Wildfires Are Driving People Out Of Turkish Vacation Spots
Residents and tourists alike are being forced to evacuate Turkey's coastal towns, where flames have blazed for six days.
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Beneath Istanbul, Archaeologists Explore An Ancient City's Byzantine Basements
Below the surface of the sprawling, modern metropolis is a different world. Archaeologists are gaining insights into the city's ancient past by examining the basements of ordinary buildings.
Biden Calls Slaughter Of Armenians A Genocide, Posing Test For U.S. Ties With Turkey
The designation, which came on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, reflects an effort by Biden to set a new tone on human rights, yet adds friction to an already strained relationship with Ankara.
Biden Could Call The Massacres Of Armenians Genocide. Here's What That Means
U.S. lawmakers expect President Biden to recognize the World War I-era mass killing and deportation of Armenians as genocide — even if it makes Turkey angry.
No Country Will Take Them: Alleged ISIS Widow With Kids The Latest Of Many In Limbo
The case of a woman who reportedly married ISIS fighters and is now stuck in Turkey with her young children has become the subject of a diplomatic dispute between Australia and New Zealand.
Syria's Civil War Started A Decade Ago. Here's Where It Stands
The conflict has not only pitted the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad against a band of rebels, but drawn the U.S., Iran, Russia and Turkey, among others, into a complex proxy war.
China's Sinovac Vaccine Is Rolling Out Around The World. Will It Work?
Research suggests the vaccine prevents disease only 50% of the time. But it could still have a big impact. And many countries are betting on it.
Trump Pardons Corn The Turkey, Trying To Show Normalcy Amid The Abnormal
The strange tradition of a president pardoning a turkey before Thanksgiving happened again despite Trump holding few public events since losing — and not accepting — the 2020 election.
'Our Miracle': Girl Survives 4 Days In Quake Rubble, Cheering Turkey
The girl's name is Ayda Gezgin – but officials call her "our miracle" after she was pulled relatively unharmed from a collapsed building.
France, Turkey And The Charlie Hebdo Cartoons: What's Behind The Dispute?
The increased friction follows the beheading of a French teacher after he showed his class caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad. The two countries have sharp foreign policy differences.