T.E. Lawrence

Comparing the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) ambitions in northern Iraq to the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said "new Lawrence of Arabias will not be successful this time"

The body of a sculpture that was smuggled from Aphrodisias in 1904 is still in Berlin. 

1898: Ottoman Emperor Abdulhamid II provided work permit to French engineer Paul Gaudin to work in a railway construction in the Western Aegean region. He was first employed in the Bursa-Mudanya line and then in the İzmir-Eskişehir line. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an called on Muslim countries yesterday to warn Western countries against a rise in Islamophobia, addressing a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul.

?We want our friends in the West to see that Islamophobia has become a serious problem. We also expect Islamic countries to sincerely warn the West over this issue,? he said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on Jan. 21 called on Muslim states to speak with "one voice against terrorism and racism."
      
Addressing a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Erdo?an said Islamic states had to defeat the successors of the iconic British officer Lawrence of Arabia who were seeking to disrupt the Middle East.