Ertan Karpazlı

Greek Cypriot authorities deport 39 Israeli tourists

The Israeli tourists reportedly had plans to stay in a blacklisted hotel in the Turkish Cypriot-controlled north of Cyprus. The Greek Cypriot administration in the south has been increasing travel restrictions on tourists visiting the north.

The Greek football teams of Istanbul

PAOK Thessaloniki and AEK Athens may play in the Greek Superleague today, but a century ago their original founders were playing in Istanbul under the name Pera Club. TRT World looks into why they moved and what they left behind.

Kyrgyzstan still burying the past 100 years after Urkun

A century on from the Great Exodus of Kyrgyz and Kazakhs from their central Asian homeland, the passage between Kyrgyzstan and China is still awash with the remains of hundreds of thousands who died fleeing slaughter at the hands of Tsarist forces

Genocide: guilty or not guilty?

Almost six decades since the term genocide was coined, the ambiguous wording in international law is allowing the issue to be politicised in the absence of objective academic research.

Gas fueling new hope in Eastern Mediterranean

Fueling new hope in the region, Eastern Mediterranean nations rush to get their share of a gas bonanza, but political and commercial issues between them leave the fate of the region in a state of uncertainty.