Turkey is a predominantly Muslim country, but the rising tension is evidence that another zealously guarded set of beliefs also holds sway. The principle of state secularism was introduced in the ...

A month shy of his 50th birthday the former mayor of Istanbul has led his country through tumult in the neighborhood, war and occupation in neighboring Iraq that Turkey appeared ready to join but ...

This represents a big change from 2017, when only 40% of Turks supported joining the EU and 51% opposed. (It should be noted our 2017 survey in Turkey was conducted eight months after a failed coup ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stands with a military honour guard, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Cavusoglu sent a letter to the U.N. formally requesting that his country ...

STAYING THE COURSE . By Gordon Platt . Turkey has bounced back from a sharp economic contraction to become one of the region’s best performers. Its prospects are brighter than ever. Turkey’s ...

Turkey has long been a favorite destination for tourists, but a recent report has highlighted a worrying trend ...

Turkey’s longest lasting peaceful assembly, the Saturday Mothers/People, relatives of people subjected to enforced disappearances by state actors since the 1980s, has been banned for over four ...

Sixteenth-century Europeans mixed up game birds from the Americas with fowl sold by Turkish traders. And now modern Turkey wants to shed the name because of its negative associations.

Other business sectors are also confident that Turkey will ride out the crisis. Süreyya Ciliv, CEO of telecoms company Turkcell, points to the country’s success in emerging from the 2008 ...

Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that his country be referred to as “Türkiye.” ...