A person attacked people with a knife at around 21:45 local time at a festival held to celebrate the 650th anniversary of the founding of the city in Solingen, a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, killing 3 of them and injuring 8 more. The German police launched a large-scale operation to find […]
Landslides triggered by monsoon rains caused the deaths of 10 people, 2 of whom were Russian citizens, in the Karon district of Thailand’s famous holiday resort of Phuket at 03:30 local time yesterday. Twenty people were reportedly injured and their condition was stated as non life threatening. Phuket Deputy Governor Srattha Thongkam announced that the […]
The Houthis hit a Greek-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea. A massive fire broke out on the ship, and the crew evacuated the ship. Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said after the attack that the ship “belonged to a company with ties to Israel and violated the decision to ban entry to occupied Palestinian ports.”
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Gökoğlu, an academician at Akdeniz University Fisheries Faculty, rescued a grouper fish, which was stuck in a plastic bottle thrown into the sea during his dive with his students off Konyaaltı Beach in Antalya, Türkiye. “We always see objects like buckets get stuck in the heads of foxes, bears, dogs or cows […]
The long-awaited Black Sea-Mediterranean Highway, a project first proposed 150 years ago during the Ottoman era, has been completed. Originally conceived under Sultan Abdulaziz and later planned by Sultan Abdulhamid II in 1877, the 818-kilometer highway reduces travel time between Türkiye’s Black Sea and Mediterranean regions to just 6 hours. The final stretch, located in […]
A wildfire that began in the grasslands of Ankara’s Kızılcahamam district on August 21st and spread to the forests of Bolu’s Gerede district has caused significant damage, as seen in drone footage. The fire, which started near Şahinler Neighborhood, led to the evacuation of vulnerable residents, including the elderly, women, children, and the disabled, […]
Floods caused by monsoon rains caused deaths in the South Asian countries of India and Bangladesh. In India, where 1.7 million people were affected, authorities said 23 people died and 65,000 were forced to flee their homes. In neighboring Bangladesh, 4.4 million people were affected and 13 people died.
At the Democratic Party National Convention in Chicago, Arizona Democratic Party Delegate Ajlan Kurdoğlu expressed optimism about the future of US-Türkiye relations, stating, “As long as Donald Trump is not elected, I think relations will get much better, trade will increase, and relations will progress positively.” Kurdoğlu, a Biden delegate, emphasized his support for Kamala […]
Sudan is witnessing a dramatic rise in the prices of food, consumer goods, and fuel across several states. This situation is exacerbated in areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces, where there is a severe scarcity of food supplies. In Khartoum, citizens stranded in overheated areas are struggling to cook food, even when goods are […]
Japanese author and fancywork researcher Ikumi Nonaka, who settled in Antalya in 1995 and has been conducting research on Turkish handicrafts for 29 years, has collected a total of 3,000 needle laces. “I am curious about carpet and rug motifs, needle laces, knitted socks, and anything that is handcrafted. We love craftsmanship in Japan. I […]