Turkey

By Heaven Crawley I stood in the corner of a dusty cemetery on the Greek island of Lesvos and watched a mother bury her child. As the tiny body of a baby boy wrapped in a white sheet was lifted...

Hungary closed its border with Croatia at midnight (2200 GMT) Friday to contain the flow of thousands of migrants arriving daily in the country, before traveling to northern Europe. A final group of several hundred migrants was permitted to cross...

Greek journalist Fani Grammatikogianni’s divorce from the former Galatasaray president and wealthy businessman Ünal Aysal has become the talk of the town in Istanbul. Lawyers for the two parties are currently trying to divide the ex-couple’s immense wealth, which...

Turkey is warning the European Union that 3 million more refugees could flee war-torn Syria and cross to Europe adding to the already huge influx. Currently, there are about 2 million refugees from Syria in Turkey. Also, an estimated 400,000...

Istos Publishing House has published a book in Turkish entitled "Dimitrios Kalumenos'un Objektifinden 6/7 Eylül 1955" (Sept. 6-7, 1955, from the Lens of Dimitrios Kalumenos), which contains a rich collection of photographs provided by former patriarch photographer Dimitrios Kalumenos. The...

A school for Greek children on the Turkish island of Gökçeada will open its doors again after forty years next week, a local official said on Tuesday, according to Anadolu Agency.  The island - formerly known as Imvros - has a...

The Greek side is ready to continue its cooperation with Russia on the Turkish Stream pipeline draft noted the new SYRIZA-Independent Greek government through Greece’s former Minister and Independent Greeks’ member, Terrence Kouik. “We are ready. Now, it all depends...

Interim Turkish Minister of Culture; Yalcin Topcu revealed his aspiration for Hagia Sophia's fate. “Opening the Hagia Sophia to prayers is my personal dream, my goal, my ambition. Although there are several debates over its judicial status, the issue is more...

A memorial Divine Liturgy was held at the Yeniköy Panayia Greek Orthodox Church in İstanbul on Sunday for the first time in Turkey to commemorate the lives lost during the pogroms targeting İstanbul's Greek Orthodox Turks in 1955. Greek Orthodox...

A total of 140 Greek Orthodox bishops and archbishops from across the globe will gather in Istanbul, Turkey, for a five-day event organized at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. The event will take place between August 29 and September 2. The heads of...