Melis Alemdar

‘My Sister Project’ empowers small business owners in Turkey

A collaboration between the Habitat Association, The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and Coca-Cola Turkey, helps female restaurant owners with generous grants and training sessions to improve their business acumen.

A Turkish university sends every student a mirror to cheat-proof exams

The prestigious Bilkent University in Ankara has decided that in order to ensure high standards and to prevent cheating on at-home exams, a mid-size mirror was necessary for each candidate.

Q&A: 'Isolation and confinement offered me the gift of time'

TRT World interviewed photographer Rania Matar, who stayed connected through windows during the pandemic and whose work is now being exhibited at the Middle East Institute (MEI) Art Gallery’s Art In Isolation exhibition.

Friends, the virus and the future: a chat with revered Ferzan Ozpetek

The famous Turkish director shares his thoughts on the pandemic and how his proposal to honour health workers with a day was accepted in the Italian Senate.

“Until it is torn down”: Artists create in abandoned building in Istanbul

A building ready for demolition in Feneryolu, Kadikoy, on the Asian side of Istanbul, is the unlikely but delightful site of a group exhibition that challenges the notions of displaying art.

Siamese twins successfully separated in Turkey, both doing well

Elif and Nil, born on November 4, 2020, are conjoined twin girls. They were successfully separated on November 12 following a surgical procedure that lasted 11 hours.

The Art for Good Association seeks to help young Turkish artists

TRT World speaks with Selin Bozkurt, the founder of Art for Good Association. The association provides year grants to young art students or recent graduates, easing the burden of surviving as an artist, as well as providing networking opportunities.

Mardin kids show off their photography skills in Istanbul

Children between the ages of five to eighteen living in Mardin and producing analog photography get their star turn in Istanbul at Kalyon Kultur.

Turkish filmmaker Sevgi Hirschhaeuser adds another trophy to her awards

A young Turkish filmmaker has won a new award for her first feature film, ‘Toprak’ (Soil) that takes place in a small village in Antalya, in southern Turkey.

‘We've yet to cut a watermelon’: IG’s Turkish Dictionary turns one year old

The phrase is used when your guests want to leave, and you want them to stay longer. How would a non-Turkish speaker know this? Easy, by following the Turkish Dictionary’s highly amusing account on Instagram.

Mamut Art Project awaits art lovers from Istanbul and beyond

The 2020 edition of the Mamut Art Project is ready for art lovers on- and offline, at Yapi Kredi Bomontiada and at www.mamutartproject.com between October 27 and November 8, 2020.

Turkey's school teacher-turned-eco-warrior collects 1200 heirloom seeds

Nardane Kuscu, 66, helps manage the family farm in northwestern Turkey, managing workshops and planting heirloom seeds she has collected over decades.