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 ...

Walking in a straight line between Trieste in the north-east of Italy and Edirne in the far west of Turkey would take you through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and finally ...

Davis, took a touristic trip to Edirne. Davis, after a tour to the Old Mosque ... 24 October Izzet Keribar´s "Journey of Colors" Exhibition at Istanbul Modern Istanbul Modern, Turkey´s first modern ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 44 °F (6.7 °C). Sunny with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph ...

Cloudy with a high of 43 °F (6.1 °C) and a 24% chance of precipitation. Winds from NNW to N at 11 to 14 mph (17.7 to 22.5 kph). Night - Mostly clear. Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts say it’s creating a lost generation of children who have to work to help their families. (AP video by Robert Badendieck) A boy pulls a cart to collect items as he scavenges in the Kadikoy ...

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 ...

A court in Turkey has sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel which collapsed in an earthquake in 2023, killing 72 people, to jail. The owner of the Isias Grand, Ahmet Bozkurt, and architect ...

For more than a decade, Bashar Assad presided over a regime that brutally repressed dissent, fueled a devastating civil war and transformed Syria into a proxy battlefield for regional and global ...

Turkey raised the minimum wage by 30% for 2025, providing a relief to investors looking for concrete steps to dial back populist policies and commit to curbing one of the world’s highest ...