Desert

Have you ever wondered why we allow some people to treat us badly? "Badly" is very general and probably includes all sorts of things like verbal abuse, emotional manipulation, rudeness etc. However, this "bad" is always accompanied by a feeling of discomfort, sadness or anger on our part, as well as a sense of injustice about the fact that "we didn't deserve" that behavior.

A dust storm originating from the Sahara Desert is sweeping across Istanbul, prompting health warnings from experts due to potential adverse effects on respiratory health.

The dust clouds, propelled by strong winds, reached Türkiye from the Sahara Desert and engulfed Istanbul during the midnight hours, impacting some districts.

Work is now well underway and a new video provided by Neom shows the world’s largest earthworks stretching across the desert into the distance

The oldest of the city's 700 wind catchers were built in the 14th century, but the architectural feature is believed to date back as far as 2,500 years.

Tall, chimney-like towers rise from centuries-old adobe houses in Iran's desert city of Yazd, drawing in a pleasant breeze for residents of one of the hottest cities on earth.

At the edge of an oasis almost engulfed by the dunes, where the rare caravan still passes, is a desert landscape punctured by holes.

The salt pans of Kalala, near Bilma in northeastern Niger, were once an essential stop for traders with their swaying lines of camels.

Iraqi archaeological marvels that have survived millennia and the ravages of war now face a modern threat: Being blasted and slowly buried by sandstorms linked to climate change.

Ancient Babylonian treasures, painstakingly unearthed, are slowly disappearing again under wind-blown sand in a land parched by rising heat and prolonged droughts.

Modern Mars is extremely cold and drier than any desert on Earth, with a very thin atmosphere. But this wasn’t always the case…

Dust clouds blowing from Europe will cover Turkey's sky until the next week, a Turkish academic has said.

An Istanbul-based meteorologist, Hüseyin Toros, told state-run Anadolu Agency that desert dust storms that hit Europe and have been active throughout the week are now heading toward Turkey starting from today.

The sky over Bulgaria in recent days was dust-laden and colored in orange, and in Western Europe they post pictures of rusty snow cover. This is due to powerful dust storms in Sahara and a southerly wind carrying the desert sand to Europe. This happens against the background of unusually warm February in our country.

Greek parents are anxious and pay a lot of money to educate their children. They demand the obvious: universities that function as a place of knowledge and creation, not for dealing drugs and making petrol bombs. 

They want those who deserve it and who are really interested in studying to enter university, not those who treat the campus like a café.