Where Europe meets Asia, Istanbul is a dizzying array of Byzantine treasures and soaring minarets, bisected by the Bosphorus strait. Though it’s long captivated visitors with its ancient charms, a ...

Istanbul, Europe's largest city, is one of the best city break destinations in Turkey. The city has a mix of cultural influences, and there is plenty to do for families. This Istanbul city break ...

As the only major city that rests in two continents, Istanbul has always been a connector of cultures and a strategic center of trade. Today, Istanbul is one of the top international meeting cities, ...

If I hadn’t been there, I wouldn’t have believed it. Over the course of an evening, I watched a woman catch her hair on fire (it was quickly doused), a group of angels abandoning any angelic traits to ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the first phase of the new Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine complex ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Istanbul is at such high risk for a devastating earthquake that engineers at Purdue University and the Republic of Turkey have come up with a bold new proposal: build a second city. A second, ...

Several earthquakes have hit Turkey's largest city Istanbul - the strongest with a magnitude of 6.2 The tremors - also felt in the Turkish capital 275 miles away - sparked panic as people fled shaking ...

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