Turkey’s mooted Uber ban disappoints both drivers and customers

When the taxi app Uber launched in Istanbul in 2014, locals thought they…

Turkish crackdown drives home brewers to drink

For the last year Bikem, a 33-year-old Istanbul-based editor, has been making…

Syrian LGBTI refugees struggle in Turkey

Turkish journalist and documentary film maker Ayşe Toprak who made a feature-length…

Seeking the good life in Turkey

For more than a decade, 42-year-old Tuğba Karahanoğlu led a happy and…

Turkey: Public outcry over animal rights

A stray dog which had its paws and tail severed has sparked a new debate over welfare.

Workers pay high cost for Turkey’s rapid growth

The worst mine disaster in Turkey’s history took place in 2014, when…

How a Turkish grandmother turned green ambassador

Fevziye Buğa looks like a typical 70-year-old retiree from rural Turkey, someone…

The Galata Tower: A changing face of Turkey

Crowded close to each other, the potted trees in slatted wooden containers…

No quick solutions for Turkish asylum seekers in Europe

Applications have soared since the 2016 failed coup attempt.

A childhood spent in prison

In Turkey, hundreds of small children live in detention along with their mothers.