Heterogeneous Turkey shows influences from the Middle East, Mediterranean, the Balkan peninsula, and Central Asia, but it’s much more than its clichéd image of where East meets West.

Some guests died after jumping out of windows to escape the fire. The hotel was close to capacity with guests taking advantage of the school holidays. At least 76 people have died and more than 50 ...

By Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur Reporting from Istanbul A fire blazed through a 12-story hotel at a ski resort in Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 76 people and injuring 51 others, the ...

A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey has killed at least 76 people and injured 51, Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. “We are in deep pain." Yerlikaya told reporters after ...

Welcome back. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, who turns 71 next month and is in his third decade as the nation’s leader, has an appetite for power that appears as healthy as ever.

An initial toll of 10 dead was raised significantly in the hours after the fire by Turkey's interior ministry. At least two people died after trying to jump to safety. It took 12 hours for the ...

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One of America's top egg "brokers" is worried that the supply crisis caused by bird flu outbreaks could be the "worst" that the industry has "ever had in the history of this country." U.S ...