Some of my most vivid memories from my first visit to Istanbul in the 1970s are of the colorful locals. Scruffy kids sold ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during press conference at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Vitalii Nosach) ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The social media platform X said Thursday it has blocked access to jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ’s account in Turkey, complying with a Turkish court order — the ...

ISTANBUL, May 8 (Reuters) - Access to the X account of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, has been blocked in Turkey in response to a legal ...

The airport in the most visited city in the world is expanding its flights this summer, and tourists will soon be able to fly ...

Ahead of the holiday, police arrested 100 people allegedly planning to protest on Istanbul's central Taksim Square, where demonstrations have been banned since 2013. The government is also ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Turkish authorities have arrested 18 employees of the Istanbul municipality on corruption charges, days ...

Sports Mole previews Monday's Turkish Super Lig clash between Goztepe SK and Istanbul Basaksehir, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. After ending 2024 on a decent run of ...

Olette-Pelletier is an Egyptologist and, by chance, his daily walk took him past the Luxor Obelisk, the 3,000-year-old monument that towers over Place de la Concorde in central Paris. One day ...

With dissatisfaction with his government growing, it detained his likely opponent in the next presidential election, Ekrem Imamoglu, the popular mayor of Istanbul, along with almost 100 of Mr ...

Wednesday’s 6.2 magnitude earthquake in the Marmara Sea, off the coast of Istanbul’s Silivri district, dramatically revealed the city’s complete unpreparedness for a major earthquake that ...

A researcher discovered hidden messages called hieroglyphic cryptographies on the Luxor Obelisk in France. Some of the hidden messages were propaganda asserting Ramses II’s power. Messages on ...