Akyol

Turkish singer Gaye Su Akyol is coming to Greece to perform at Gazarte (34 Voutadon) in Athens on November 15 and at Mylos Club (56 Georgiou Andreou) in Thessaloniki on November 16. Anthropologist-turned-musician Akyol, along with her ensemble of Turkish musicians, brings a psychedelic rock twist to traditional Anatolian sounds. Tickets cost 25 euros at more.com.

Turkish coffee, one of the indispensable elements of Turkish culture, has captivated the hearts and taste buds of generations, infusing flavor and meaning into the social experience equally. But for some, the traditional drink has become more than a daily passion.

As part of the April 30 International Jazz Day celebrations, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) offers the documentary "Jazz in Turkey" online for two months on its YouTube channel.

Directed by Batu Akyol, "Jazz in Turkey" was premiered in 2013, with the 20th Istanbul Jazz Festival. 

Two Turkish citizens living in the U.K. and Austria have lost their lives due to the novel coronavirus.

Speaking to state-run Anadolu Agency, Ozan Ceyhun, Turkey's ambassador to Vienna, said that a 28-year-old woman, identified as Yonca Akyol, lost her life.

Akyol is the first Turkish citizen to die of coronavirus in Austria.

Maintaining a ten-percent threshold while enabling political parties to form alliances is against the constitution’s equality principle, says veteran journalist Taha Akyol. “An electoral system based on securing political advantages has been adopted,” Akyol added.

Turkish writer Mustafa Akyol stated on Sept. 26 that he was detained by police in Malaysia for 18 hours before being released. 

"It is true. Thank God I am now free after 18 hours in detention. Thanks so much to all who helped, supported, and prayed," Akyol tweeted on Sept. 26.

Türkan Akyol, who was the country's first female minister and university rector, died in the capital Ankara on Sept. 7. She was 89.

Professor Akyol, an academic and politician, had been receiving treatment at Hacettepe University Hospital for a while.

Akyol will be laid to rest in the Karşıyaka Cemetery in Ankara on Sept. 8.

The year was 1969; the incident I am going to tell happened that year during the beginning of an election campaign. Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Ali İhsan Göğüş paid a visit to party chair İsmet İnönü at his home and presented the candidate list to him that was to be handed over to the election council. Two journalists were accompanying him.

The "guard duty" established by Press Council High Commission member Do?an Satm?? and daily Cumhuriyet editorial consultant Mete Akyol in support of arrested Cumhuriyet journalists, at the gates of the prison where they are being held, continued into its fourth day on Dec. 6. 

A new international open-air festival called Cappadox has been born in central Anatolia. The event, which will take place between May 16 and 18, was inspired by the cultural heritage and extraordinary landscape of Cappadocia.