With its strategic location on the Bosphorus peninsula between the Balkans and Anatolia, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, Istanbul has been associated with major political, religious and artistic ...

The moment you step into iGA Istanbul Airport, you realize this isn't your typical layover. While the soaring architecture commands attention, it's the seamless integration of technology that really ...

Investigators are examining whether the family of four from Germany, including two children, died from exposure to a toxic chemical found in their hotel room. By Safak Timur and Jonathan Wolfe Safak ...

Eleven people have been detained in connection with the deaths of four members of the same family from suspected poisoning in Istanbul, the state-run Anadolu news agency said Monday. A Turkish-German ...

A powerful earthquake struck western Turkey on Monday, causing at least three buildings, already damaged by a previous tremor, to collapse, officials reported. The 6.1 magnitude quake was centred in ...

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Istanbul is a city for food lovers. From hole-in-the-wall lokantas dishing up hearty bean stews by the bowlful to sharply executed tasting menus that riff on Anatolian terroir, this is a place where ...

Feride Yalav-Heckeroth is a travel writer based in Istanbul. She's been writing about this city since 2012 and focuses on its culinary and contemporary cultures. Check out her travel tips below on how ...

Jerzy Dudek, one of the heroes of Liverpool’s astonishing 2005 Champions League final victory over AC Milan, said he had been “too scared” to rewatch the famous Istanbul clash for fear of being ...

Istanbul University can trace its origins back to 1453, when it was founded by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II as a school of philosophy, medicine, law, and letters. It has gone through many iterations ...

Ghana defender Jerome Opoku scored the winner in the Turkish Superlig game between Istanbul Basaksehir and Kasimpasa on Sunday, May 18, 2025, to secure a place in Europe for his club. The victory over ...

Istanbul's embattled Ekrem Imamoglu was officially nominated as a presidential candidate by the opposition CHP party for the 2028 elections, a party spokesman told AFP news agency on Monday. The ...