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Making of Dracula: War of Vlad the Impaler and Mehmed the Conqueror

Daily Sabah

Vlad the Impaler, the infamous Voivode of Wallachia ('Eflak' in Turkish, now part of modern-day Romania), is widely known in the Western world through Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' and i...

Posted on 6 June 2026 | 6:00 pm

Erdoğan convinced US to halt plan to arm Iranian opposition: Report

Daily Sabah

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan persuaded U.S. President Donald Trump to abandon a plan to arm Iranian opposition groups and Iraqi Kurdish groups against Tehran after details of the...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 9:37 pm

US grants World Cup visas to Iran national football team

Daily Sabah

Iran's national football team has been granted visas to participate in the upcoming FIFA World Cup, U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack said Friday, offering clarity over t...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 9:35 pm

Hejaz Railway: Strategic contribution to Türkiye's network

Daily Sabah

If we are to speak of a Turkish transformation, it did not arrive overnight. Rather, it emerged step by step. I attribute the foundations of this transformation to a rational appro...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 9:05 pm

The global scale of waste and Türkiye

Daily Sabah

Today, waste stands before us as a major problem on a global scale. Of course, the most visible dimension of waste is generally discussed in relation to food waste. For example, ac...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 9:05 pm

UK rebukes US VP Vance over migrant remarks after murder case

Daily Sabah

Britain pushed back Friday against comments by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who linked the killing of Henry Nowak to what he described as a 'mass invasion of migrants' and called...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 7:05 pm

1 dead after attack on Turkish fishing boat in Black Sea

Daily Sabah

A fisherman was killed after a Turkish-flagged fishing boat was attacked in the Black Sea west of the Crimean Peninsula, causing the vessel to sink, according to a statement from T...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 6:19 pm

Iran says $24B asset release key to potential US deal

Daily Sabah

Iran has made the release of $24 billion in frozen assets a key condition in its indirect talks with the United States, according to Mohsen Rezaei, a senior adviser to Supreme Lead...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 6:01 pm

UN envoy to meet leaders in Cyprus, Türkiye and Greece

Daily Sabah

The U.N. secretary-general's personal envoy for Cyprus will visit the island next week to meet with Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders, as the United Nations seeks to m...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 5:51 pm

Anthropic warns humans could lose control of AI, urges industry pause

Daily Sabah

Anthropic has called on leading artificial intelligence companies to establish a coordinated system for halting the development of advanced AI models if necessary, warning that rap...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 5:30 pm

Putin rejects Zelenskyy's call for face-to-face talks

Daily Sabah

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's proposal for direct talks between the two leaders, saying he saw 'no point' in a...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 5:00 pm

NASA orders ISS crew to evacuate after Russian module air leak

Daily Sabah

NASA directed astronauts aboard the International Space Station to take shelter in their spacecraft and be ready for a possible evacuation Friday as Russian cosmonauts worked to ad...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 4:09 pm

France opens war crimes probe over Israel's mistreatment of activists

Daily Sabah

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into war crimes and torture linked to Israel's treatment of French nationals who participated in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, as...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 3:42 pm

Türkiye launches probe into Meta over AI practices

Daily Sabah

Türkiye's competition watchdog on Friday said it had launched an investigation into Meta over its artificial intelligence practices and imposed an interim measure on the tech...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 2:06 pm

Turkish banking sector's net profit jumps over 37% in 4 months

Daily Sabah

Türkiye's banking sector posted a net profit of TL 363.3 billion (nearly $7.9 billion) in the first four months of the year, official data showed on Friday. That marks a 37.3...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 1:46 pm

Participation finance share in Türkiye rises to around 9%: CBRT chief

Daily Sabah

Participation finance in Türkiye has grown steadily over the past decade, with its share of total financial assets standing at nearly 9% today, the Turkish central bank chief said...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 12:49 pm

Kurum highlights Türkiye's climate commitment on World Environment Day

Daily Sabah

Türkiye remains committed to its environmental and climate goals on the path toward achieving net-zero emissions by 2053, Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Mura...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 12:46 pm

Erdoğan announces merger of Türkiye's state participation banks

Daily Sabah

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday said participation finance, often known as interest-free or Shariah-compliant finance, represents a 'fairer' model for the whole world, whi...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 12:34 pm

Türkiye aims to boost AI competitiveness with new action plan

Daily Sabah

Türkiye plans to unveil a new national artificial intelligence vision and action plan on June 13, Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz said Friday, outlining the country's ambitions t...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 12:16 pm

Growing EV fleet in Türkiye drives record charging demand

Daily Sabah

Electricity consumption linked to electric vehicle (EV) charging services reached a record high in Türkiye during the recent Eid al-Adha holiday, according to official data that af...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 12:09 pm

Armenia's election may become a turning point in the Caucasus

Daily Sabah

The parliamentary elections to be held in Armenia on June 7 cannot be read merely as a conventional change of government or a routine struggle for power. These elections represent...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 11:59 am

Writing as a way of being: Reading of Ural's 'Introduction to Writing'

Daily Sabah

A. Ali Ural's "Introduction to Writing" ("Yazarlığa Giriş") is not merely a technical guide answering the question "how does one write?" Rather, it is a profound work of thought th...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 11:32 am

Turkish Parliament speaker urges reform of global institutions

Daily Sabah

Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş on Friday called for intensified efforts to build a new global political and economic order, arguing that existing international institutions are...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 11:15 am

Radio station takes on misinformation as Ebola spreads in DRC

Daily Sabah

The rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola spreading in Congo has caught many residents off guard after weeks of silent transmission. When authorities confirmed the outbreak on May 15, h...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 11:13 am

High prices pressure airlines, but EU sees no jet fuel shortage

Daily Sabah

There are no signs of jet fuel shortages in Europe in the coming months ⁠despite the energy shock from the Iran ⁠war, though high prices are prompting airlines to cut uneconomic ro...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 11:12 am

Turkistan, 'Turkic world's spiritual capital,' draws visitors with deep heritage

Daily Sabah

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 10:48 am

Türkiye pushes for lasting solution to Rohingya crisis: Fidan

Daily Sabah

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reaffirmed Ankara's commitment to keeping the Rohingya crisis on the international agenda and pledged continued support for displaced Muslims during ta...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 10:45 am

Osman Hamdi Bey spotlighted in Met 'Orientalism' exhibition

Daily Sabah

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will spotlight 19th-century representations of the "East" in a major upcoming exhibition that also brings renewed international attention to Ottoman...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 10:44 am

Türkiye rallies world for zero waste drive ahead of COP31

Daily Sabah

During Zero Waste Week in Istanbul, the 2nd Global Zero Waste Forum, organized by the Zero Waste Foundation, started on Friday, bringing together representatives from 183 countries...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 10:40 am

Taylor Swift named richest musician in history: Forbes

Daily Sabah

The business magazine Forbes estimates that U.S. pop superstar Taylor Swift has become the richest musician in history with a fortune of $2 billion, representing a 100% increase fr...

Posted on 5 June 2026 | 9:29 am

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