Many believers flocked to marketplaces to shop ahead of the holy Muslim month Ramadan in Türkiye. While some citizens and shopkeepers say that Ramadan has brought abundance, others complain that food prices had increased before Ramadan.
Protests erupted across Greece on the second anniversary of the 2023 train disaster that killed 57 people, with public and private sector workers staging a 24-hour strike. Businesses in Athens closed, transportation was disrupted, and taxi drivers provided free rides to protesters. Thousands gathered in Athens demanding justice, carrying signs with victims’ last words […]
Bilal Erdoğan, son of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, visited Damascus, Syria, where he met with Governor Mahir Mervan and performed Friday prayers at the Umayyad Mosque. He was accompanied by Turkish officials, including Ambassador Burhan Köroğlu and former ministers Abdulhamit Gül, Mustafa Varank, Mehmet Kasapoğlu, and Fatih Dönmez. During his visit, he also paid respects […]
Hurricane Garance, which occurred on Reunion Island, an overseas territory of France, triggered severe floods and powerful storms, causing material damage to many buildings and vehicles. The governor’s office stated that 180,000 households experienced power outages and many people became unavailable to access drinking water. The storm warning was lowered from the highest level, purple, […]
A group of Andalusian Muslims traveling on horseback from Spain to Mecca for the hajj entered Türkiye through Edirne. The pilgrims, following an 8,000-kilometer route, rode through the city’s streets, greeting locals after crossing the historic Meriç and Tunca Bridges. Among them, Spanish professor and doctor Abdullah Rafael Hernandez Mancha said he was fulfilling […]
Ardahan, where the air temperature drops to -32 degrees at night, has become Türkiye’s coldest province this year. “Thermometers showed minus 28 degrees in the morning. The trees were covered in frost and icicles formed on the roofs. But we are used to living in this geography. It was not like this before. The climate […]
US-based Firefly Aerospace released images of the Moon’s far side, taken by its Blue Ghost spacecraft from 100 kilometers above. The company shared the footage on social media, calling it a glimpse of being “almost home.” Launched on January 15 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, Blue Ghost entered lunar orbit on February 13 and is […]
An explosion during Friday prayers in a mosque inside a madrasah in the city of Nowshera in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan killed 5 people and injured 23, according to initial reports. According to preliminary investigations, the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber and that teams are continuing to investigate, said local […]
Acelle and Sultanpınar plateaus, which have multiple ponds on them, in the Akyazı district of Sakarya province, Türkiye, have been completely covered in snow after heavy snowfall. “We are on the pond in Acelle Plateau, which is 1,150 meters above sea level in Akyazı. It is frozen approximately 10 centimeters. Offering different beauties in every […]
After a week of snowfall and freezing temperatures in Tatvan, the sun revealed a breathtaking sight over Lake Van, Türkiye. Intense evaporation, known as “sea smoke,” occurred as warm water met the cold air, creating a mesmerizing scene. Captured with time-lapse photography, the phenomenon covered the lake in mist as ferries moved through the vapor, […]