Life in turkey

600-year-old Jewish cemetery in Turkey vandalized, graves destroyed

Hasköy is one of the oldest districts where Jews used to live and one of the older still-used Jewish cemeteries is located there.

JULY 15, 2022|ByZVIKA KLEIN

36 graves in the Jewish Hasköy Cemetery in Istanbul Turkey were vandalized and destroyed Thursday night, July 14, 2022

Turkey's 'The Bride of Istanbul' on Israeli TV

People tend to laugh to themselves and say, "Oh, you wouldn't believe it when meeting me, but I watch The Bride from Istanbul."

MARCH 30, 2019|ByMEIR UZIEL/MAARIV

TURKISH PRESIDENT Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the US embassy move to Jerusalem, in Istanbul, Turkey on May 18.

Turkey has Janus face when it comes to opposing nationalism in Israel

Both Turkey and Israel have nationalist roots and are at a crossroads of internal religious and ethnic disputes that are often enshrined in law

JULY 24, 2018|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Istanbul, Turkey June 24, 2018

Erdogan’s victory and Israel’s natural gas exports

Gas companies should push for the rapid implementation of the export deal with Egypt while the Egyptian gas shortage continues.

JULY 16, 2018|ByODED ERAN, ELAI RETTIG

Turkish media bill aims to monitor ‘moral values’

The legislation is viewed as a further clampdown on freedom of the press.

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

ByKRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/ THE MEDIA LINE

Supporters listen to the speech by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a rally for the upcoming referendum in Istanbul, Turkey

Ankara backs Iraqi parliament's rejection of Kurdish referendum

Turkey has the region's largest Kurdish population and fears a 'Yes' vote could fuel separatism in its southeast where Kurdish militants have waged an insurgency for three decades.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

ByREUTERS

A supporter of the "NO For Now" movement attends a rally calling on Iraqi Kurds to vote against the referendum, in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq

Is Turkey’s opposition finally starting to act like the opposition?

It is true that the presidential system favors strong leaders over popular parties, but the Turkish party system will still matter in the elections set for 2019.

JULY 19, 2017

ByFERHAT GURINI

KEMAL KILICDAROGLU, leader of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)

Is Turkey’s main opposition starting to act like one?

Even under heavy government censorship and alleged election fraud Turkish opposition might surge forward, unless a total crackdown by the government is commenced.

JULY 12, 2017

ByFERHAT GURINI