Turkey

Inspired by airplane black boxes, a team of 10 engineers in Izmir, Turkey, has developed a groundbreaking “Earthquake Black Box System” to tackle the challenges associated with earthquakes, Hurriyet Daily News reported yesterday. The system is designed to take preventive…

Turkish authorities announced that 468 undocumented migrants were detained in Edirne city in the past week, Khaama Press reported yesterday. It added that 18 individuals were arrested for human trafficking as a result of a joint operation by the Turkish…

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck central Turkey on Thursday, causing damage to buildings in the town of Sulusaray, AlARABIYA News reported. According to the source, there were no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries, but some buildings collapsed in…

Turkish Police have detained 48 people suspected of having ties to Islamic State in connection with a shooting at an Istanbul church in January, Reuters reported today. Two Islamic State gunmen killed one Turkish citizen at the Italian Santa Maria…

The Turkish Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday that it had detained around 90 people across the country on grounds of being affiliated to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), following the crackdown on protests in support of the elected Van…

Clashes erupted in the predominantly Kurdish region of Siirt, Turkey, between supporters of President Erdogan’s AK Party and the opposition DEVA Party, resulting in the death of the brother of the DEVA candidate for mayor and injuries to four others.…

Turkish security forces detained 72 asylum seekers near the Greek border in Edirne, including people from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Syria who were trying to travel to Greece, Khaama Press reported. According to the news agency, Afghan migrants have been…

Efforts to preserve cultural and religious heritage in Thailand have taken a new and significant step with the establishment of a new museum named the “Islamic and Quranic Museum” in the southern part of the country. The initiative launched by…

At least 22 people, including seven children, have lost their lives after the rubber dinghy they were travelling on overturned off the Turkish island of Gokceada in the Aegean Sea, Al Jazeera reported. According to Turkish officials, the boat began…

Turkish archeologists have found the world’s oldest known bread, dating back to 6600 BC, at the Çatalhöyük archeological site in Konya. According to CNN, the discovery was made in a largely destroyed oven structure in an area called “Mekan 66,”…