25 marks the 94th anniversary of the first landings of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, or ANZAC, at the Gallipoli peninsula in the ill-fated Allied campaign to take the Dardanelles Strait from the Ottoman Empire. The national anthems of Australia, New Zealand and Turkey were played after prayers and officials from the three countries laid wreaths at Anzac Cove. Speaking on behalf of the Turkish Armed Forces, Col. Murat İşözen said the Gallipoli battle was the scene of many firsts in terms of modern warfare. The Gallipoli battle created strong bonds of friendship between Turkey, Australia and New Zealand
ISTANBUL - After ending its four-week losing streak, Trabzonspor needs more wins to show that it is still a title contender in the Turkcell Super League. Tonight's game against Gençlerbirliği is going to be tough, not least because it is the last one before the Sivasspor clash next week.
Let’s have a balance sheet for booties-lost-damages in the aftermath of Turkey’s so-called "NATO victory." Turkey raised objections to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s candidacy for the post of secretary-general of NATO on religious grounds rather than strategic liability.
ANKARA - Election results inspire the ruling Justice and Development Party to consider changes to the party’s structure and behavior but when six ministers tell daily Sabah they are ready to resign from the Cabinet, the prime minister reacts harshly, saying the meeting about the reshuffle was closed and the daily should consider how its reporting affects the country.
MARMARİS - With the world under the water of an economic crisis, the upcoming holiday season is looking bleak. Hoping to receive some good news for a better summer season in the following days, some in the tourism industry say the present situation is "unexcited" and "desperate."
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s speech in the AKP group meeting the other day, be it allegations regarding foreign policy or the call for boycott of not purchasing some newspapers, requires a serious analysis in two separate stages. Let’s start with the first one.
I’ve been waiting not to write this article for days now. I’m waiting for prosecutors to take action and start an investigation in order to catch this man by his neck and refer him to court. Those who took people who apologized to Armenians into custody by referring to Article 301 and those who wish to punish people who sent a congratulatory messages in the Kurdish language É I am waiting for them to take action.
ISTANBUL - Last year's surprise pack, Sivasspor, continues to prove its success is not a one-off, as it starts 2009 with a grueling, muddy win. The Central Anatolian team froze defending champion Galatasaray on its hard pitch, extending its Turkcell Super League lead.
BALTIMORE - Even the old photos of a pallid, death-haunted Edgar Allan Poe burnish his image as a master of the macabre, a man who endured more than his share of misery and squalor and whose suffering fueled a body of work that reverberates throughout popular culture to this day.