SURUC, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and its Kurdish population — for decades in conflict — suddenly find themselves facing a common enemy in the Islamic State group. So it may reasonable to expect prospects ...

Following the victory of Turkey's conservative Justice and Development Party, or AKP, in the 3 November early legislative polls, there has been much debate at home and abroad about the true nature of ...

AMMAN, Jordan — Foreign recruits of Islamic State, eager to migrate to the territory the militant group had carved out in Iraq and Syria, would prepare their staples — a phone, a solar charger, a few ...

Fierce fighting Monday between the Islamic State militant group and Kurdish forces just over the border in Syria brought the battle closer to Turkey, triggering a surge of tens of thousands of ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - When President Tayyip Erdogan opened a new court complex this month, Turkey's senior cleric sealed the ceremony with a Muslim prayer, triggering protests from critics who said his ...

Over the past few weeks, Turkish officials have broken with decades of precedent in what is still, at least nominally, a secular republic: They have begun describing the country's military deployment ...

The eyes of the world are fixed with anticipation on Pope Leo XIV's journey to Turkey and Lebanon. What tone will Leo strike?

During the week two opposed views on Turkey were presented, one in a book* by Clair Price, the other in a magazine article by Edward Hale Bierstadt. In the compass of 234 pages Mr. Price follows the ...

After months of siege by Islamic State extremists, Turkey early Sunday sent an armored column into Syria to evacuate troops that had been guarding the tomb of Suleyman Shah, the grandfather of the ...

As someone who loves to travel — to engage every corner of my world — it makes me sad to see the bum rap that the Muslim faith gets in my corner of the world. ISIS and the Taliban grab headlines. But ...

Turkish authorities have declared that Bitcoin is not accordant with Islam and has warned its citizens against buying the world's most popular cryptocurrency. Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey — A close aide of slain Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Baghdadi has been captured in Istanbul, Turkish police said Sunday. The Afghan national, identified only by the codename Basim, ...