Ramadan

A man in the Marmara province of Düzce in northwest Turkey accidentally shot himself in the leg with a rifle on the evening of May 15, "celebrating" the arrival of the Muslim holy month Ramadan.

The 12-year-old Rohingya refugee dreamed of Ramadan back in his own village - fish to break the day's fast, gifts from his family and relaxing beneath the trees before evening prayers at the mosque.

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have started arriving in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, where tens of thousands of people are expected to attend a rally in support of Erdogan and his party ahead of the Turkish elections on May 20.

Muslims in Turkey are set to begin fasting on the morning of May 16 for the holy month of Ramadan, when most of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset. 

The traditional Turkish dessert baklava will not be produced with pistachio during Ramadan this year due to high pistachio prices, association heads stated on May 12.

Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has suggested citizens practice "e-fasting" during Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar when Muslims around the world abstain from food during daylight hours. 

Turkey and the United Nations will launch a big campaign for Palestinians during the holy month of Ramadan, the presidential spokesperson has announced during a press conference.

Oxford University professor and government adviser Tariq Ramadan has been detained for questioning months after two women filed rape charges against him, according to a legal source.

It was a bitter Eid el-Fitr. We had mixed emotions. But I was also happy on the one hand because my beautiful mother celebrated her 75th birthday with her grandchildren and sister, who, according to doctors, had six months of life left, yet has been alive for the past six years. We were all together.

Once a bestselling novel about spiritualism, the title of this short article is now Turkey's search for religiosity vs. secularism and personal beliefs vs. political triumphs. But the reason is a sober one. Since the coup attempt of July 15, 2016, Turks from all walks of life have started questioning the role of religion in public and political life.