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‘No longer safe’ from quakes: Fear of ‘Big One’ grips Istanbul

By Remi Banet The helmet-topped engineer drove his pointy instrument into the concrete to test whether Durmus Uygun’s building will crumble when the feared big...

‘Istanbul not at high risk for earthquake’

Fears of another major earthquake have been rekindled in Istanbul since the February 6 disaster that hit Turkey and Syria, but a prominent Turkish...

Istanbul ‘terror’ blast kills 6; Erdogan slams ‘vile attack’

ISTANBUL—An explosion tore through a busy Istanbul shopping street on Sunday, killing six and wounding dozens in what Turkey’s president said bore the signs...

Anger, defiance in famous Istanbul area rocked by blast

Istanbul's popular Istiklal Avenue was still buzzing with tourists and onlookers late Sunday afternoon, hours after a deadly blast rocked the area.  One couple ran...

‘A beacon of hope’

The recent agreements in Istanbul, Turkey between Russia and Ukraine to release some 20 million tons of grain stuck in the latter’s Black Sea...

Turkey bets on state-of-the-art port to boost cruise tourism

By Fulya Ozerkan ISTANBUL, Turkey―A state-of-the-art port in Istanbul with an underground terminal, a celebrity chef’s restaurant and a shopping center, welcomes yet another 5,000-passenger...

Tiny houses: Turkish tourism thinks small in COVID era

Istanbul"•Gizem Baburhan stepped into a tiny house on wheels she rented in the Aegean vineyards and saw the future of Turkey’s coronavirus-ravaged tourism industry. “This...

US’ Pompeo in Turkey for fraught visit with no official meetings or talks

Istanbul—US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a fraught visit to Istanbul on Tuesday that included no official meetings and an agenda focused on...

Turkey will not stop refugees

Istanbul"•Turkey will no longer close its border gates to refugees who want to go to Europe, a senior official told AFP on Friday, shortly...

Fight to save ancestral tongue

Istanbul"•If there’s one thing Dora Beraha regrets in her twilight years, it is not passing on the 500-year-old language of Istanbul’s Jews, Ladino, now...

Istanbul votes in test for Erdogan, democracy

Istanbul"•Istanbul went back to the polls on Sunday in a re-run of the mayoral election that has become a test of Turkish democracy as...

Istanbul’s veterinarians make city’s stray animals feel at home

Istanbul"•Concerned for the health of a black cat roaming around the university campus where she works, Mevlude dropped off the feline at the veterinary...

Saudi journalist believed killed in consulate hit

ISTANBUL"•Turkish police believe that prominent Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi mission in Istanbul after he went missing on...

Oil, gas still key to energy supply

By Stuart Williams ISTANBUL, Turkey"•Oil and gas will remain central to the world’s supply of energy for decades to come, the chief executive of giant...
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