Turkey's accords & ties with Washington losing validity – Erdogan

Published time: 5 Jan, 2018 07:25 Edited time: 5 Jan, 2018 07:35 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that bilateral ties and accords with the US “are losing their validity,” following the conviction of a Turkish banker by a US court. “The laws in our bilateral ties and the bilateral accords between us are […]

Meet the Feminist Putting Her Twist on Turkey's 700-Year-Old Craft

Seyda Carter is the only female shoemaker that she knows of in Turkey. And she learned out of stubbornness. “They thought that I was crazy,” she recalled of the male shoemakers. “They said, ‘This is a man’s work; you can’t do this.’” Poking the needle into the leather over and over left her hands bloody, […]

Istanbul in 48 hours: Where to stay and what to do in Turkey's city of contradictions

On the one hand it seems a world away from Britain: a film set of minarets and markets, split across the steaming Bosphorous and cracked beneath a baking sun. Yet on the other it is a mere four hour flight from Heathrow with British Airways, boasting streets lined with major shopping chains and luxury restaurants. […]