1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1297+ words) The social and economic transformations that emerged after the COVID-19 pandemic have reignited interest in village life in Türkiye. During the pandemic, disruptions in food supply... From village to future Village-centered policies could revive rural production, attract people back from…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (666+ words) Restoration work at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque is entering a new phase, with a steel platform to be installed inside the eastern half-dome for structural reinforcement and conservation work. The eastern half-dome has been identified as the most vulnerable…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (370+ words) A manga film adaptation by acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda has emerged as one of the frontrunners for prizes at the Venice Film Festival this week. "Look Back" by the arthouse director, whose past work includes the 2018 award-winner "Shoplifters," tells…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (479+ words) Yellow tentacles decorated with rhythmic patterns of dots swirl around a room; the patterns echo on the floor and the walls. Reflections bounce off mirrors, blurring the boundaries of the space at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum. The installation – specially created for…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (511+ words) Excavations at the ancient city of Troy in Türkiye’s northwestern Çanakkale province are uncovering a 2,800-year-old agora, shedding new light on the city’s 5,000-year history of wars, fires and earthquakes that repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt it. Troy is featured in…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (913+ words) Consider Ursula K. Le Guin's vision of utopia in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” but imagine this version: Hollywoodupia. You are an artist, a technology entrepreneur, a billionaire or perhaps an influencer. You learn the rules, find your place…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (429+ words) You’ve probably all heard Andy Warhol's quote: “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” Before we knew what was happening, strangers whose identities, education and expertise we knew nothing about – essentially micro-marketers – had become our guides, making a…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (867+ words) More than 2,000 trail runners from more than 60 countries are expected to descend on Türkiye’s northeastern Black Sea province of Rize this week for the second edition of Kaçkar by UTMB, putting the region’s mountains, culture and sports tourism ambitions on…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (292+ words) The major technology event, GITEX Ai Türkiye 2026, opened its doors on Wednesday in Istanbul, bringing together tech and artificial intelligence sectors and communities to address industry cooperation, potential and showcase product offerings. The two-day event, organized at Istanbul Exhibition Center,…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (885+ words) ‘Fatherland’, Pawel Pawlikowski’s third black-and-white film in his post-war trilogy, won him the Best Director Award in Cannes. It was also the opening film at the 32nd Sarajevo F... ‘Fatherland’: Pawlikowski’s unsettling anatomy of post-war Germany Pawel Pawlikowski’s 'Fatherland' traces the…...