Author: Daily Sabah With AA

Experts stated that Türkiye has set important and realistic targets in critical areas such as emission reduction, renewable energy, agriculture and waste management with its Long-Term Climate Roadmap. Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum presented Türkiye’s vision for combating climate change at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Baku. Kurum shared that 72% of this year’s emissions in Türkiye come from energy, 13% from agriculture and 3% from the waste sector. He also mentioned plans to increase the share of renewable energy in primary…

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) has begun investigating the increasing malfunctions of escalators and elevators in the city’s rail system. The Inspection Board has officially requested information and documents from IBB’s Rail Systems Department regarding these issues. The IBB responded to the public’s continuous complaints about the non-functioning escalators and elevators in the rail system. Following approval from the IBB Presidency, an investigation has been initiated to determine the causes of these malfunctions. As part of the investigation, two inspectors have been assigned by the Inspection Board, and an official request for information and documents has been sent to the…

Italian experts have stated that the situation of Turkish students who, despite being accepted into universities in Italy, have been unable to obtain visas and thus cannot travel to the country must be seriously addressed. The aftermath of last week’s press release made by students and their families, who were accepted into various programs at Italian universities but couldn’t travel due to visa issues, continues to resonate. The protest was held in front of the Italian Consulate General in Istanbul, where frustration with the situation was expressed. The Italy-Türkiye Friendship Association members supported the protest by displaying a banner at…

Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea coastal city of Aktau has been named the “Cultural Capital of the Turkic World 2025.” According to a statement from the Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Information, the 41st Permanent Council Meeting of the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TÜRKSOY) was held in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, which reviewed TÜRKSOY’s activities for the coming year, it was decided to award the title “Cultural Capital of the Turkic World 2025” to Aktau, Kazakhstan. Thus, Turkmenistan’s city of Anev, which held the title of “Cultural Capital of the Turkic World 2024” last year, passed the…

Turkish Foreign Ministry sources on Monday denied that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would propose a postponement for Ukraine’s membership to NATO. Sources said parts of Bloomberg’s Monday report did not reflect the truth. They also highlighted that Türkiye supports diplomatic initiatives aimed at ending the war. After more than a thousand days of the Russian war on Ukraine, which started in February 2022, the said report by Bloomberg claimed that Ankara was preparing a proposal to stop the war and that Kyiv was envisaged to make some concessions to Moscow within the scope of this proposal. The said proposal would…

A project launched in Izmir, western Türkiye, by scientists from various disciplines, has led to the development of a device that allows diabetes patients to measure their blood sugar levels using their mobile phones and share real-time data. The project, initiated in 2023 by scientists from five universities in Izmir to develop a technology that can accurately and practically transmit real-time blood sugar measurements to both patients and doctors, has reached the prototype stage. With support from TÜBİTAK, the team developed a “glucose meter probe” that measures blood sugar levels from finger-prick blood. The device is designed to connect to…

Turkish officials confirmed that Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s request to use its airspace was denied. Herzog was planning to attend COP29 climate summit in the Azerbaijani capital Baku through Turkish airspace. On Saturday, Herzog canceled his participation in the conference, citing “security concerns,” according to a statement from his office. Relations between Türkiye and Israel have been deteriorating since the start of Israel’s devastating offensive against Gaza since October 2023. The ongoing onslaught has so far killed nearly 43,800 people, mostly women and children, and rendered the enclave almost uninhabitable. Last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who was also among…

Security sources said on Sunday Serdar Tunagür, the ringleader of the PKK terrorist organization in Portugal, was apprehended during a joint operation by the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and Istanbul police. Tunagür, who previously engaged in subversive activities in support of the PKK, actively took part in many actions on behalf of the terrorist group in Portugal. He was arrested in Istanbul and later sent to prison on judicial authorities’ orders. Media outlets reported that the suspect once served under the PKK in rural parts of Türkiye and in Makhmur, a PKK camp in Iraq. He has been under…

Two figurine fragments were uncovered in archaeological excavations conducted around the ancient hippodrome of Antakya in Hatay. The excavations at the hippodrome in the Küçükdalyan neighborhood of Antakya, supported under the “Heritage for the Future Project” led by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, have focused on the area known as the “palace area.” In the work conducted by a 20-person team led by professor Hatice Pamir, a faculty member of the Department of Archaeology at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, to uncover the urban structure of ancient Antioch, two figurine fragments made of fired clay were found. In the team’s…

Turkic states, which have already implemented common areas of use in many fields, including the alphabet, will also launch projects for a shared art dictionary and a common anthem in the field of art. Professor Erhan Özden, the president of the Union of Turkic States’ Art Universities and the rector of Ankara University of Music and Fine Arts, spoke to Anadolu Agency (AA) about the dictionary project, stating that, similar to Ibn Sina’s (commonly known in the West as Avicenna) work on medicine, an encyclopedic effort would also be carried out in the field of art. He explained, “This dictionary…