The Minoans made wine here in the 20th century B.C.,” said Ergin Ince, the guide that one of my hotels, Six Senses Kaplankaya ...

Medieval Christians claimed that the snow-capped mountain, which stands nearly 4,900 feet, is one of the gates to the nether ...

Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s, the Blue ...

Turkey offered to help rebuild the Syrian military shattered by the fall of the long-ruling Assad regime and Israeli airstrikes, potentially filling a void left by Russia's diminishing forces ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Turkey is hoping for a breakthrough in efforts to end a four-decade insurgency by Kurdish militants after ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share ISTANBUL (AP) — Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey’s banned Kurdistan Workers ...

The cause of the blast in Balikesir is being investigated but sabotage has been ruled out An explosion at an ammunition and explosives factory in north-west Turkey has killed at least 12 people ...

Turkey is a popular source of meat in the United States. In 2023 alone, people in the U.S. ate 4.96 billion pounds of turkey. That works out to about 14.8 pounds per person. It’s also twice as ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Turkey’s central bank lowered its main interest rate for the first time in almost two years, pointing to ...

(AP video by Robert Badendieck) A boy pulls a cart to collect items as he scavenges in the Kadikoy district in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A girl sells flowers ...

Turkey's Soaring Costs Are Creating a 'Lost Generation' of Kids Forced to Help Their Families Get By ISTANBUL (AP) — In a dim one-room apartment in one of Istanbul’s poorest neighborhoods, 11 ...