Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has overtly presented the creation of a new constitution that would pave the way for a transition to a presidential system as the number-one...

The independent election monitoring initiative Vote and Beyond has said the minor incompliances between its own reports and the official results of the Nov. 1 election had no bearing...

The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has returned to power as a single-party government just five months after losing its majority in June, has drafted a timeline for...

“ was not all engineered by the AKP, but very much so. But it was also very cleverly used. They used the mistakes of the others, like the PKK,...

Turkey’s people voted for “stability and confidence” in the snap Nov. 1 elections, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said following his Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) victory, while pledging...

Renowned Turkish actor Levent Kırca died of liver cancer early on Oct. 12 in Istanbul. He was 67. Kırca had been undergoing treatment for liver cancer at Marmara University’s...

Istanbul’s historical Haydarpaşa Train Station hosted Republic Day celebrations on Oct. 27, with a concert of the Istanbul Symphony Orchestra and an exhibition displaying photos dating back to the...

The Yerevan State Youth Theater, invited by the Theater Boyalı Kuş (Painted Bird), will be performing in Istanbul for its first time in a play that focuses on Edith...

İş Sanat will open its 16th season on Nov. 5 with the soloists of the İş Sanat Shining Stars series at Millî Reasürans. After their impressive performances last season,...

The 9th Ankara Flamenco Festival will be organized from Oct. 10 to 17 in Turkey’s capital. Organized by the Ankara Flamenco Association in collaboration with the Spanish Embassy Cultural...