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Ottoman book art was rooted in the traditions of the wider Islamic world, but evolved and diversified in Ottoman territories. Traditions were adapted to Ottoman taste and flourished under...

An 80,000-square-meter miniature park is to be established by the Central Anatolian province of Konya’s Meram Municipality and will feature models of 120 historical artifacts in Turkey and abroad....

The BDP gets involved on all fronts in an effort to produce peace in Turkey as talks on the Kurdish issue begin with group head Abdullah Öcalan. A hectic...

Ankara has issued a strong attack on the European Union (EU) for what it calls a "bigoted" assessment of Turkey in its report on EU membership requirements published in...

Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, and Antalya, the heart of the sun-and-sea tourism in the country attract some 80 percent of tourists to Turkey despite ongoing efforts to diversify destinations....

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has dismissed Syrian media claims that Turkish pilots were caught after trying to infiltrate a military airport, saying such reports were "absolutely untrue." "We...

Nato has begun to deploy Patriot missiles to Turkey to help Turkish troops repel attacks by missiles or aircraft from neighbouring Syria. The US European Command said its troops...

Plans are underway to bottle cold spring water believed to heal skin and eye diseases from the village of Zeytinliada, which is home to the Mother Mary Church. Excavations...

In 2012, corruption watchdog Transparency International reported that two-thirds of the world's countries may be considered "highly corrupt." It would seem tough to choose someone for the dubious honor...

2012 has been a momentous year for Turkish foreign policy especially in terms of its relationship with its neighbors. Foreign Minister Davutoglu’s conception of “zero problems with neighbors” has...