Turkey

Some 25,000 people from 118 countries participated in the Istanbul Marathon -- the only marathon course in the world that crosses two continents. Many Greek runners represented Greece in the course. Watch exclusive photos and video!

The students of Zografeion Greek school in Istanbul will have the unique opportunity of attending, along with students of Mandoulides school, a musical performance by Dionysis Savvopoulos, a well-known Greek singer and songwriter who originally comes from Istanbul. The event...

New artifacts have been found during excavations in the Bodrum’s Ortakent and Gümüşlük neighborhoods. The artifacts will shed light on the history of the Bodrum Peninsula, known in Greek as Alikarnasos. In the vicinity, the Great mausauleum of the...

Archaeologists discovered three unique mosaics at the Ancient Greek city of Zeugma, in south Turkey, near the borders of Syria. The ancient city of Zeugma was originally founded as a Greek settlement by Seleucus I Nicator, one of the generals...

Mediterranean neighbors Greece and Turkey will hold a joint business forum, bringing together hundreds of participants on November 12 in Izmir, with Turkish Economic Affairs Minister Nihat Zeybekci and Greek Development Minister Nikos Dendias delivering speeches. Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Council, the Greek...

Greek singer Haris Alexiou gave a concert at the Istanbul Congress Center on Saturday. This concert was attended by more than 5 thousand fans, who gave the singer a very warm welcome, singing along to many songs throughout the evening....

Popular Greek singer Haris Alexiou, will be performing tomorrow at the Istanbul Congress Center in Turkey, as part of the Fifth Avea Extraordinary Music Concerts. She is expected to sing some of her old and new songs. Alexiou stated that...

Former Greek Minister of Defense Dimitris Avramopoulos had an informal meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul yesterday. Avramopoulos is currently in Istanbul visiting Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, shortly before undertaking his new duties in the European Commission in...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, as a native of the island of Imbros, stressed the importance of the “Toponym Map of Imbros” in studying history as well as the local idiom. He further stated that the map would help on better...

The construction of the 303-million-euro ($383 million) glass diamond-shaped skyscraper in the heart of Istanbul, Turkey,  is due to be completed. The pompous building will be the headquarters of Finansbank AS and for the Turkish bank's Greek owner, National...