UN Secretary-General Praises PM Ardern’s Leadership: Sharing Words of Hope in Christchurch
By Janet Ekstract UNITED NATIONS (TURKISH JOURNAL) – Earlier this week, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shared words of hope with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Muslim community in Christchurch in the aftermath of the horrific attack on mosque worshipers just two months ago. The secretary-general More...
May You Live In Interesting Times: 58th Venice Biennale 2019
By Janet Ekstract VENICE (TURKISH JOURNAL) – The 58th Venice Biennale, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year opens tomorrow and promises to be one of the most eclectic and exciting with 90 nations More...
Secretary of State Pompeo: No Tolerance For Iran Backtracking On Sanctions – Zero Exemptions on Iranian Oil Waivers
By Janet Ekstract NEW YORK – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his recent press conference at the Heritage Foundation in Washington D.C., made it very clear, in no uncertain terms, that the U.S. will More...
Turkish-American Architect’s Firm Chosen To Revamp The Noguchi Museum In Queens
By Janet Ekstract NEW YORK- Büro Koray Duman, headed by its namesake, is Noguchi Museum’s choice to create a new and creative architectural expansion for the Queens, New York landmark. Since the firm specializes More...
UN Launches Innovative Program to Counter Terrorist Travel
UNITED NATIONS (TURKISH JOURNAL) – By Janet Ekstract – International peace and security are at the forefront of an innovative new system that the United Nations stated is designed to assist countries More...
UN Secretary-General Planning New Initiatives to Counter Hate
By Janet Ekstract UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is making countering global hate his mission. The Secretary-General addressed this issue a week ago in More...
Turkish film Noah Land at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
NEW YORK – The first feature film of Turkish director Cenk Erturk, Noah Land, made its World Premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Actor Arin Kusaksizoglu, Actor Haluk Bilginer, More...
UNICEF: Additional 368,000 children at risk in Mozambique after second devastating cyclone
NEW YORK/MAPUTO, 27 APRIL 2019 – An additional 368,000 children in Mozambique are now at risk and potentially in need of lifesaving humanitarian support after the country was hit by a second major storm – Cyclone More...
The 2019 Chinese New Year Parade in New York City
NEW YORK (TURKISH JOURNAL) – H. Nazan Işık – New York City celebrated Chinatown’s annual Chinese New Year Parade on Sunday, 17 February 2019. Each new year is marked by the characteristics of one More...
Turkey receives backlash from China on Uighur plight: Analysis
ISTANBUL (TURKISH JOURNAL) – By Janet Ekstract – Events surrounding the plight of the Uighur people and the Muslim minority in China’s far western province are currently tenuous and complicated. China More...
