Standing amidst the ruins of Troy, with its weathered stones and crumbling walls, one cannot help but feel a connection to the echoes of ancient civilizations that once thrived here. The site, ...

Editor’s Note: Gönül Tol is the founding director of The Middle East Institute’s Center for Turkish Studies. She also teaches at George Washington University’s Institute for Middle East Studies and ...

Some ancient Roman sites get all the glory. Ephesus, Pompeii, the Colosseum… these guys are household names and are visited by millions every year. So you’d be forgiven for thinking they’re the only ...

ANTAKYA, Turkey — Yusuf Kocaoglu, a professional guide, leads us on a tour he never wanted to give. The site of ancient Antioch — a crossroads of civilizations and a modern tourist and religious ...

Turkey's quake left millions of people living amid rubble on the streets, with no access to basic sanitation - Copyright AFP/File Yasuyoshi CHIBA Turkey's quake left ...

ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Millions of people across Turkey on Tuesday mourned the loss of more than 53,000 friends, loved ones and neighbors in the country’s catastrophic earthquake a year ago. To mark ...

Heavy fighting between government troops and Kurdish fighters has left the town of Cizre in southeastern Turkey in ruins. Thousands of residents returned to their homes this week after authorities ...

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