A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on 6 February, Monday, killing hundreds of people. The tremors of leveling buildings were felt as far away as the island of Cyprus and Egypt.

Turkey was the first country to sign the Council of Europe treaty during a summit held in Istanbul, and it is the first to pull out 10 years later.

A controversial ‘Marry-your-rapist’ bill will be introduced by lawmakers in Turkey in the Parliament by the end of this month.

A Turkish artist, Vahit Tuna, exhibited an open-air art installation in which he hung 440 black heels to symbolize the deaths of women in Turkey in 2018 due to domestic violence. The exhibition was a part of Yankose- a not-for-profit arts platform started in 2017 by Kahve Dunyasi, a Turkish coffee chain. The shoes have been hung on two installation walls of the building hosting the Kahve Dunyasi branch in  Istanbul’s Kabatas neighbourhood in Beyoglu district. It was exhibited earlier this month and will remain until six months.

When you want to explore a new culture and space, Turkey is one of the few destinations that is a must-visit for everyone. It entails yummylicious food, amazing monuments and a whole lot of fun. Travelling is a passion. It is an escape from routine and it helps you get the break you desperately need. […]

An Iraqi court has sentenced 16 Turkish women to death for joining the terrorist group ISIS. Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council said the women had confessed to marrying IS terrorists and giving them logistical support. The Iraqi authorities are taking strict action against people joining the IS. Last week, the court issued a death penalty for […]

A new law in Turkey allows Muslim clerics to conduct civil marriages. But women’s rights activists believe the law will increase child marriages in the country. Turkey’s leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a big supporter of the law. In recent years, he has been turning his back on the secular principles on which Turkey was […]

America-born journalist Halla Barakat and her mother Orouba Barakat were found dead in Istanbul. The mother-daughter duo were activists who opposed the Syrian regime. The two women were strangled and stabbed to death. They were then doused in chemicals in an attempt to cover up the crime. Nobody had heard from them in days, till […]

Since Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has started governing Turkey, several reforms are being made regarding the Islamic headscarf. His government is now aiming to lift the ban on female army officers wearing the Islamic headscarf. Belonging to the Justice and Development party, ErdoÄŸan has always been stressing the importance of removing restrictions on women. Being an Islamic government, […]

Turkey has withdrawn a bill which would have pardoned men who engaged in sex with underage girls, if they had married the victims. The bill had sparked widespread protests across the country and had been criticised globally.