Students packed a suitcase, hopped on a plane, and flew across the world for schooling in another country this summer. From ...

Turkish media report police in Istanbul have seized jewels and antiques worth an estimated $30 million from businesses in the ...

Tourists flock en masse to the Hagia Sophia for its stunning architecture, glorious interior views and historical ...

It's also one of the biggest tourist draws in Istanbul. Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the ...

Competitors take part in a 6.5 km swimming race across the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul,, 2025 ...

The oldest surviving place of worship for Muslims in the United States is a white clapboard building on a grassy corner plot, ...

Craving Indonesian food while in Istanbul? Here’s where you’ll find excellent gado gado, ketoprak, cendol, and soda gembira ...

Pope Leo XIV is planning to visit Lebanon this year on his first foreign visit, the country’s Catholic cardinal said, a trip ...

Since 1972, a brotherhood of monks who have left the Greek Orthodox Church have retained control of the Esphigmenou Monastery on Mt. Athos. “Rebel monks” have effectively been squatting in a monastery ...

Growing up Armenian in Turkey, my existence has never been passive. Rather, it has been an act of resistance.  For as long as ...

The Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God, or Surp Asdvadzadzin, one of the five major holy days of the Armenian ...

Turkish authorities have detained the mayor of Istanbul's Beyoglu district and about 40 other officials. Inan Guney of the ...