Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) holds a portrait of their jailed former leader and presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas during a campaign event in Istanbul, Turkey, June 17, 2018.
This is how to defrost your Christmas turkey and how long it takes
This year, you may be cooking for a smaller crowd, or it might be your first time prepping Christmas lunch.Preparation is key in all aspects of Christmas, and the highly anticipated dinner may be the …
Strengthening diplomatic ties to boost Turkey-Indonesia trade volume
Turkey and Indonesia had agreed to increase their bilateral trade volume to $10 billion (TL 76 billion) from the current $1.5 billion and to boost investments in both …
The Latest: Turkey has quarantined 4,600 arriving from UK
Turkey has identified and quarantined 4,603 airline passengers who arrived from the United Kingdom on and after Dec. 14, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Tuesday. Flights from the U.K., …
Austrians Press EU To Talk Turkey, Raise Farm Standards
As Katharina and Reinhard Bauer show off cosseted turkey chicks they highlight standards that they — and the Austrian government — would like the rest of the EU to adopt as well. “On our farm the …
#MeToo rocks Turkey’s literary world
Sexual assault and harassment allegations have shaken Turkey’s literary world, creating a rare #MeToo moment as women break taboos and speak out in the still largely patriarchal country. It is not the …
Turkey jails Kurdish former MP on terror charges
A court in Turkey has sentenced a prominent Kurdish opposition figure to 22 years in prison on terror charges. Leyla Güven, of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), was convicted of membership of a …
Where I live, the hipsters have fled, leaving me to bag the very last turkey
I was out with the family near our home in east London when the news binning Christmas was announced. At dusk on Columbia Road in Shoreditch the shoppers, strollers, traders and buskers — even the …
New future for Turkey-US strategic trade partnership
U.S. relations, which date back to strategic and global security partnerships when polarization between the Eastern and Western political ideologies was the most rigid, …
Turkey orders ‘scaled down’ after tier four announcement, butchers say
Many people are scaling down their previous turkey orders after they had to reorganise their Christmas plans because tier four restrictions banned households from mixing on the day. Six different …