The Turkish doctor at the center of an alleged fraud scheme that led to the deaths of 10 babies says he was a “trusted” physician.

Doctors, nurses and an ambulance driver are among health care workers on trial accused of causing at least 10 infant deaths linked to a scheme to defraud Turkey's social security system.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Istanbul.

Nobuyo Oyama, the raspy voice of Doraemon, the beloved cartoon robotic cat from the future, has died.

Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Istanbul to protest recent legislation that critics say is leading to the killing of stray dogs across Turkey.

Turkey has reinstated access to Instagram after more than a week of being blocked nationwide.

A Turkish bill aimed at regulating the country’s millions of stray dogs has moved closer to becoming law as animal rights advocates fear many of them will be killed or end up in neglected, overcrowded shelters.

A Turkish parliamentary commission has begun debating a contentious bill to manage the country's substantial stray dog population.

A group of more than 100 pro-LGBTQ+ protesters have gathered in Istanbul in an impromptu demonstration for Pride after the local governor banned their march.

Afghanistan's Taliban have confirmed the resumption of Turkish Airlines flights to Kabul’s international airport.

A Turkish court has sentenced several pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 42 years in prison over deadly riots that broke out in 2014 after Islamic State group militants besieged the Syrian border town of Kobani.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque.

Turkey’s state-run news agency has reported that a court sentenced a Syrian woman to life in prison for a deadly explosion on a busy shopping district in Istanbul in 2022.

A fire broke out at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations, killing 29 people.

Huge gains made by the opposition in Turkey’s local elections have led to questions about the path the country’s long-serving leader will take before the next round of voting in four years’ time.

Turkey's main opposition party has retained its control over key cities and made huge gains in local elections.

With local elections across Turkey days away, legal experts are coaching thousands of volunteer election monitors on the rules they’ll need to watch for fraud and ensure a fair vote.

On Sunday, millions of voters in Turkey head to the polls to elect mayors and administrators in local elections which will gauge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity as his ruling party tries to win back key cities it lost five years ago.

Turkey’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by 5 percentage points, resuming a policy of rate hikes aimed at combating soaring inflation that is causing households severe economic pain.

In Turkey’s version of mini-soccer, amateur teams typically made up of friends or co-workers get together for friendly but intense 7-a-side games on artificial turf.

In the heart of Istanbul, on top of the towering minarets that dot the city’s skyline, 68-year-old Kahraman Yildiz toils away at a craft that has illuminated the Muslim holy month of Ramadan for generations.

Pope Francis has said in an interview that Ukraine, facing possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and not be ashamed to sit at the same table to carry out peace talks.

At least 71 women have been killed in Turkey this year as activists say the country has made little progress in protecting women from abusers.

Turkey's new central bank chief says the work to tame inflation — namely through interest rate hikes — will continue “with determination.”.

Two people attacked Turkey's largest courthouse before being shot dead in an exchange of fire that also left one other person dead and five wounded.

Turkey has seen its fifth central bank leader depart in as many years as Hafize Gaye Erkan, the first woman in the top role, stepped down after just eight months in the job.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during Mass that killed one person.

Turkish officials say two masked assailants attacked a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul, killing one person.

Turkey’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by another 2.5 percentage points.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Turkey is committed to playing “a positive, productive” role for postwar Gaza and prepared to use its influence in the region to prevent the Israel-Hamas conflict from broadening even more.

Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have detained 33 people suspected of spying on behalf of Israel.

Workers using cranes have installed two more restored crosses on top of the domes of Kyiv’s 11th-century St. Sophia Cathedral as part of ongoing repair work at the landmark site.

Turkey’s central bank has hiked its key interest rate by 2.5 percentage points as part of its efforts to combat high inflation that has left many households struggling to afford essential items.

Turkey’s central bank has delivered another huge interest rate hike as it tries to curb double-digit inflation that has left households struggling to afford food and other basic goods.

