Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Japan Justice Minister meets Turkish envoy

Japanese Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki (R) shakes hands with Turkish Ambassador to Japan Oguzhan Ertugrul as they hold talks at the ministry in Tokyo on July 30, 2025.

E

Japan Justice Minister meets Turkish envoy

Japanese Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki (R) shakes hands with Turkish Ambassador to Japan Oguzhan Ertugrul as they hold talks at the ministry in Tokyo on July 30, 2025.

E

Japan crown prince, crown princess in Turkey

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend an exhibition on the Ertugrul Frigate, an Ottoman Empire military ship that sank off Japan in 1890, in the Naval Museum in Istanbul on Dec. 6, 2024. (Pool photo)

E

Japan crown prince, crown princess in Turkey

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko attend an exhibition on the Ertugrul Frigate, an Ottoman Empire military ship that sank off Japan in 1890, in the Naval Museum in Istanbul on Dec. 6, 2024. (Pool photo)

E

Japan crown prince, crown princess in Turkey

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend an exhibition on the Ertugrul Frigate, an Ottoman Empire military ship that sank off Japan in 1890, in the Naval Museum in Istanbul on Dec. 6, 2024. (Pool photo)

E

End of U.S. COVID emergency, endless regret

STORY: End of U.S. COVID emergency, endless regret DATELINE: April 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:05 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTHONY FAUCI, U.S. infectious disease expert 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MUSTAFA AMIN, Deputy chief editor of Egyptian magazine Rose al-Youssef 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOHN ROSS, Former director of Economic and Business Policy of London 5. STANDUP 2 (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): PATRICK MWANGI, International affairs analyst in Kenya 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): ALEX OWITI, Professor formerly working at Aga Khan University, Kenya 8. STANDUP 3 (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 9. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): ANTHONY FAUCI, Former White House chief medical advisor 10. SOUNDBITE 7 (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital in Istanbul 11. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): PATRICK MWANGI, International affairs analyst in Kenya STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): X

E

Health experts urge strict measures against epidemics threats in Türkiye's quake zone

STORY: Health experts urge strict measures against epidemics threats in Türkiye's quake zone DATELINE: March 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:46 LOCATION: Istanbul, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of hundreds of buildings destroyed by the earthquake 2. various of tent city for earthquake victims, people living in tent city 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Specialist on infectious diseases and clinical microbiology 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Specialist on infectious diseases and clinical microbiology 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Specialist on infectious diseases and clinical microbiology 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): MEHMET CEYHAN, Head of the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Turkish): MEHMET CEYHAN, Head of the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases STORYLINE: Turkish specialists urged strict measures to eliminate a series of factors threatening public health in Türkiye's earthquake zone. It has been almost a month since at least 10 s

E

Travel restrictions on Chinese tourists reveal West's political manipulation: Turkish expert

STORY: Travel restrictions on Chinese tourists reveal West's political manipulation: Turkish expert DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of travellers 2. various of street scenes in some European countries 3. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital, Istanbul STORYLINE: A leading Turkish specialist on infectious diseases said some Western countries' travel restrictions on Chinese tourist arrivals are based on political calculations. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital, Istanbul "COVID-19 is no longer just a public health issue. It has also been turned into a political issue and an economic problem. Until recently, the number of (COVID-19) cases in Germany, France, and England was fairly high. I'm not even talking about the United States, as the situation there was even worse. Therefore, countries that have long lifted such restrictions among themselves - with the number of cases not

E

Turkish prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) receives a gift from Katsumasa Tashima, mayor of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. When the Ottoman Navy frigate Ertugrul sank off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, in September 1890, people from the coastal town of Kushimoto rescued 69 sailors, while 587 died, in an incident described by Erdogan as the one that serves as the most important event in the two countries' shared history.

