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Disabled Artist Turns Waste Into Art in Türkiye
Aziz Harmancı, a speech- and hearing-impaired artist living in Hakkari province in eastern Türkiye, makes miniature houses and figures using recycled waste materials. Despite his disabilities, Harmancı transforms discarded household…
Street Art Shapes Bogotá’s Identity
In the streets of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, graffiti reflects the city’s political history, social struggles, peace process, and cultural diversity. Spread across walls, alleyways, and buildings, large murals turn the…
World Turkic Language Day Marked In Saudi Arabia
World Turkic Language Family Day was marked with a special event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, jointly organized by Türkiye’s Permanent Mission to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and its consulate. Speaking at the event,…
Elderly Craftsman Keeps Basket Weaving Alive in Türkiye
An 88-year-old man in the Gülyalı district of Ordu, northern Türkiye, continues basket weaving decades after learning the craft as a child using hazelnut branches. Haki Atasever said he once supported his family through basket…
Türkiye’s Konya Draws Thousands For Rumi’s Death Commemoration
Tourists visiting Konya, Türkiye, for the 752nd Şeb-i Arus, the annual commemoration of the death of the 13th-century Sufi poet Jalal al-Din Muḥammad Rumi, also flocked to major Selçuklu attractions.
Nearly 10,000 visitors toured…
Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Sells for Record $54.7 Million
Frida Kahlo’s 1949 self-portrait “El sueño (La cama)” sold for $54.7 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York, setting a new record for the most expensive artwork by a female artist sold at auction.
The sale surpasses Georgia O’Keeffe’s…
Birthplace of Turkish Weightlifter Opens as Museum in Bulgaria
The childhood home of world weightlifting legend Naim Süleymanoğlu in Mestanlı, Bulgaria, has been restored and turned into a museum under a 2021 TİKA project. The official opening takes place today with Türkiye’s Culture and…
Philography Artist from Türkiye Earns National Recognition
Ayhan Güneş, one of only eight philography artists in Türkiye certified by the Ministry of Culture, represents Elazığ in national and international exhibitions. Güneş has produced more than 500 works since being introduced by the craft in…
Türkiye’s First Cheese Museum Draws Over 82,000 Visitors
Türkiye’s first thematic Cheese Museum in Kars has attracted 82,060 visitors in the first 11 months of 2025, drawing strong interest from both domestic and international tourists. The museum showcases the production process of…
Türkiye’s Millennia-Old Heritage: Cağ Kebab Traced Back to Kipchaks
The long-debated origin of cağ kebab, claimed by both Erzurum and Artvin, has been traced back a thousand years to the Kipchak Turks, according to new research.
Artvin Çoruh University professor Hüdayi Ercoşkun stated that both cities…