SILOPI, Turkey, July 19 -- Soldiers guarding the heights of Turkey's Kurdish southeast have long used their vantage point to deliver messages to the restive population below, plopping whitewashed stones onto the hillsides to form terse admonitions, such as: "Motherland above all."
Heading into the July 22 general election, Turkey's 73 million (or is it 64 million?) people are awash in figures
Turkey's army heavily shelled Kurdish rebel targets just inside the border of northern Iraq on Wednesday, a Kurdish official said on Thursday, adding there were no casualties.
Turkey’s election is being cast as a battle between Islamists and secularists. But the real struggle is not over whether the country should be more religious but over whether it should be more European--and more free.
The Iraqi government said Turkish artillery and warplanes bombarded areas of northern Iraq on Wednesday. Iraq called on Turkey to stop the military operations and resolve the conflict diplomatically.
Like all campaign buses, the Mercedes coach fizzing through Istanbul's western suburbs comes complete with an impressive sound system. What distinguishes it is that the high, nasal voice blaring out a hip-hop version of a popular folk song belongs to a man who is arguably Turkey's biggest pop star.
Country music singer Chely Wright will entertain troops and their families on a United Service Organizations tour to Turkey and Italy next week. She will play at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on Monday, followed by a show in Izmir on Wednesday.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will arrive in Ankara for a visit after Turkey's general elections on July 22 in an effort to consolidate bilateral ties, Ankara announced on Thursday. Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul made the ...
Mention the name Wayne Bailey to most North Carolina turkey hunters and their eyes will light up in recognition. They may have never met Bailey personally but the odds are really good that they know of the man by reputation.
Voters in Turkey go to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, which in turn will form the new government.