Tag: news from turkey

Galatasaray and Juventus meet in Istanbul tonight with Group B’s second qualifying place on the line; while only a win will allow the home team to overtake their opponents, a ...

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader has called for the immediate release of Mustafa Balbay, after a Constitutional Court ruling that theCHP deputy's long imprisonment amounts to a “violation ...

A scarf bearing the stylish signature of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk covers the face of the mannequin and a white T-shirt with a portrait of a smiling Ataturk completes the unusual attire. ...

Brazil current favorite to win; US and England in tough groups. Groups for the 2014 World Cup were chosen Friday afternoon in a glitzy event in the Bahian resort of Costa do ...

Foreign jihadist fighters are using safe houses in southern Turkey to cross into Syria to fight against government forces, the BBC has learnt. A man running one such house near ...

The walls were intended to protect the buildings on what is usually termed the Acropolis, that is, where Topkapı Palace is today. They are believed to have been six kilometers ...

A document suggesting that the Turkish military may have used chemical gas during an operation in Dersim in 1938 has been revealed in a new documentary film.  A senior soldier’s ...

State media pay tribute to South African leader Nelson Mandela as an "old friend" of China who admired the communist revolution. China Central Television's morning news bulletin paid lengthy tribute to ...

Fast-food restaurant workers across the US are staging a 24-hour strike in protest against low wages. Walkouts were reported in New York, Chicago, Washington DC, and also Detroit, Michigan; Raleigh, ...

‘Jerusalem: From the Ottomans to the British’ by Roberto Mazza (I.B. Tauris, 2013, £18, 288 pages) Jerusalem is a city almost entirely shaped by the imagination. Situated in hills without military ...