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Turkish police on Saturday detained over 500 workers as they broke up a protest against work-related deaths and poor conditions at the construction site of Istanbul's third airport, touted…

The Chief of Staff of the Turkish army, Gen. Yaşar Güler, and Land Forces Commander Gen. Ümit Dündar visited the troops near the Syrian border, at a time when Turkey has been in heated…

Turkish security forces on Friday fired tear gas at construction workers at Istanbul's third airport who were protesting dangerous working conditions at the site as it prepares to open for…

Turkey's top regulator of television and radio broadcasts has fined a local TV channel allegedly because of "erotic dance figures of a homosexual nature" featured in American singer Pink's…

Turkey's top court on Thursday turned down a plea to open the Hagia Sofia, an Istanbul landmark that is now a museum after serving as both a church and a mosque over its long history, for…

Turkey ranks first in Europe's obesity rate, according to a United Nations (UN) report based on figures pertaining to 53 countries. The report says 32.1 percent of the Turkish population is…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday ordered by decree that property agreements must be made in Turkish lira, in a new bid to prop up the beleaguered currency.

Turkey's central bank on Thursday announced a surprizing hike on interest rates, in the face of soaring inflation and plunging lira, shortly after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized…

While 65.4 percent of the interviewees applauded Brunson's arrest, 22.8 percent expressed opposition to the decision.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday appointed himself the chairman of Turkey's sovereign wealth fund and named his son-in-law and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak as deputy chairman.