The exact location of the tomb of St. Nicholas who inspired the gift-giving of Santa Claus has been uncovered in southern Turkey.
At 74 acres, the ancient city is believed to have been inhabited as early as the 1st century, and acted as a home for 70,000 people.
When the full extent of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria became apparent, rescuers came from around the world and across political boundaries to aid in the lifesaving efforts; and they brought their dogs too. Trained rescue dogs and their handlers came from the US, Israel, El Salvador, Mexico, Qatar, South Korea, China, India, […]
When the devastating earthquakes hit Gaziantep in Turkey, they struck a country where cats are loved harder than perhaps any other.
Teddy bears and other toys fell like rain onto the pitch with 4:17 on the clock in a match between Beşiktaş and Antalyaspor
Dating back to the 13th and 14th century, the bird palaces reflected an Ottoman Empire policy of compassion towards all living things.
77 megawatts of clean energy are set to lap against the grid of Ordu, Turkey, where the largest tidal power station is being built.
Nomads from Uzbekistan didn't need empire or centralization to hold near monopoly power over tin sales in the ancient Near East, 3,500 BCE.
An extraordinary 13-year restoration of a historic bath in Istanbul reopened after centuries of neglect—restored to glories past.
The leopard barbel was once abundant, ranging from Eastern Türkiye, Eastern Syria, Iran and Iraq in the Tigris-Euphrates river system.
A Turkish man with only 212 Twitter posts, recently started a tweet with, "I have an idea"-and it went viral, prompting the president to act on his advice.
This Algerian teenager was in the right place at the right time when he managed to catch a toddler who fell out of a second-story window earlier this week.
Numan Ertuğrul Uzunso pretended to be injured in an outdoor play in Turkey. Then a cute stray dog came up to comfort him.
The ancient Turkish art of "ebru" (or "water marbling") uses treated water as a canvas—and the resulting designs are magnificent to behold.
Loyal dog Boncuk spent nearly an entire week waiting outside a Turkish hospital for his cherished owner Cemal Şentürk to be discharged.
Fevzi Uyar is known as the 'grandfather' of homeless animals: he graduated from vet school in his 70s to look after stray dogs.
Famed for their welcoming attitude towards stray cats, Istanbul residents are building elaborate cat houses for their feline neighbors.
A thirsty butterfly fleeing wildifires in Southern Turkey was found drinking water from an aid worker's palm.
The Museum Hotel undertook one of the most extensive archeological excavations in the city's long history to dig up the mosaic.
Rats are being trained to be sent into earthquake debris wearing tiny backpacks, so rescue teams can talk to survivors.
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