From boarding to landing, the inflight experience on Turkish Airlines truly stood out. The service was warm and attentive, the seats were comfortable, and the airline meals at 35,000 feet felt like ...

Reporter Fariba Nawa goes on the search with her daughters for the best mıhlama in Turkey. A fondue-like delicacy native to ...

Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque and celebrated Mass on Saturday on the second day of his trip to Turkey as he stressed the need for Christian unity. Leo was following in the footsteps of ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey (RNS) – Pope Leo’s quiet stop at Istanbul’s Blue Mosque underscored the fragile, necessary work of Muslim-Christian dialogue in Turkey, observers said. ISTANBUL, Turkey (RNS) — Pope ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s strongest rival, Ekrem Imamoglu, is facing the risk of life in prison, after a prosecutor requested a sentence of more than 2,000 years for the Istanbul mayor.

Prosecutors accused Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, of leading a criminal organization. The opposition called the case politically motivated. By Safak Timur and Ben Hubbard Safak Timur reported ...

Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of civilization for millennia, from Biblical times, when it was known as Byzantium, to Constantinople during the Roman era, to more than 450 years under the ...

Katie Nadworny is an Istanbul-based writer who specializes in stories at the intersection of culture and politics in Turkey, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. She has lived in Turkey for nearly a ...

ANKARA — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake jolted Istanbul, Turkey’s largest metropolis and financial center, on Thursday, prompting widespread panic in the province of more than 15 million people. Turkey’s ...

İSTANBUL, Türkiye — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred in Turkey's northwestern province of on Sunday evening, sending shocks that were felt some 200 kilometers (125 miles) away in Istanbul. Turkey’s ...

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 demand, ...

Istanbul mayor and opposition’s presidential candidate Ekrem Imamoglu’s X account was blocked by a Turkish court and will be shut until he is released from prison. People hold Turkish flags and ...