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Hundred of thousands of people are expected to attend festival Russia will host a Turkish festival to be held in Krasnaya Presnya Park in the capital Moscow between June 16 and 18. “This will be the biggest event organized by a foreign country in the history of Russia,” said Zelimhan Zarmayev, in charge of the festival, told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday. Zarmayev said the festival would be a “beautiful advertisement”. The architectural models of the Read More

Short nights closer to the North Pole means that some Muslims in Iceland’s capital Reykjavik are fasting for nearly 22 hours during Ramadan, according to a local imam. The north Atlantic island has around 1,500 Muslim residents and those observing Ramadan begin fasting at around 2 a.m. local time and do not sit down to their evening iftar meal until around midnight. “Although the hours are long, the Muslims here do not feel it because Read More

Real Madrid and French national team striker attends fast-breaking dinner along with local mayor and African footballers Algerian-born French footballer Karim Mostafa Benzema on Tuesday attended a public fast-breaking program in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul. Benzema, a professional footballer who plays for Spain’s Real Madrid and the France national team as a striker, had his fast-breaking iftar dinner with African footballers living in the city’s Fatih neighborhood. Fatih Mayor Mustafa Demir was among the participants Read More

Turkish Airlines began on Friday to offer laptop computers to business-class passengers on U.K.-bound flights from Istanbul Ataturk Airport. The service was made available to passengers on a Manchester-bound flight early on Friday. Business-class passengers will hand over their laptops to a Turkish Airlines employee and request a computer from the cabin crew to use in-flight. The move is an attempt to deal with a U.S. and British ban on in-cabin laptop use on flights Read More

Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul   ( Berk Özkan – Anadolu Agency )