Suzan Fraser

Pope Leo XIV, center, visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope Leo XIV visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque without praying as he focuses on unifying Christians

November 29, 2025 at 12:33 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s iconic Blue Mosque on Saturday but didn’t stop to pray, as he focused more on bolstering ties with Orthodox patriarchs and promoting courageous steps for...

Pope Leo XIV walks as he is welcomed upon his arrival at Esenboga International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, marking the beginning of his first foreign trip. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Pope Leo XIV encourages Turkey to be a force for stability and peace as he opens first foreign trip

November 27, 2025 at 10:56 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV opened his first foreign trip as pope to Turkey with a plea for peace amid efforts to end wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

A man rests in the Retiro park in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Scorching temperatures grip Europe, putting regions on high alert

June 30, 2025 at 8:52 a.m.

A lingering heat wave that has cooked much of Europe led authorities to raise warnings and tourists to find ways to beat the heat on Monday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on forthcoming Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin spurns Zelenskyy meeting but lower-level Ukraine-Russia talks are still on

May 15, 2025 at 4:51 p.m.

Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, but hopes for a breakthrough are still dim after Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned an...

People gather outdoors following an earthquake shock with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A magnitude 6.2 quake shakes Istanbul and injures more than 230 people

April 23, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas of Turkey on Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the city of 16 million...

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a hotel at a ski resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province, in northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (IHA via AP)

At least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in Turkey

January 21, 2025 at 4:01 p.m.

A fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people — at least two...

FILE – Visitors look at sculptures that are part of the Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. One of the world’s most intractable cultural disputes has sprung to the fore again after a Turkish official cast doubt on the existence of proof cited by Britain that it had legally acquired the Parthenon Marbles, 2,500-year-old sculptures taken from the Acropolis in Athens. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Greece is buoyed by a Turkish official’s comments about Parthenon sculptures taken by Britain

June 5, 2024 at 3:32 p.m.

By ELENA BECATOROS and SUZAN FRASER (Associated Press) ATHENS, Greece (AP) — One of the world’s most intractable cultural disputes is back in the spotlight after a Turkish official cast...

FILE – Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, welcomes the Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Old foes Turkey and Greece will test a five-month-old friendship initiative on Monday, May 13, 2024 when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Wary of wars in Gaza and Ukraine, old foes Turkey and Greece test a friendship initiative

May 12, 2024 at 8:42 a.m.

Old foes Turkey and Greece will test a five-month-old friendship initiative Monday when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara.

FILE -Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte shake hands at the end of joint news conference, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Turkey has told its NATO allies that Ankara will back the Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s candidacy for the military alliance’s secretary general position, a senior Turkish official said Monday, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey says it backs outgoing Dutch prime minister Rutte’s candidacy for NATO chief

April 29, 2024 at 7:40 a.m.

Turkey has told its NATO allies that Ankara will back the Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s candidacy for the military alliance’s secretary general position, a senior Turkish official said...

Unas personas descansan afuera de sus viviendas en Düzce, Turquía, el miércoles 23 de noviembre de 2022, luego de que un sismo de magnitud 5.9 azotó la región.

Tiembla en Turquía y hay al menos 68 heridos

November 23, 2022 at 3:45 p.m.

Un sismo de magnitud 5.9 sacudió el miércoles una localidad del noroeste de Turquía, causando daños a algunos edificios y pánico generalizado. Por lo menos 68 personas resultaron heridas, la...

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