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President Bashar al-Assad issued an amnesty for all crimes committed in Syria "up until today," with the notable exception of "terrorist crimes," state television said today. Assad, who has...

In this scene David Spiegelhalter uses the latest infographics and an athletics stadium to reveal how life expectancy has dramatically increased in his lifetime. Amazingly, the average lifespan is...

The cost of restoring and reconstructing buildings after deadly earthquakes of October 23, 2012 and November 9, 2012 in Van surpassed 3.6 billion Turkish liras. Speaking to the Anadolu...

Publishing industry have been feeding on the frustrations of middle class, leading to a meteoric rise of self-help and personal development books. A recent Turkish movie playing in theaters...

The hate-filled, racist views of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik are the subject of a new play which premiered in a smallDanish theatre. Less than two months after Breivik...

Syrian state television is now broadcasting in six languages, including Turkish, daily Radikal has reported. The channel will now follow the events of the country in Turkish, Russian, English,...

A new EU-grant project at the Yıldız Palace Museum aims to make the museum more accessible to a wider audience using modern technology. "The Treasures of Yıldız Palace Revealed”...

Turkish Deputy Premier Ali Babacan said that Turkey attached importance in a cease fire in Syria during Eid al-Adha holiday. Speaking to reporters after the Council of Ministers meeting...

Turkish fans will not be prevented from unveiling national flags at an upcoming Fenerbahçe-AEL Limassol football match in Greek Cyprus, a group of Yellow Canaries supporters have said. The statement followed...

A key witness in the Ergenekon trial, former head of the country’s intelligence agency Teoman Koman says he has never heard of an organization called Ergenekon during his testimony....