Life in turkey

Turkey's latest crackdown on independent media targets outlets pushing 'LGBT propaganda'

A court in Istanbul shut down T24, an independent news outlet, over allegedly publishing 'LGBT propaganda.'

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS
People rally in solidarity with LGBTQ+ community in Ankara Tuesday, 15th September 2026
36 graves in the Jewish Hasköy Cemetery in Istanbul Turkey were vandalized and destroyed Thursday night, July 14, 2022

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.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
Khazar

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."

|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

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Live Blog: Coup attempt in Turkey

Follow the latest updated on the attempted coup in Turkey.

JULY 16, 2016ByREUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
A Turkish military stands guard near the Taksim Square in Istanbul

Turkey’s Tourism Plummets amid Bombings and Crisis with Russia

Tourism revenue losses could reach $15 billion in 2016.

JUNE 14, 2016ByNICK ASHDOWN/THE MEDIA LINE
Ankara, Turkey explosion kills over two dozen March 13, 2016

Turkish journalists jailed for five years, hours after courthouse attack

The two journalists are free pending appeal. The court also decided to postpone a hearing on separate charges of links to a terrorist group until the outcome of a related case.

MAY 6, 2016ByREUTERS
Can Dundar (R), editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet, accompanied by his Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul

Foreign Affairs: The authoritarian reaction

The takeover of a major opposition daily signals the demise not only of Turkish democracy but also of freedom’s global march since 1989.

MARCH 12, 2016ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
RIOT POLICE use tear gas to disperse protesting employees and supporters of the ‘Zaman’ newspaper after the mass circulation daily was nationalized earlier this month

Turkish government commandeers media group including Erdoğan rivals

Opposition warns the nation will suffer the consequences of media abuse.

MARCH 6, 2016ByNICK ASHDOWN/THE MEDIA LINE
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Politics of the Turkish Lira and Saudi Riyal

AUGUST 21, 2015ByMARC DUBEY
The Jerusalem Post

Turkish government commemorates Jews killed in 1942 ‘Struma’ tragedy

768 Jews were killed on the Struma refugee ship in 1942.

FEBRUARY 25, 2015ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
A Struma memorial in Ashdod

ISIS approaches Europe, reportedly planning attacks in Turkey and Bulgaria

Some senior ISIS commanders, are thought to already be in Turkey, hiding in safe houses.

FEBRUARY 19, 2015ByREUTERS
People walk along a main shopping street in Istanbul, Turkey

Brawl in Turkish parliament injures five lawmakers

Fight reportedly broke out when members of ruling AK Party approached female member of pro-Kurdish party.

FEBRUARY 18, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Turkish MPs hurt in Parliament brawl‏

In the mood for oud

Jerusalem’s 10-day International Oud Festival starts next week.

OCTOBER 30, 2014ByBARRY DAVIS
Jerusalem’s Oud Festival