President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides has appointed Dr Vasiliki Kassianidou as new Deputy Minister of Culture, following a letter of resignation he received from former Deputy Minister Michalis Hadjiyiannis.A press release by the Presidency …
Yusuf Can Zeybek won the golden belt after beating Ismail Balaban in the final of the 662nd Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival on Sunday.Zeybek, 29, got a whopping 1 million Turkish liras, or almost $40,000, in prize money after claiming victory, Runner…
Turkish musician and actor Ozkan Ugur died on Saturday, a top official in the country confirmed.”We lost (our) beloved Ozkan Ugur. We will not forget this voice that came from the heart, befriending whomever listened,” Health Minister Fahrettin Koca a…
The Cypriot film “IMAN”, written and directed by Corinna Avraamidou and Kyriakos Tofarides, continues to win awards in various competitive sections of international film festivals, according to a press release issued by the Deputy Ministry of Culture….
Thousands of Turks living in Europe are showing interest in the Anatolia Festival, which is holding its fourth edition and will continue for two weeks in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam.Organized by the Anatolian Festival Foundation in a large area in …
A new website, which aims to showcase cultural heritage sites across Cyprus, through photographs, interactive maps, 3D reconstructions and other multimedia, has been launched by the European Commission and the United Nations Development Programme (UND…
