Istanbul

Turkish woman Tulay Gercek stands in front of a vending machine at a busy Istanbul metro station but instead of putting coins into a slot, she crams plastic bottles into a hole.

Istanbul police on Saturday broke up a regular demonstration by Turkish mothers remembering the disappearance of relatives in the 1980s and 1990s.

Canal Istanbul is the most ambitious of what Erdogan terms his "crazy projects" which have seen him transform Turkey's infrastructure with new airports, bridges, roads and tunnels during 15…

Hundreds of people gathered in Istanbul's Taksim to mark Gezi protests that roiled Turkey five years ago when then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government pressed for a plan to…

Flames engulfed a multistory hospital in Istanbul's Gaziosmanpasa district, prompting firefighters and medical officials to rush to the scene to contain the expansion of the fire. The…

Turkish television anchor Ahmet Keser was charged with inciting hatred on Wednesday over comments defending Turkey's Syria operation. He said if the Turkish military had wanted to kill…

More than 200 people gathered in Istanbul on Thursday to protest against the deadly assault on Syria's Eastern Ghouta held by rebels.

Turkish security forces on Friday launched dawn raids in a nation-wide crackdown on suspected Islamic State cells ahead of New Year, remanding more than 75 suspects for alleged ties to the…

Turkish president opened Turkey's first driverless metro line in Istanbul, in a ceremony with great pomp and grandeur as thousands flocked to the opening. President Erdogan on Friday…