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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A man carries goods at Eminonu commercial area, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024 as Turkey’s ...

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 ...

Image wand can create illustrations from a rough drawing and some descriptive text -- think of it as malleable clip art. If you're a more visual person who wants to try out Apple's generative ...

A blast at an explosives factory in Turkey has killed at least 12 people, a government minister said. Four people were injured in the explosion, which happened in the village of Kavakli ...

Surveillance video has captured the terrifying moment that a cargo ship rolled onto its side at a port in Istanbul, Turkey, sending workers running for their lives. According to Reuters, ...

ISTANBUL, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Turkey's net monthly minimum wage will be 22,104 Turkish lira ($630.36) in 2025, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, marking a 30% increase from 2024.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands as they pose ...

Most of us only eat turkey once a year ― at Christmas. The huge, lean bird took hundreds of years to earn top spot on our festive plates, but it’s remained a mainstay for decades now.