The region around the port city of Trabzon has many tourist attractions: from the Sümela Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

Two years on from a devastating earthquake that shattered Turkey's southern region, nearly half a million people remain in ...

Whenever Sema Genc enters a room, the first place she looks is the ceiling: would it hold up in an earthquake, or would she ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey removed another elected pro-Kurdish provincial mayor on Wednesday over convictions on terrorism-related offences, the interior ministry said, temporarily appointing a state ...

Turkey removed another elected pro-Kurdish provincial mayor on Wednesday over convictions on terrorism-related offences, the interior ministry said, temporarily appointing a state official in her ...

Turkey Replaces Pro-Kurdish Mayor in Southeast With State Official, Ministry Says ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey removed another elected pro-Kurdish provincial mayor on Wednesday over convictions on ...