E

Ataturk statue unveiled in western Japan town

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A bronze statue of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is unveiled during a ceremony in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 3, 2010, as part of events to mark the 120th anniversary of friendship between Japan and Turkey. The 4.2-meter-high, 4-ton statue was installed on May 20 near a lighthouse overlooking the wreck site of the Ertugrul, a Turkish warship that sank near the Pacific coast town in western Japan in 1890.

E

Commemoration of Turkish warship sinking

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Turkish Ambassador to Japan Sermet Atacanli (R) throws flowers to the Pacific Ocean in a ceremony to commemorate the fatal sinking in 1890 of a Turkish warship, held aboard a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer off Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 3, 2010. The surviving crew of the Ertugrul received hospitality from local residents.

E

Turkish leader pays tribute to victims of sunken Turkish warship

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Turkish President Abdullah Gul offers flowers during a memorial ceremony in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 7 for the crew of a Turkish warship that sank in 1890 off the Wakayama town. The Ertugrul Firkateyni traveled to Japan for a reciprocal visit following a trip to Istanbul by Japanese Prince and Princess Komatsu in 1887. The warship was caught in a typhoon while returning home and sank off the coast of Kushimoto. Of about 650 people on board, only 69 survived and returned home after local residents rescued them.

E

Turkish leader pays tribute to victims of sunken Turkish warship

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Turkish President Abdullah Gul and his wife Hayrunisa attend a memorial ceremony in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 7 for the crew of a Turkish warship that sank in 1890 off the Wakayama town. The Ertugrul Firkateyni traveled to Japan for a reciprocal visit following a trip to Istanbul by Japanese Prince and Princess Komatsu in 1887. The warship was caught in a typhoon while returning home and sank off the coast of Kushimoto. Of about 650 people on board, only 69 survived and returned home after local residents rescued them.

E

Geminid meteor shower 2022

A Geminid meteor streaks across the sky above the equestrian statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, in Kushimoto, Wakayama Pref., in western Japan on Dec. 14, 2022. The statue is a token of friendship between Japan and Turkey after Japan transported home the surviving sailors of the Turkish frigate Ertugrul which sank in the 1890 crash off the Japanese town.

E

Geminid meteor shower 2022

A Geminid meteor streaks across the sky above the equestrian statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, in western Japan on Dec. 14, 2022. The statue is a token of friendship between Japan and Turkey after Japan transported home the surviving sailors of the Turkish frigate Ertugrul which sank in the 1890 crash off the Japanese town.

E

Work begins to retrieve effects from Turkish warship

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Melike Aykut, 81, shows a picture of her grandfather Mehmet Ali Huseyin, who was a noncommissioned officer aboard the Ottoman Empire warship Ertugrul Firkateyni that sank off Wakayama Prefecture on Sept. 16, 1890, at her home in Istanbul on Jan. 28.

E

Turkey says refugees must be helped in Iraq war

TOKYO, Japan - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ertugrul Yalcinbayir speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a Tokyo hotel Feb. 18. He said Tukey must help refugees if there is a war in its neighbor Iraq.

E

Turkish deputy premier meets with Kawaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ertugrul Yalcinbayir (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi shake hands before their talks in the Diet building Feb. 18.

E

China's anti-pandemic measures give importance to public health: Turkish expert

STORY: China's anti-pandemic measures give importance to public health: Turkish expert DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of COVID-19 control in China 2. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital, Istanbul STORYLINE: A leading Turkish specialist on infectious diseases said China's policy of handling COVID-19 is the correct method to curb the spread of the pandemic and save people's lives. Bulent Ertugrul, an expert from Reyap Hospital in Istanbul, said on Monday that from the very beginning of the pandemic, China has been following an understanding that gives importance to public health. The specialist believes that it's not right to consider the pandemic as an individual health policy. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital, Istanbul "Just last week, two of my patients died due to COVID-19 (in Türkiye). They were my elderly patients having underlying diseases. Therefore, it i

E

Health experts concerned over "triple threat" of flu, COVID, RSV in U.S.

