Turkey News

The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, where the opening and closing ceremonies of the Istanbul-Gyeongju World Culture Expo 2013 will be held.

ANKARA, May 23 Medet Unlu, a businessman and prominent figure in Turkey's Chechen diaspora, has been killed in Ankara, according to media reports.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Russia on September 5, TRT Haber reported on Thursday.

Baku is a way for Turkey and the Turkish people to the Caucasus, Turkish Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis said at the opening ceremony of the Europe-Azerbaijan Society office in Istanbul, Anadolu agency said today.

Syria's main opposition group gathers on Thursday for a landmark conference in Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss peace talks with the regime, as rebels on the ground suffer a massive army onslaught.

The two-day strike by Bulgarian truck drivers at the border ended with the restrictions being lifted.

Turkey, Serbia and BiH are building on political and economic relations to expand peace, stability and co-operation in the Balkans.

There are many serious issues facing Turkey, from the crisis in Syria to worsening relations with the central government in Iraq, but lately the country has been caught up in a debate over which beverage can be called the national drink: the anise-flavored spirit raki or the decidedly non-alcoholic yogurt-based ayran? The debate was first launched ... (more)

Aswa, a three-year-old child living in the Kurdish province of Batman in Turkey, will never meet her grandfather, who was killed years ago.

Ankara - Turkey has shut its side of the last border crossing with Syria still controlled by President Bashar Assad's government, stepping up security following two deadly bombings this month.

Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad's sayings that might scrap those it thought were out of date.

Tuition and fees were adopted by the Iowa Lakes Community College Trustees for the coming year on Wednesday.

Turkey's elevation to investment grade last week may or may not be a game changer for its stock and bond markets, but the country is really hoping for a boost to FDI - bricks-and-mortar foreign direct investment into manufacturing or power generation.

Since the adoption of a law allowing foreigners to purchase property in Turkey , the number of foreigners who have bought property there has reached 14,500, according to a report of the Ministry of Urban Development of Turkey, published on its website on Monday.

Krastev and Yildirim, who already held several phone calls, are expected to seek a permanent solution of the problem with Bulgarian tractor trailers in Turkey .

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to Washington last week hoping to get Washington to commit to taking a more assertive stance on Syria, but in the end left with very little of what he wanted.

ClinTec International , a global CRO with a presence in over 40 countries worldwide, announced its intention to formally open an office in Istanbul, Turkey.

Dr. Tolga Tuncer , a native of the United States who was raised in Ankara, Turkey, has joined the center, which is a collaboration of Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare Group Tuncer completed four medical fellowships, the most recent in hematology and oncology at the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson.

Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria's civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad's regime.

Secretary of State John Kerry gave new Foreign Service officers a final pep talk today before they are deployed overseas, many to what are termed "high-threat" posts, like Afghanistan and Libya, where there have been recent fatal attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions.