Police in London also identify man who died at scene of Monday’s Islamophobic terror attack as 51-year-old Makram Ali Anti-Muslim hate crime in Manchester has skyrocketed by more than 500 percent following the May 22 concert suicide bombing in the city, police said Thursday. The number of Islamophobic crimes recorded by the Greater Manchester Police […]

Muslims attend the mass prayer at the historical Selimiye Mosque, to mark Laylat al-Qadr, holiest of the Muslims’ five holy nights during the Muslims’ holiest month of Ramadan, in Edirne, Turkey on June 21, 2017. Laylat al-Qadr, which means “Night of Power” or “Night of Decree” when the first verses of the Muslims’ Holy Qur’an […]

A Turkish aid ship carrying 10,000 tons of supplies to the blockaded Gaza Strip arrived at Israel’s Ashdod port on Wednesday. The ship carries 50,000 food packages, 5,000 tons of flour, 100 tons of biscuits, chocolates and cakes. The vessel also carries 50,000 items of clothes, 18,100 toys, 32,000 sets of stationery and over 1,000 […]

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A total of 2.9 million refugees have been hosted by Turkey, UNHCR says Turkey tops the list of refugee hosting countries in the world, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. Of the 65 million refugees in the world Turkey hosts 2.9 million, mostly from Syria and Iraq, statistics for 2016 state. […]

OIC, ISESC condemn Monday’s vehicular attack in north London, which left one dead and several more injured The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) have both condemned Monday’s terrorist attack that left one person dead outside a mosque in north London. “The incident reflected the rise of […]

Turkey aims to strengthen its defense sector using locally designed technology by 2020, a senior official said on Friday. “Technological superiority will take our country ahead in both the military and economic sectors,” Ismail Demir, undersecretary for the Turkish defense industry, told Anadolu Agency. “We have an aim for 2020 and after: completely locally made […]

Turkish Red Crescent lends hand to Iraqi Christians Food aid delivered to needy families in Baghdad who were forced to flee homes by Daesh terrorist group Some 250 Iraqi Christian families forced to flee their homes by the Daesh terrorist group got help on Friday from the Turkish Red Crescent in a program overseen by […]

Turkey aims to open embassies in all African countries, a senior foreign ministry official said on Wednesday. Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet Yildiz, speaking in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, said: “We do not want to develop relations with only certain countries, but all of them. “Turkey does not discriminate between countries. We see potential in […]

In de horeca is discriminatie al jaren een hardnekkig probleem: als Amsterdammer met Marokkaanse of Turkse roots wordt je geweigerd aan de deur vanwege je ‘sportschoenen’. Terwijl al je blonde vrienden binnen op hun gympen staan te dansen. Ook op de arbeidsmarkt blijft discriminatie voorkomen. Jongeren met een migratieachtergrond lopen soms wel drie keer zoveel kans werkloos te […]