In a garage in Ulus -- an old, shabby district of Ankara where everything from wooden spoons to blue-jeans and cheese sells at knock-down prices -- mechanic Murat Mert is unimpressed by Turkey's economic boom.
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Across the Modern Age in the Middle East, Turkey has always seemed to be the answer. It's an Islamic country but with a profoundly secular public philosophy. Its answers to the dilemma of who runs what kind of state in the region have seemed to work -- surely compared to Iraq, Iran, Syria or even Egypt.
A school bus driver suffered cuts Tuesday when a wild turkey crashed through the windshield of her bus on Interstate 84.
At this critical juncture, the United States and Europe find their leverage on Turkey markedly diminished.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A powerful explosion Tuesday in a busy commercial neighborhood in the Turkish capital has caused several casualties, CNN-Turk television reported.
British officials have returned a 1,900-year-old Roman ring to Turkey after determining it was probably illegally exported.
A powerful bomb exploded this evening outside a busy shopping mall in Turkey's capital, killing at least six people, injuring more than 80 and heightening tensions in advance of contentious national elections.
LONDON, May 22 (UPI) -- British officials have returned a 1,900-year-old Roman ring to Turkey after determining it was probably illegally exported. Revenue and Customs agents seized the ring while it was being valued at a museum in Derby, the BBC reported.
Dubbing the proposed performing-arts center at Lake-Sumter Community College a "turkey," a private watchdog group said Tuesday that millions of public dollars to help build the facility should be sliced from the state budget.
A 2,000-year-old ring, which disappeared from a dig at Ephesus and turned up in Derby, is returned to Turkey.