Turkish Airlines flight TK1853 was en route from Istanbul to Barcelona before it was swarmed by police, securirty staff and ...

The Turkish Red Crescent aims to reach all 81 provinces with social support hubs while launching the country's first domestically produced plasma medicine to reduce import reliance The Turkish Red ...

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On a residential street In Istanbul, pedestrians and cyclists – and sometimes horse-drawn carriages – share road space with motor vehicles. Photo: WRI Türkiye Cities are complex ecosystems shaped by ...

From Ottoman "cat sitters" to modern-day street guardians, Istanbul's bond with its cats runs centuries deep. In Istanbul, a delicate balance is struck daily in its winding streets, mosques, metro ...

A Turkish prosecutor demanded on Tuesday a prison sentence of more than 2,000 years for Ekrem Imamoglu, the jailed opposition mayor of Istanbul, for allegedly leading a vast corruption network that ...

The Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, once an Ottoman imperial residence, is now a luxury hotel overlooking the Bosphorus. Its most lavish accommodation, the Sultan Suite, costs over $52,000 per ...

Katie Nadworny is an Istanbul-based writer who specializes in stories at the intersection of culture and politics in Turkey, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. She has lived in Turkey for nearly a ...

Demirkaya, who sells fruit and vegetables at a local market, fears the controversial government-backed project will threaten his small plot of land, erasing the only life he's ever known. "I inherited ...

It’s difficult to write about Istanbul without slipping into hackneyed gasps over its history, architecture and beauty. Once the capital of both the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, it was the envy of ...

Hidden in the sprawl of Turkey’s largest city, Kuzguncuk is a slice of old Istanbul on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus. Once a quaint village, it is now a stylish, spirited neighbourhood. There’s a ...

ISTANBUL, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition CHP called on citizens and residents of Istanbul to gather on Sunday, after police set up barricades in areas around its headquarters in the city, ...