Setting a table two millennia later

McCartney fires barb at paid celeb appearances

Nobel Peace Prize jury treads carefully after Trump campaign

Adana Golden Boll Film Festival announces winners

Museums and archaeological sites to adopt new visitor system

ADOB to enrich repertoire with Turkish works, new projects

Over 90,000 spectators expected at Türkiye’s opera and ballet festivals

More than 90,000 people are expected to have attended opera and ballet festivals held across Türkiye during the 2025-2026 artistic season, according to Barış Salcan, director general and artistic director of the State Opera and Ballet.

Ancient wall dating back 2,500 years unearthed at Blaundos

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Blaundos in western Türkiye have uncovered the remains of a 250-meter-long wall surrounding the North Temple, revealing new evidence about the religious and urban life of the settlement during the Hellenistic period.

Gökçeada emerges as Türkiye’s top pet-friendly destination

Off the coast of the northwestern province of Çanakkale, pet lovers are flocking to the island of Gökçeada for a unique getaway, taking on coastal hikes, boat tours and curated activities alongside their four-legged companions.

How local can a global restaurant really be?

In hospitality, standardisation creates a sense of trust; in gastronomy, it can sometimes disconnect a restaurant from the place it inhabits. While speaking with Mark Vaessen, Global Culinary Chef of OKU Hotels, in Bodrum, we found ourselves returning to one question: What truly makes a restaurant local — the ingredients it uses, or how deeply it understands the place to which those ingredients belong?

Kütahya Archaeology Museum opens with millenia-old artifacts

The newly opened Kütahya Archaeology and Mining Museum brings together the city’s archaeological heritage, ethnographic collections, tile- making tradition and mining history

Van Gogh, Cézanne works up for sale at Sotheby’s

A dozen Impressionist and post-Impressionist artworks collectively valued at almost half a billion dollars are going up for auction after sitting unseen for decades in a fabled private collection in South America.

Aerial monitoring and security center opens at ancient Sardes

The ancient city of Sardes and Bintepe Lydian Tumuli Aerial Monitoring and Security Center has opened in Manisa to help protect the archaeological sites from illegal excavations using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall to open season with renovated building

Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR) will open its doors on Oct. 7, following renovation work carried out for more than a year, under the coordination of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s (İBB) Miras heritage program.

‘Game of Thrones’ movie to be released in 2029

The first movie set in the “Game of Thrones” universe will hit cinemas on June 6, 2029, with “Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest” set to bring the story of Westeros to the big screen for the first time.

UK drops plan to charge foreigners for museums

The UK government said on Sept. 29 that national museums would remain free for foreign visitors, after previously floating the idea of charging tourists an entry fee to buoy the cash-strapped sector.

Endangered imperial eagle prepares to return to wild

The bird will be ringed and fitted with a transmitter before release, allowing veterinarians to monitor how it adapts to life in the wild

Türkiye to create digital archive of centuries-old Turkish music

Türkiye is preparing a digital archive of centuries-old musical works, historical scores and performance recordings that will be made freely accessible to the public in 2027.