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Afghan security forces have tackled heavily-armed militants who seized a building near the main airport in the capital Kabul. Officials said seven gunmen had been killed in the five-storey...

‘((CH3)2CHCH=CH(CH2)4CONHCH2C6H3-4-(OH)-3-(OCH3))’ is read as “8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide,” the active component of chili peppers, now the unintended “new” flavoring of a great number of Istanbul’s residents. Turkish cuisine, especially the regional cookery...

Some 23,000 people were forced to leave their homes in the east German city of Magdeburg after a dam burst on the flood-swollen River Elbe. Although water levels in...

As Iran's presidential election draws closer, many Iranians are still deciding who to vote for - or whether to vote at all. Of the 680 candidates who registered to...

A new film directed by Selim Evci tells the story of those who had to leave their house because of the population exchange between Turkey and Greece in the...

A 29-year-old government contractor publicly identified himself Sunday as the source of recent disclosures about secret National Security Agency data-gathering programs, an admission that exposes him to criminal prosecution...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has opened the facilities of the 17th Mediterranean Games, which will be hosted in the southern province of Mersin between June 20 and...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallied his supporters on Sunday in a string of defiant speeches designed to showcase his popularity and quell two weeks of unrest, as...

The collapse of rebel resistance in Qusayr near the Lebanese border on June 5th may not be the decisive battle of the Syrian civil war that supporters of Bashar...

Industrial production increased 3.4 percent in April 2013. Turkey's industrial production increased 3.4 percent in April 2013 when compared to April 2012. It also rose 1.3 percent compared to...