Some of my most vivid memories from my first visit to Istanbul in the 1970s are of the colorful locals. Scruffy kids sold ...

While the Old World magic in many parts of the city has been plowed under by modern affluence ... Facing the Hagia Sophia is ...

For thousands of years, Istanbul has marked the point where East meets West — a true crossroads of civilizations. Once known ...

Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia glowed under floodlights, its minarets soaring towards the night sky. Turkey’s powerful and radical Islamist President ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

Throughout its centuries-long existence, the Hagia Sophia has been a place of worship for many different religions and ...

Ankara’s Roman Baths, the Ankara Castle, the Roman Temple of Augustus, the Haci Bayram Mosque, and the Kocatepe Mosque, which ...

Other popular beaches include the Blue Lagoon in Ölüdeniz and the resort-filled Antalya. For a more secluded option, head to ...

More than a thousand people in Istanbul turned to mosques, schools and other temporary shelters on Thursday after a strong ...

His successors continued to use the title until Mustafa Kemal Atatürk abolished the sultanate in 1922, creating the modern state ... like many other mosques in Istanbul, such as Sülemaniye ...