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After constructing double-lane highways, the Transport Ministry will now upgrade 70 percent of the railway network to 'double' lanes from its current proportion of just 4 percent. The government will ...

AMC’s cult zombie horror series “The Walking Dead” drew its largest audience in the show’s history, 16.1 million viewers, for the season premiere on Oct. 13, the U.S. cable television ...

Police violence during the Gezi protests might have angered the EU, but its latest progress report on Turkey's membership bid is expected to 'focus on the positive'. By highlighting potential ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks to US and French counterparts on phone about Syria. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he spoke to US and French counterparts on phone ...

The chief cleric of Istanbul’s historical Sultanahmet Mosque requested the transformation of the Hagia Sophia Museum into a mosque during Eid prayers on Oct. 15, saying that his own mosque was becoming increasingly ...

Two Turkish Airlines pilots, who were abducted in Lebanon, appeared Monday on Lebanese LBC TV channel and they appeared in good health. Pilot Murat Akpinar said on the 30 seconds-video, "Today is ...

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has opened its museum’s doors for the first time in history, allowing the daily Hürriyet a unique look into the workings of the organization. The ...

Shiite-Sunni divisions have spilt on to the soccer pitch with Iraq’s decision to boycott the Gulf Cup while the Asian Football Confederation warns the Iraqi government not to interfere in ...

Kurds have a right to self-determination and statehood, but this will not be accomplished through violence, the president of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Massoud Barzani, has said. It is ...

There are a number of people who abandoned their former religion and accepted Islam. These people belong to various races, countries, nationalities, colours and professional groups. Many of these people ...