By Ilya U. Topper Konya, Turkey, Mar 5 (EFE).- A vast plain of black in the Turkish province of Konya looks from afar like a charred desert but it is in fact a field where sunlight is used to produce power. The Kalyon PV solar power plant in Karapinar town, one of the largest in …
By Ilya U. Topper Iskenderun, Turkey, Feb 13 (EFE).- “Thank you for coming. You foreigners treat us better than our own government,” Hatice tells a Spanish rescue team setting up a field hospital in Iskenderun, in the province of Hatay, one of the most affected by last Monday’s powerful earthquakes that devastated southeastern Turkey, leaving …
By Ilya U. Topper Antakya, Turkey, Feb 10 (EFE).- Mia and Farah, a pair of Belgian Malinois, play with an empty bottle on a lawn after hours in the back of a truck and look to their handlers for food, as any pet would. But moments later they leap into a high stakes game of …
By Ilya U. Topper Konya, Turkey, Feb 5 (EFE).- The Konya Plain of central Anatolia is plagued by sinkholes, a geological phenomenon that has residents and local farmers fearful of the ground beneath their feet. Almost perfectly round and with deep, vertical walls, the sinkholes spring up suddenly, devouring the earth on this fertile plateau …
By Ilya U. Topper Istanbul, Aug 28 (EFE).- As the 2023 elections draw closer, Turkish society has started to turn on millions of Syrian refugees sheltering in the country. “Sometimes they get angry with me because I speak Arabic on public transport, they tell me to speak Turkish, but I don’t speak Turkish. It’s only …