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The Turkish history book Mir’ât-i-kâinât, which is a compilation of a number of books and was prepared by Muhammad bin Ahmad Efendi, who is also known with the sobriquet ‘Nişancızâde’, ...

The death of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has prompted eulogies from around the world, but few of the messages have been as eccentric as the second-coming predicted by Iran's president. ...

Officially Russia prides itself on being a diverse, multicultural country.  So it seemed appropriate when 18-year-old Elmira Abdrazakova -- the daughter of a Russian mother and a Tatar father from ...

Crowds of grieving Venezuelans sobbed and threw flowers as his coffin made its way through the streets of Caracas Wednesday. A somber Vice President Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's hand-picked successor, walked ...

Tawba is the sorry feeling after committing a forbidden action and then having the fear of Allâhu ta’âlâ and having a strong resolution, penitence not to do it again. Repentance ...

A hadîth-i-sherîf reads: “The best of you is the one who makes repentance ‘tawba’ immediately after committing a sin.” The gravest sins are disbelief, hypocrisy, and deserting one’s faith or ...

Sixty-five detainees have been released from Afghanistan's high security Bagram detention centre, a move condemned by the US as "deeply regrettable". The US embassy in Kabul said some of those ...

Recently launched peace talks between the state and the PKK could finally end the 30-year-old Kurdish issue, Sabancı Foundation chair says. The chairperson of the Sabancı Foundation, Güler Sabancı, backed ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey was seriously considering becoming a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as an alternative to joining the European Union. This ...

Today, we are in the most important point in terms of history. We will make a choice, and continue our own way. The most basic thing to realize when making ...