STORY: Health experts concerned over "triple threat" of flu, COVID, RSV in U.S. DATELINE: Oct. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in U.S. 2. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of people getting vaccinated 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital in Türkiye STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "Respiratory viruses are spreading at high levels in the United States as temperatures begin to drop, causing the surge of pediatric cases across the country. Health experts are concerned over the "triple threat" of the flu, COVID-19 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV. Official surveillance data shows a rise in RSV cases nationwide, which more than tripled over the past two months. If left untreated, severe cases of COVID-19, RSV or the flu ca

E

China's dynamic zero-COVID policy is the right policy against pandemic: Turkish expert

STORY: China's dynamic zero-COVID policy is the right policy against pandemic: Turkish expert DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: SOUNDBITE (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital in Istanbul STORYLINE: A Turkish medical expert says China's dynamic zero-COVID policy, which aims to protect its people, has proven to be a right approach against the pandemic. Bulent Ertugrul, a specialist on infectious diseases and clinical microbiology from Istanbul-based Reyap Hospital, points out that China has made great efforts in containing the pandemic through medical research and pandemic prevention measures. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital in Istanbul "China has spent a great deal of effort after the pandemic broke out, as you know, the very first inactivated vaccine was immediately developed there. And when we take a look at the medical literature, we see that China has been vastly ahead in many regards, even

E

U.S. fight against pandemic a total failure: Turkish expert

STORY: U.S. fight against pandemic a total failure: Turkish expert DATELINE: Aug. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital in Istanbul 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital in Istanbul STORYLINE: The U.S. government's coping with the COVID-19 is a total failure as it disregards the lives of its citizens, said a leading Turkish specialist in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology. #GLOBALink According to Bulent Ertugrul, an expert from Reyap Hospital in Istanbul, in a recent Xinhua interview, all the statistical data published up to now revealed that the U.S. has not shown the "correct response" to the pandemic since the beginning. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital in Istanbul "When we look at the statistical data today, we see that the U.S. does not show a correct response. Because today, it ranks first in the world in terms o

E

U.S. discards pandemic to protect capitalist system, says Turkish specialist

STORY: U.S. discards pandemic to protect capitalist system, says Turkish specialist DATELINE: May 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul city in Turkey 2. various of Reyap Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey 3. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital STORYLINE: A leading Turkish specialist on infectious diseases said the pandemic in the U.S. has gone off the route, especially after Washington has left the disease unattended to protect the capitalist system and the economy. The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. has recently surpassed 1 million, the highest for any country in the world. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital in Turkey "The United States has become the worst country in the world for that matter. The pandemic went out of control as it quickly spreads to too many people with the Omicron variant. And the system - I call it capitalism or anything else - stopped working. So they fin

E

Turkish specialist praises China's anti-pandemic measures

STORY: Turkish specialist praises China's anti-pandemic measures DATELINE: March 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital in Istanbul 2. various of Istanbul city in Turkey 3. various of Reyap Hospital in Istanbul 4. various of Sinovac vaccine chamber 5. various of the vaccination STORYLINE: A leading Turkish specialist on infectious diseases and clinical microbiology praised China's COVID-19 prevention and control measures that prioritize public health. China has been successfully integrating the coronavirus restrictions that regulate social life with its vaccination efforts, always putting public health in the first place, said Bulent Ertugrul, an expert from Reyap Hospital in Istanbul. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): BULENT ERTUGRUL, Expert from Reyap Hospital in Istanbul "The vaccination is at the heart of the pharmacological struggle method (in China), and it (China) is the country that administered the

E

Turkish leader pays tribute to victims of sunken Turkish warship

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Turkish President Abdullah Gul and his wife Hayrunisa attend a memorial ceremony in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 7 for the crew of a Turkish warship that sank in 1890 off the Wakayama town. The Ertugrul Firkateyni traveled to Japan for a reciprocal visit following a trip to Istanbul by Japanese Prince and Princess Komatsu in 1887. The warship was caught in a typhoon while returning home and sank off the coast of Kushimoto. Of about 650 people on board, only 69 survived and returned home after local residents rescued them. (Kyodo)

