Fibers

In her tiny Athens apartment, 93-year-old Ioanna Matsouka has knit thousands of brightly colored scarves for children in need from Greece to Ukraine - and she has no plans to quit just yet.

"Until I die, I will be knitting," Matsouka said. Her knitting needles clicked through her expert fingers, her nails painted red. "It brings me joy to share them."

In "The Tale of Tools: The Untold Narrative of Wooden Handiwork Implements from Greece," the Benaki Museum (benaki.org) has put together a very informative presentation that showcases beautifully crafted tools used in traditional spinning, sewing, knitting and embroidery.

Her death is one more in a string of inexplicable deaths that have occurred recently in Greece

Fire engulfed a textile and yarn factory in Istanbul’s Davutpaşa neighborhood on June 11, as pillars of smoke could be seen from most districts of Turkey’s largest city. Here is the story in photos...

A science project prepared by Turkish high school students has received a prestigious award in the U.S. after being rejected by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Doğan News Agency has reported.