1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (251+ words) Turkish authorities on Sept. 13 launched a sweeping operation targeting LGBT activists, organizations and venues, with legal proceedings initiated on allegations of obscenity, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek has announced. Gürlek did not specify how many people had been detained, but said…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (397+ words) A delegation from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) visited imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan on Sept. 13 on İmralı island, marking the first such meeting since parliament approved a landmark legislative framework governing the disarmament and dissolution of…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (365+ words) Türkiye is set to transition into autumn starting Sept. 14, bringing cooler temperatures and heavy downpours to parts of the country as the summer heat subsides. Following a warm weekend nationwide, autumn weather is expected to make its presence felt from…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (235+ words) A new Rüya for Çırağan While Rüya represents the modern face of Turkish cuisine, Tuğra Restaurant on the Palace side enters the new season with a menu that stays close to its roots while allowing room for innovation. They have…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (210+ words) A total of 4,072 foreign investors established companies in Istanbul in the first half of 2026, pledging 58.8 billion Turkish Liras in capital, according to Istanbul Chamber of Commerce records. Retail attracted the largest number of investors, with 1,078, or 26.47 percent of the total,…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (408+ words) The southeastern province of Şanlıurfa is bracing for a surge in tourism as Teknofest, the largest aviation, aerospace and technology festival, prepares to draw massive crowds. An upcoming aviation and technology festival in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa is expected…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (331+ words) The 12th Turkish Telekom Prime Istanbul Coffee Festival will bring coffee lovers together at Tepe Nautilus in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district from Sept. 10 to 13, bringing coffee culture, gastronomy, music and urban life together over four days. The festival, held with Turkish Telekom…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (536+ words) The exhibition brings together works by artists from Türkiye and around the world, tracing the transformation of modern and contemporary art in Türkiye from the 1940s to the present. Istanbul Modern’s 10th collection exhibition, “Beneath the Same Blue,” opened to visitors at…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (211+ words) Two people were rescued after a light aircraft made an emergency landing in the Black Sea off the coast of Rize in northern Türkiye on Sept. 9. The two-seat Aerospool WT-9 Dynamic, which had taken off from Batumi, Georgia, was carrying…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (238+ words) Türkiye’s Turkish Stars aerobatic team performed a spectacular aerial display over Egypt’s iconic pyramids as part of the El Alamein International Airshow, combining military precision with one of the world’s most recognizable archaeological landscapes. The Turkish Defense Ministry shared footage…...