Turkey

On Saturday in the Yumurtalık district of central Adana province in Turkey, a mosaic depicting the Greek God Poseidon was discovered, according to the Doğan News Agency. The excavation was executed by Osmaniye Korkut Ata University Archeology Department students at...

A 31 year-old Greek national from the island of Rhodes was arrested in Turkey for transporting 50kg of heroin from the neighboring country to Greece. The young man claims that he had no knowledge of what he was transporting...

Turkish authorities notified the Ecumenical Patriarchate that the license for the yearly mass at Panagia Sumela Monastery in Trabzon is revoked. After five consecutive years during which it was allowed to have Orthodox Christian divine liturgy on August 15 at Panagia Sumela Monastery...

Turkey's foreign minister Melvut Cavusoglu said that the agreement with the European Union on stemming the migrant flow is at risk if Europe fails to deliver visa-free travel for Turks. Cavusoglu warned Brussels that the EU has until October to...

Soldiers that took part in a coup attempt in Turkey, surrendered to the Turkish army that has come back under the government's control early morning on July 16. The surrendering soldiers had created a checkpoint on Bosphorus bridge since...

Turkey's military has officially declared a coup and said that it has "taken control of the country," shutting down major bridges and Istanbul's main airport. The Dogan agency quoted the military on Friday as saying, that it wants "to reinstall...

A film titled "Ismail and Roza," an adaptation from Greek author Yannis Yanellis' novel of the same name, has begun shooting in Istanbul. The project is a Greek-Turkish co-production under direction of Yorgos Kordellas. The film's screenplay was written by Christina Lazaridi and...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew called on Muslims to show "respect" to the Christian faith, on the occasion of the end of the feast of Ramadan on Friday. He expressed "respect" for Islam, however, he called on the same courtesy to...

July 1st was marked as the first time in 85 years when a muezzin called the faithful to prayer from inside Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. The azan call was broadcast from its minarets following July 1's Laylat al-Qadr, or night...

The outlook of how many refugees are expected to reach the shores of Greece has been drastically cut by the U.N. refugee agency, according to Reuters. On Monday, the UNHCR reported that they expect around 248,000 refugees and migrants to arrive in...