I left Berlin for a flat overlooking the Bosphorus โ and after a decade with a partner, found even Christmas could be joyfulRecently I found this note in my 2021 diary: โMoved into this apartment five days ago, waiting for loneliness to catch up, but i…
Where to stay and what to see โ on either side of the Bosphorus
Crimea under missile and drone attack; Estonia to clamp down on sanctions evasion via its Russian border. What we know on day 891The Ukrainian first lady, Olena Zelenska, has attended in Turkey the launch of the Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi, an anti-submarine…
Jacques Bellezit, University of Strasbourg
(France)
Photo credit: mafe de baggis, via Wikimedia Commons
If one wants to trace back the history of European construction, it
would necessarily have to mention the European…
Turkish cityโs pre-Ottoman heritage is falling away through lack of care or being obscured for political purposesInside a municipal cafe built into Istanbulโs ancient city walls, waiters scurried back and forth carrying cups of strong Turkish tea and h…
Turkey said on Tuesday (2 January) it would not allow two minehunter ships donated to Ukraine by Britain to transit its waters en route to the Black Sea since it would violate an international pact concerning wartime passage of the straits.
