"I am close to you, and I pray for you," Pope Francis told the Turkish people reeling from earthquakes that killed nearly 42,000 people in Turkey and neighboring Syria, according to figures updated ...

On Feb. 6, Turkey and Syria were hit by two deadly earthquakes. The death toll is more than 50,000 and is increasing as the cleanup continues. Over 300,000 buildings have collapsed across 10 cities ...

Commonly regarded as the “birth certificate” of modern Turkey, the 1923 treaty of Lausanne was the last of the peace settlements signed at the end of the first world war. This year’s centenary has ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said the Turkic world would be “incomplete” without northern Cyprus. Addressing the day’s informal summit of the Organisation of Turkic States, ...