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 ...

All in all, Andy Ownes believe the total cost was around $300,000, every penny of which was furnished by the Amish. “The Amish do not like to draw attention to themselves and they don’t do anything ...

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 ...

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 ...

Henry says when he saw the homes being built, he had to come by and find out who was doing it. "I was talking to Aaron, the name of the Amish gentleman leading the crew, and Aaron explained to me they ...

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 ...

Eleven people were killed in a blast at an explosives and ammunition factory in the village of Kavakli in the Karesi district of Balikesir province in northwest Turkey on Tuesday, according to the ...

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 ...