Ayla

Ayla Jean Yackley, an Istanbul-based journalist covering Turkey with stories in The Financial Times, Politico, and other major outlets, joins Thanos Davelis to look at why we should be paying attention to Turkey's upcoming elections, which could be critical for the country's politics - from the ruling party to the opposition.

The body of a 2.5-year-old girl, who went missing and searched for more than a year after she was trapped under the rubble in the Feb. 6 earthquakes, has been found in another quake-hit province.

Veteran theater and cinema actress Ayla Algan has died of a brain hemorrhage in Istanbul at the age of 86.

Algan suddenly fell ill while reading a script at home around 7 p.m. on Jan. 4 and was taken to Taksim Acıbadem Hospital, her relatives said.

Ayla Jean Yackley, a journalist covering Turkey with stories in The Financial Times, Politico, and other major outlets, joins Thanos Davelis to look at Ozgur Ozel, the new leader of Turkey's opposition, and break down what we should expect in Turkey as we approach local elections in March.

The screening of Ayla: The Daughter of War, an acclaimed Turkish film, was organized in New York on March 8.

The continuous internal migration Turkey has experienced ever the course of the past decades is taking a toll on families and children, especially by creating feelings of insecurity, according to an NGO representative.

The former Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Ayla Akat Ata, who once represented the southeastern province of Batman, was arrested over “terrorist propaganda charges on Feb. 20. 

A former deputy representing the southeastern province of Batman, Ayla Akat Ata, was detained by police on Feb. 19 within the scope of an investigation conducted by the office of the chief prosecutor in the eastern province of Ardahan.

Korean War veteran Süleyman Dilbirliği, who adopted a five-year-old Korean orphan girl during the Korean War, has died at the age of 91 in Istanbul. Dilbirliği had adopted Eunja Kim during the war and named her Ayla.

Turkey’s foreign-language Oscar nominee “Ayla” was selected as the best film with the votes of audiences at the International Asian Pacific Film Festival in Los Angeles between Oct. 25 and Nov. 2.