Turkey's president has backpedaled after siding with a top appeals court that defied a Constitutional Court ruling calling for the release of an imprisoned opposition lawmaker.

Turkey has marked the 100th anniversary of the creation of the modern, secular republic from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire with little pageantry and no gala reception to commemorate the important milestone.

Turkey's central bank has raised its key interest rate by 5 percentage points to 30%.

A top government official says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan supports his new economic team's plan to increase interest rates to lower the country's soaring inflation.

Families perched atop houses pleading for help to escape the deadly flooding after a cyclone hammered southern Brazil in the world's latest extreme weather disaster.

Rescue teams in Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria have recovered the bodies of seven more people following floods after fierce rainstorms.

The head of Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog says it has launched an investigation into claims that digital platform Disney+ pulled a series on Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Major fires raging in Greece and other European countries have advanced.

Turkey’s central bank has raised its key interest rate in another sign of commitment to a traditional path of battling inflation.

Five European Union countries will extend their ban on Ukrainian grain to protect their farmers’ interests.

The U.N.’s top human rights body overwhelmingly approved a measure calling on countries to do more to prevent religious hatred in the wake of Quran burnings in Europe over objections of Western countries who fear tougher steps by governments could trample freedom of expression.

Better known as Sudan Archives, Brittney Denise Parks is an avant-garde violinist and singer-songwriter who describes her style as “fiddle soft punk.”.

Turkey's central bank has delivered a large interest rate increase, signaling a shift toward more conventional economic policies to counter sky-high inflation.

UEFA estimates a global audience of 450 million viewers will watch at least some part of the Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter Milan.

Two opposing visions for Turkey’s future are on the ballot when voters return to the polls Sunday for a runoff presidential election.

Turkey's Supreme Election Board has announced the official results of Sunday's election, with Recep Tayyip Erdogan receiving 49.24% and his main challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu receiving 45.07%.

The Ukrainian government is seeking to extend a wartime deal that allowed the country’s grain to get to nations in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Turkey's Justice Minister says 13 people have been detained over violence which broke out at an opposition rally over the weekend.

Turkey's May 14 presidential election could be the toughest challenge yet in the two-decade rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The main challenger trying to unseat Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in this month's presidential election cuts a starkly different figure than the incumbent who has led the country for two decades.

Iran’s navy has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman amid wider tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Turkey's president has canceled a day of election campaigning to rest at home, a day after he was forced to briefly interrupt a television interview over a stomach complaint.

Fasting across religions is practiced for a wide range of reasons that include spiritual purification and self-discipline.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is seeking a third consecutive term in office as Turkey's president in elections in May, marks 20 years in office on Tuesday.

Women have braved an official ban on an International Women’s Day march in Istanbul, Turkey, demonstrating for about two hours before police used tear gas to disperse them and detained people.

Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish forces have killed the alleged planner of a deadly Istanbul street bombing, in an operation in northern Syria.

Rescue workers are making a final push to find any remaining survivors of this week’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed nearly 21,000 people.

Turkey has railed against a group of Western countries that temporarily shut their consulates in Istanbul, for a second day.

Turkey has slammed a group of Western countries which temporarily closed down their consulates in Istanbul over security concerns.

Outrage over a Quran-burning protest in Sweden produced a second day of protests in Turkey.

A court in Istanbul has convicted the president of the Turkish Medical Association of disseminating “terror organization propaganda” following a trial that human rights groups had denounced as an attempt to silence government critics.

The State Department says it’s adopted Turkey’s preferred spelling for the name of the country — T-U-R-K-I-Y-E.

Economic turmoil driven by inflation of 85% has plunged Turkey into one of its worst property crises.

Turkish officials say suspected Kurdish militants in Syria have fired rockets into a border town in Turkey, killing two people and wounding 10 others.

Turkey's state-run news agency says security forces have detained a suspect wanted in connection with the deadly bombing in Istanbul.

Turkey's justice minister says the number of people in custody in connection with the deadly bomb attack on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul has increased to 50.

