Tag: Turkey

A New York businessman has been charged with trying to defraud Facebook by claiming he was owed a 50% share of the social media company, prosecutors say. Paul Ceglia is ...

This season Pera Museum will be hosting a joint exhibition of Yannick Vu and Ben Jakober. ‘Flash-Back’ contains works of the two artists from between 1982 and 2012 and includes ...

Thousands of Syrians who have fled from the fighting in their country are living in refugee camps just inside Turkey. But some have gone further west to the coastal city ...

Britain’s announces that it is ‘in touch’ with the US over military contingency planning on the potential flashpoints in the Middle East, but insists it doesn’t support any imminent strike ...

Those who founded the Republic in 1923 might well be turning in their graves: their vision of Turkey as a strictly secularist and nationalist state - not just a separation ...

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called for support for foreign-backed insurgents in Syria to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “I incite Muslims everywhere, especially in the countries ...

Ukrainians are voting in a parliamentary election Western officials are billing as a litmus test of its democratic credentials. Polls opened at 0800 (0600 GMT) and pit a main opposition ...

Australian PM Julia Gillard has outlined a major foreign policy plan aimed at improving Asian ties. A government white paper sets out 25 national objectives to be met by 2025, ...

A senior geologist tracking a tsunami expected to hit Hawaii says the first waves hitting shore are smaller than expected. But Gerard Fryer of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said ...

Georgia's parliament Thursday confirmed billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili as prime minister after his coalition defeated President Mikheil Saakashvili's party at polls this month. "We will take care of every single person, ...