Literature has long been an important component of Turkish cultural life, reflecting the history of the people, their legends, their...

This church near Edirnekapı at Istanbul is famous for its mosaics and frescoes. It was built by Maria Dukaina, mother...

From time immemorial, people, from gut feelings, we instantly become wary of strangers with greedy or mean eyes. We know...

There are many reasons why I do my best to avoid making technology predictions. Here’s one: So much of what’s...

Popular music is to a large extent produced by the consumer generation, or even if not later came on to...

This work, the broadest Dictionary of Turkish music thus far created, is the result of a multi-year project  by an...

The tradition of folklore—folktales, jokes, legends, and the like—in the Turkish language is very rich. Perhaps the most popular figure...

An Ottoman garden party, with poet, guest, and winebearer; from the 16th-century Dîvân-ı Bâkî Ottoman Divan poetry was a highly ritualized and symbolic art form....

Turkey has strategic importance because it is a secular democracy with a majority Muslim population, says a former member of...

Turkey is intent on forming an international platform to resolve the crisis in Syria, Foreign MinisterAhmet Davutoğlu said Feb. 9 while...