Turkish police said they have carried out a pre-dawn raid in Istanbul and detained a Syrian woman suspected of links to Kurdish militants who allegedly carried out a bomb attack on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul.

A bomb has rocked a bustling pedestrian avenue in the heart of Istanbul, killing six people and wounding several dozen.

Ships loaded with grain have departed Ukraine despite Russia suspending its participation in a U.N.-brokered deal that ensures safe wartime passage of critical food supplies.

Turkey’s central bank has slashed interest rates for the third month in a row, making its biggest drop this year despite sky-high inflation that is squeezing people’s finances.

Vladimir Putin’s military draft “changed everything” for the tens of thousands of Russians who have fled their country since the Russian leader’s mobilization was announced last month.

Panic and anxiety gripped members of Turkey's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities when several thousand demonstrators marched in Istanbul last weekend to demand a ban on what they consider gay propaganda and to outlaw LGBTQ organizations.

A conservative anti-LGBTQ group has marched in Istanbul to demand that LGBTQ associations be shuttered and their activities banned.

Turkish pop star Gulsen has been arrested on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” with a joke she made about Turkey’s religious schools.

Barcelona faces another tough Champions League group after being drawn with Bayern Munich and Inter Milan as it tries to avoid a second straight group-stage exit since losing Lionel Messi.

Turkey’s central bank has lowered its key interest rate despite inflation surging to nearly 80% and making it difficult for people to buy what they need.

The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain has set out from the port of Odesa.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is criticizing Greece for allegedly violating the terms of a settlement that has governed relations between the rivals for nearly a century.

Turkish officials say a deal on a U.N. plan to unblock the shipment of Ukrainian grain and to allow Russia to export grain and fertilizers will be signed in Istanbul on Friday.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Russian and Ukrainian officials meeting in Istanbul have taken a “critical step forward” to ensure the export of grain from Ukraine's Black Sea ports to help ease the global food crisis.

Europe’s highest court says Turkey has failed to comply with its ruling that a prominent Turkish philanthropist be immediately released from jail.

Istanbul’s LGBTQ Pride organizers say 373 people detained by police Sunday following a ban on all Pride events are being released.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed his objections to Sweden and Finland joining NATO with the two Nordic countries’ leaders.

Ukrainian singer and former Eurovision song contest winner appealed to Turkey’s president to save Ukrainian fighters from the besieged city of Mariupol.

Official data show that inflation in Turkey has soared to nearly 70% in April, as skyrocketing prices eat away at earnings and put even basic necessities out of reach for many households.

Turkey’s central bank has kept its main interest rate unchanged for a fourth month running even as surging inflation has hit a 20-year high and eroded people’s purchasing power.

A Turkish court has decided to transfer the trial of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, raising fears that those responsible for the death of the Washington Post columnist won’t be brought to justice for a crime that drew international outrage.

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan — when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk — has begun in much of the Middle East, where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent energy and food prices soaring.

Turkey’s justice minister says the government will recommend that an Istanbul court close its trial in absentia against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and transfer the case to Saudi Arabia.

Sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has been seen on the sidelines of negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow aimed at bringing to an end the war in Ukraine.

Greece’s prime minister says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be self-isolating at home, a day after meeting in Istanbul with Turkey’s President Recep Tayip Erdogan and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, considered the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians.

Greece’s prime minister has met with Turkey’s president over lunch in Istanbul in a rare meeting between the neighbors.

Riot police set up barricades and fired pepper gas to block demonstrators from joining an International Women’s Day march in central Istanbul.

Hundreds of people in Istanbul have marched to the Greek consulate to protest the deaths of 19 migrants near Turkey’s border with Greece.

Turkey’s annual inflation came in at nearly 49%, hitting a nearly 20-year high and further eroding people’s ability to buy even basic things like food.

Rescue crews in Istanbul and Athens have dug through snow and ice to clear roads that came to a standstill after snowstorms hit much of Turkey and Greece.