Sprawling on doorsteps, on café benches, inside hamams: stray cats and dogs are everywhere in Istanbul. Some 130,000 dogs roam the city, while at least 125,000 wild cats prowl its streets. The prevalence of strays across the city is nothing ...

These two boys were playing guitar and singing in a park in the Turkish capital when suddenly a big orange flash of is. They didn’t even notice the blast at once. Then came the sound of a hard bang, and the ...

Residents of the Turkish city of Istanbul has been shaken tonight by two loud explosions. One occurred near the Besiktas football club stadium, the other – at Taksim Square. At least 20 people were wounded, according to Turkey’s Minister of ...

Turkish police reports that identified a suicide bomber as Nabil Fadlı born in Saudi Arabia in 1988, who had crossed into Turkey through Syria as asylum seeker and has visited the Zeytinburnu Migration Directorate on January 5, where he gave ...