Tag: Turkey

Legendary rock band Thin Lizzy will be giving a concert in Turkey on November 11 at Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park as part of the Avea Escape to Music concerts.  The band is considered ...

Zalide Toledo, head of the Association of Israeli Turks Foundation in BatYam city of Israel, said that nearly 100,000 Jews of Turkish origin were living in Israel. Toledo told AA ...

The European Union's annual Sakharov prize has gone to two Iranians noted for their opposition to the government. Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who represents opposition activists and is now in prison, ...

The Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir’s Aviation Park is offering visitors a chance to peruse planes that have been used by the Turkish aviation industry through the years. The museum-park ...

A suicide bomber killed at least 41 people, including five children, when he struck at a mosque in northern Afghanistan after Eid al-Adha prayers on Oct. 26. Dozens more were ...

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has survived political, corruption and sex scandals over the years, but on Friday, a Milan court sentenced the flamboyant politician to four years in ...

Syrian refugees, trying to bring some normality to their new life in Turkey, are setting up schools for their children. But this is not always with the blessing of their ...

Editor's note: Soner Cagaptay is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a GPS contributor. You can find his other posts here. The views expressed are solely those of the author. ...

Today there are complaints that religious holidays are only an excuse to take a vacation. It seems that the Ottomans also used them to take a break. The most researched ...

Does one’s character change? Is it possible for a human being to give up his character and acquire another one? There are several differing opinions but they can mainly be ...