Security forces on Tuesday detained 26 people in separate operations against the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ), the culprit of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. In one operation base...

Turkish police on Tuesday shared footage from a hostage rescue operation in Istanbul after a gang of Pakistani nationals was apprehended. The six suspects have been arrested on cha...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced an end to the requirement for wearing protective masks at indoor venues, ending the most enduring ban related to the COVID-19 pandemic. How...

Wild goats or mountain goats, a symbol of the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli, which they have called home for centuries, are now roaming the mountains without fear. For the fi...

Turkish scientists are stunned by the lengthy journey of a bird tagged with a GPS tracking device in 2020. Over the last two years, a pallid harrier made an incredible journey of...

After it appeared last year for the first time, notorious marine mucilage, also known as sea snot, has reappeared off the coast of Istanbul this week. Although it is not yet as den...

A single-engine plane crashed on Monday in a residential area in Bursa, a northwestern Turkish province. The plane was flying near Yunuseli Airport, a hub for training flights when...

As violent dog attacks continue to make headlines almost every day, Turkey’s efforts for sterilization, viewed as a solution to the problem, continues. Agriculture and Forestry Min...

In Kayaşehir, a historical rock-carved hillside settlement in central Turkey's Nevşehir, a 186-meter (610-feet) tunnel that has been cleaned since 2015 will welcome tourists f...

Istanbul University, one of the oldest in Turkey, is scheduled to organize a university admission exam in June in 38 countries. The Istanbul University Exam for International Stude...

A smile on a child's face is priceless, and women in Adana agree, with the Adana Advanced Technical School for women working to put a smile on the faces of children as part of...

Duygu Yılmaz made it onto Junior Chamber International's (JCI) 'Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World' list in 2019 thanks to her unusual work: turning olive pits into bi...

Starting in the early hours of Monday, people of three nations, together and separately at times, remembered their ancestors who fought a fateful battle 107 years ago. Travelers f...

WhatsApp messages between a Turkish prosecutor and a former police officer who was his alleged cohort in a network involving Turks and Iranian intelligence operatives show how they...

Though Ramadan is mainly known as an Islamic month where the faithful fast, it is beyond that for Muslims. A month of charity where the generosity is highlighted, it also includes...

The number of people killed in traffic accidents across Turkey between January and the end of March this year was 394, according to official figures. The fatalities appear high, th...

The 107th anniversary of the Çanakkale Land Battles, an important chapter in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I, was marked on Sunday in the eponymous western Turkish province....

The Orthodox Christian community of Turkey, mainly composed of Greek and Armenian Turkish nationals, observed Easter Sunday in the early hours of the day with religious services....

In Cappadocia, a tourism center known for its historical, cultural, and natural riches, Turkish flags and Atatürk posters were hung on the baskets of hot air balloons that allow to...

Anıtkabir, the final resting place of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic, was flooded by visitors on the occasion of April 23 National Sovereignty and Children'...

A court in Istanbul on Friday handed down a life sentence for C.G.B (identified by initials), a man convicted of slaying a young woman with a samurai sword in the city last year....

People flocked to Hırka-ı Şerif Mosque in Istanbul’s Fatih district on Friday as an heirloom of the Prophet Muhammad was put back on display after two years. The cloak worn by the...

Doctors of the World, a Turkish nongovernmental organization based in Istanbul, reached out to Ukrainian refugees who took shelter in Moldova. The charity started the delivery of h...

Syrian migrants will not be allowed to visit northern Syria during the upcoming Ramadan Bayram (Eid al-Fitr) holidays, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said Friday. Speaking in a...

A Turkish court is expected to reach a verdict in a hearing beginning on Friday in a long-running case against jailed businessperson Osman Kavala and 15 others that has strained An...

Laughter is the best medicine they say, and for children, it can prove crucial as a brief moment of joy can have an enormous positive impact. That thought was in the back of the mi...

The Turkish diaspora in France expects solutions to a range of issues, including the rising cost of living, freedoms under threat and social security from Sunday’s presidential ele...

The future of nearly 5 million migrants, mostly Syrians, in Turkey has sparked heated debate in Turkish politics in recent days ahead of the upcoming Ramadan Bayram (Eid al-Fitr) h...

I recently made a significant lifestyle change here in Turkey, which involved a deep reassessment of my values. You see, while I may have grown up in Los Angeles, in my adult life...

April 23 marks National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, which was gifted to children by Turkey's founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk who believed that the future relies on t...

An investigation into a network of suspects, from a prosecutor to businesspeople, accused of helping Iranian intelligence in Turkey concluded with an indictment. The indictment ask...

From Gordon Ramsay to Marco Pierre White, many know a few Michelin star chefs or restaurants. The famed rating system has been around the world in several countries and cities and...

Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced on Thursday that Schoko Bons, a chocolate product of the Kinder brand, will be partially recalled, after reports of a salmon...

The transfer of the case over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia does not rule out Turkish courts’ right to have a say in the case, Justice Minister Bekir Bo...

A group of university students from a cave explorers’ club made the day of children undergoing treatment at a hospital in northwestern Turkey. Rappeling down the facade of the hosp...

Hakvan is the latest resident of an animal rehabilitation center in the eastern Turkish province of Van. The bear cub was brought there from Hakkari, a nearby province on the Turki...

In northwestern Turkey's Edirne, in the small district of Kemalköy, three brothers are keeping a tradition passed down from their grandfather alive as they continue to use the...

A festival in Istanbul brought together children from different countries ahead of Saturday’s National Sovereignty and Children’s Day observed in Turkey. In its 13th edition, the a...

The government will soon start a trial run of a vehicle surveillance system using bluetooth technology, which will allow it to better monitor urban traffic and create solutions to...

It took less than two months for Turkey to construct two fully equipped hospitals in Istanbul in response to the emergency stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Istanbul was...

TRT World Forum, a subsidiary of Turkish public broadcaster TRT World, has announced NEXT, a special youth event designed to tackle major issues facing the global community. The fu...

A once-in-a-decade ritual has begun to make chrism, a consecrated oil used in religious services by the Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. Hagion Miron as it is called is being pre...

Istanbul's taxi drivers, who have made headlines in the past due to their physical assults on customers, drew public ire again after the footage of such an incident emerged on...

Guns are an inseparable part of life in Turkey's Black Sea region, perhaps more so than any other place in the country. In this hub of firearms production, guns are prized by...

Yunus Emre Institute (YEE) London will celebrate April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day with the traditional shadow play “Karagöz and Hacivat.” This year marks the...

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) published its 'Statistics on Children' report on Wednesday, ahead of April 23, which is celebrated as National Sovereignty and Children...

Even though it has been more than 60 years since they settled in Germany, the Turkish community still faces threats and encounters issues such as racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia a...

For some, it is a verse from the Quran or sometimes a quote by a Sufi mystic. The things that drive people to Islam are diverse and for Abel Buzarquis, it was a visit to an Ottoman...

One person was killed and four others were injured after an explosion hit a bus carrying prison guards in the northwestern province of Bursa on Wednesday. The shuttle bus was trans...

A pack of dogs were found fighting for their lives in an empty lot in the western province of Manisa early Tuesday. The poisoned animals were taken to an animal hospital. Gendarmer...