President Obama's visit to Turkey was a balancing act that stretched — like Turkey itself — between Europe and the Islamic world. Much has been made of the fact that this was Obama's first visit as ...

In an Ankara suburb, a new religious complex is going up, promoted as a bridge of understanding between the Sunni majority and Turkey's largest religious minority, the Alevis. But the combination ...

Excavations at Satala in northeastern Turkey have unearthed a bronze bust depicting Isis, an ancient Egyptian goddess whose ...

Observers often portray Turkey’s politics as a struggle between the pro-Western secularism of the founding father Kemal Ataturk and a monochromatic Sunni revivalist Islam personified by the current ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's radio and television watchdog RTUK on Thursday placed a two-week broadcasting ban on the popular television series "Kizil Goncalar" (Crimson Buds), a board member said, as ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered five charred loaves of bread dating back over 1,200 years, each bearing the image of ...

Human rights advocate warns Turkey is systematically targeting Christians for deportation, with President Recep Tayyip ...

HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - A leading ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Turkey on Wednesday to show it was serious about defending religious freedoms if it wanted to join the EU, ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — It’s Sunday and prayer leader Bektas Akkaya is twanging a Turkish version of the electric banjo, working some 200 members of this country’s largest religious minority into a ...

The trip will center on two key moments: a pilgrimage to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea and a ...