Author: Hasad Kadir

The agreement on the program “Cultural and Educational Exchanges between Greece and India for the years 2022-2026” was ratified on Friday by the plenary of the Parliament. Deputy Culture Minister Christos Dimas stressed that in the context of extroversion and strengthening cultural diplomacy, “we are broadening and deepening our cultural relations with India, a country of direct strategic interest.” “Our strategic priority is the utilization of cultural diplomacy as a tool for the promotion and extroversion of contemporary Greek culture. The level of cooperation between Greece and India has been upgraded to a strategic relationship and we are ready to…

Classical Greek marble sculptures today appear crisp and white. But they weren’t always that way, according to a new study, which found the famous 2500-year-old Parthenon sculptures were colourful, painted with floral patterns and other elaborate designs. By using a noninvasive imaging technique, researchers at the British Museum where nearly half of the sculptures reside and King’s College London found traces of paint on 11 out of 17 figures and from a section of frieze on show in the museum, according to a study published this week in the journal Antiquity. Paint often does not survive on archaeological finds, particularly…

Aegean Exporters’ Association Coordinator President Jak Eskinazi, in his message specially published for the 100th anniversary of the Republic, said, “We believe that exports will be the driving force for Turkey to continue its development in its second century and become one of the 10 largest economies in the world. “We must focus on the second century with the spirit of the first years of our Republic.” said. Gazi Mustafa Kemal, who believed that military successes should be crowned with economic successes and that we would become a strong state in this way, personally chose Izmir, an industrial and export…

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu stated that the Izmir-Ankara YHT construction works, which will reduce the time between Ankara and Izmir to 3,5 hours and connect Izmir to the high-speed railway network, continue in stages and said, “Hopefully, we will put our project into service in 2027.” Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu made a press statement after the provincial coordination meeting held in Izmir Governorship. Regarding the coordination meeting where the needs of Izmir were discussed, Minister Uraloğlu said, “We discussed what we will do for projects that will take Izmir further.” In the press release,…

A true story of how Australian adoptee, Penny Zagarelou-Mackieson, finally met her natural mother in Greece and three maternal siblings, after discovering years ago that she was swapped at birth. The truth about Penny Zagarelou-Mackieson, her heritage and natural family would have never come to light, if it wasn’t for a surprising DNA test result in 2016, that revealed that she was Greek, actually, something she couldn’t have imagined, after everything she was led to believe about her birth. Born in Melbourne in 1963, at Queen Victoria Hospital, Penny was raised in a nurturing and loving family in a small…

Traditional cottage pie is a rich, hearty meal featuring saucy ground beef and vegetables with a fluffy mashed potato top layer that is baked to perfection. Cottage pie, like other English food, was made to be a filling meal for working-class Irish people and a clever way to use a variety of ingredients people would have on hand. Tasting Table recipe developer Jennine Rye’s take on this dish swaps out ground beef for turkey, resulting in a delicious and lean turkey cottage pie. Typically, ground turkey can become dry in dishes because it lacks fat in comparison to beef or…

Predators, weather extremes, disease and habitat changes are threatening the survival of the state’s wild turkey population, experts told lawmakers during an interim study this week. Lawmakers met at the Capitol to discuss the steady decline of the turkey and learn whether state legislation might help stem the loss while allowing for continued hunting. While Oklahoma’s wild turkey population has been declining since 2018, officials are hopeful that increasingly aggressive regulatory action, including limits on the number of birds hunters can kill, will help the species rebound. Bill Dinkines, chief of wildlife at Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, said multiple…

Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov will visit Türkiye on Sept. 25-27 to attend a joint strategic meeting, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Saidov will co-chair the third meeting of the Türkiye-Uzbekistan Joint Strategic Planning Group (OSPG), a ministry statement said. The ministers will discuss bilateral relations, and cooperation in multilateral platforms, while regional and international developments will also be on the agenda. Türkiye became the first country which recognized Uzbekistan in 1991 and diplomatic relations were established in 1992. Ankara attaches great importance to the improvement of cooperation with Uzbekistan in all…

Turkey launched its first amphibious assault ship on Monday, aiming to extend its drone capabilities from land-based to naval operations amid increased regional tensions as war rages in Ukraine on the other side of the Black Sea. The TCG Anadolu can handle only light aircraft, chiefly helicopters and jets that can take off from shorter runways. It is 232 meters long and 32 meters wide, and can carry some 1,400 personnel – one battalion of soldiers – combat vehicles and support units to operate overseas. “This vessel will allow us to conduct military and humanitarian operations in every corner of the world, when…

Kenes Rakishev, star investor, international entrepreneur, philanthropist and former special envoy of the Kazakhstan government, meets star chef, Gordon Ramsay and star manufacturer, Borealis Foods to change the international food market. When Kenes Rakishev embarked on the establishment of Oxus SPAC, a specialized entity aimed at acquiring and subsequently taking companies public on the American stock market, experts were filled with anticipation and conjecture regarding his targeted investments. Renowned for his diverse interests spanning robotics, battery technologies, communications, and groundbreaking concepts, Kenes Rakishev’s decision left everyone startled, as he delved into an exceedingly unforeseen realm: the food sector. Kenes Rakishev…