"Man discovers massive Roman mosaic floor while gardening in eastern Turkey" via Duvar English.
Mehmet Emin Sualp, a villager in Turkey's eastern Elazığ province, discovered an 84-square-meter single-piece mosaic floor depicting natural life in August 2024 while digging holes to plant saplings o...
"Istanbul’s church of wishes" by Emily Wither.
The sacred spring that unites people of all faiths in hope
"Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919-1939" with Samuel J. Hirst and Reuben Silverman via New Books Network.
"The New Face of Turkey’s Opposition" by Joshua Levkowitz.
In Istanbul’s most conservative borough, a secular woman is charting the path to a post-Erdogan future.
🛫Sunday extras! Turkish aid-lines edition: "The Criminal Indictment of New York City's Mayor" with Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Michael Barbaro. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/p...
Our latest Economy recap has an Empire State of Mind, among other NYC puns, via @azraceylani.bsky.social. Inside: 1. Welcome to New York (Taylor’s version) 2. Coming Credit rating upgrades 3. MP measure to squeeze liquidity 4. FDI monitor 5. This week’s stat round-up
Economy Issue #21
It's UNGA week, and @diegocupolo.bsky.social breaks down Erdoğan's address with comments by Soli Özel. Inside: - Erdoğan bashes UN - İmamoğlu political ban talks - Killing of police officer sparks rage - Arms negotiations in NYC - Kurdish defined as ‘foreign language’
Issue #227
Mayor Burcu Köksal led the CHP to its first ever local election victory in Afyon this March. Six months later, many satisfied residents said her nationalist policies could foster wider CHP support in future general elections. @goncatokyol.bsky.social reports:
AFYON – Beneath the mid-September sun, 67-year-old Ali Çelik watched a speech by Burcu Köksal, the new mayor of Afyonkarahisar, a small city that straddles Turkey’s Aegean region and the Anatolian int...
Anna Montraveta Riu for @turkeyrecap.bsky.socialwww.turkeyrecap.com/p/taking-a-h...
GAZİANTEP – On a Saturday morning this January, families lined up outside Gaziantep’s Geri Gönderme Merkezi, a removal center for non-citizens.
"Introduction: Heritage Türkiye Podcast" via the British Institute At Ankara with Işılay Gürsu and Peter Cherry.
YouTube video by British Institute At Ankara