Warhol’s soup cans cast in personal light at Turkish show
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A show of Andy Warhol's most evocative and familiar images at Istanbul's Pera Museum portrays the pop art great in a very personal light. Opened by his...
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Muslims pray to turn Turkey’s greatest monument back into a mosque
By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - It has served as the exalted seat of two faiths since its vast dome and lustrous gold mosaics first levitated above Istanbul in...
Riot police clash with May Day protesters in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber pellets on Thursday to stop May Day protesters, some armed with fire bombs, from defying Prime Minister Tayyip...
Turkish opposition struggles to close gap with scandal-hit Erdogan
DENIZLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition party has barely dented support for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan despite months of anti-government protests, an investigation into government graft and hours of...
Turkish opposition struggles to close gap with scandal-hit Erdogan
DENIZLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition party has barely dented support for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan despite months of anti-government protests, an investigation into government graft and hours of...
Pro-Kurdish party says nationalist attacks threaten Turkish poll
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A spate of attacks on Turkey's pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party (HDP) is harming its ability to campaign for local elections later this month and threatens the fairness...
Freed Lebanese, Turkish hostages fly home after deal
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two kidnapped Turkish pilots arrived in Istanbul after leaving Lebanon on Saturday and nine Lebanese hostages freed from Syria landed in Beirut, completing a hostage exchange after...
Turkey revives Greeks’ hopes by re-opening primary school
ZEYTINLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Four children began classes this week at a Greek school on a remote Turkish island, becoming the first students to enroll here in almost 50 years...
Erdogan angers U.S., Israel, Egypt with Mursi defense
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan angered Ankara's U.S. ally, as well as regional leaders in Egypt and Israel, by accusing Israel on Tuesday of helping overthrow Cairo's...
Former Turkish army head jailed for life over conspiracy
SILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Monday jailed a former military chief for life and imprisoned scores of other senior figures, in a coup plot trial that helped...