E

Ceremony held for 1890 Turkish frigate wreck off Japan coast

A commemorative ceremony is held in Kushimoto town, western Japan, on June 3, 2015, for the victims of a Turkish frigate that sank off Japan's Pacific coast in 1890 due to a typhoon. Of the 587 people aboard the warship Ertugrul, 69 survived due to rescue efforts by local residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Ceremony held for 1890 Turkish frigate wreck off Japan coast

Princess Akiko, the eldest daughter of the late Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, offers flowers at a commemorative ceremony in Kushimoto town, western Japan, on June 3, 2015, for the victims of a Turkish frigate that sank off Japan's Pacific coast in 1890 due to a typhoon. Of the 587 people aboard the warship Ertugrul, 69 survived due to rescue efforts by local residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Ceremony held for 1890 Turkish frigate wreck off Japan coast

Cemil Cicek (L), speaker of the Turkish parliament, offers flowers at a commemorative ceremony in Kushimoto town, western Japan, on June 3, 2015, for the victims of a Turkish frigate that sank off Japan's Pacific coast in 1890 due to a typhoon. Of the 587 people aboard the warship Ertugrul, 69 survived due to rescue efforts by local residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Turkish frigate calls at southwest Japan port on way to ceremony

The Turkish frigate TCG Gediz arrives at Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 30, 2015. The vessel was on its way to attend a ceremony on June 3 to mark the 125th anniversary of the sinking of the Ottoman frigate Ertugrul amid a storm off Wakayama Prefecture that killed 587 crew members out of some 650 on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Turkish leader pays tribute to victims of sunken Turkish warship

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Turkish President Abdullah Gul offers flowers during a memorial ceremony in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 7 for the crew of a Turkish warship that sank in 1890 off the Wakayama town. The Ertugrul Firkateyni traveled to Japan for a reciprocal visit following a trip to Istanbul by Japanese Prince and Princess Komatsu in 1887. The warship was caught in a typhoon while returning home and sank off the coast of Kushimoto. Of about 650 people on board, only 69 survived and returned home after local residents rescued them. (Kyodo)

E

Work begins to retrieve effects from Turkish warship

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Melike Aykut, 81, shows a picture of her grandfather Mehmet Ali Huseyin, who was a noncommissioned officer aboard the Ottoman Empire warship Ertugrul Firkateyni that sank off Wakayama Prefecture on Sept. 16, 1890, at her home in Istanbul on Jan. 28. (Kyodo)

E

Ataturk statue unveiled in western Japan town

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A bronze statue of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is unveiled during a ceremony in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 3, 2010, as part of events to mark the 120th anniversary of friendship between Japan and Turkey. The 4.2-meter-high, 4-ton statue was installed on May 20 near a lighthouse overlooking the wreck site of the Ertugrul, a Turkish warship that sank near the Pacific coast town in western Japan in 1890. (Kyodo)

E

Commemoration of Turkish warship sinking

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Turkish Ambassador to Japan Sermet Atacanli (R) throws flowers to the Pacific Ocean in a ceremony to commemorate the fatal sinking in 1890 of a Turkish warship, held aboard a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer off Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 3, 2010. The surviving crew of the Ertugrul received hospitality from local residents. (Kyodo)

E

Turkish deputy premier meets with Kawaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ertugrul Yalcinbayir (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawabuchi shake hands before their talks in the Diet building Feb. 18. (Kyodo)

E

Turkey says refugees must be helped in Iraq war

TOKYO, Japan - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ertugrul Yalcinbayir speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a Tokyo hotel Feb. 18. He said Tukey must help refugees if there is a war in its neighbor Iraq. (Kyodo)