It's 3:30 am and lights are slowly coming on in the homes lining a narrow Istanbul street as people are woken up by the rhythmic thump of a drum. For the past 55 years, Hakan Ozbingol has got up at ...

In the small village of Sarikaya, Turkey, a 2,000-year-old Roman bath is still fed by a local hot spring. Here's how to visit.

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This short tells a story about what would happen if Greece got mad and attacked everyone. Their first victim would be North Macedonia, which whom they have a dispute about their territory. Greece ...

The first historically recorded pandemic is believed to have struck the walled city of Jirash, in what is now modern-day ...

As the US- and Israeli-led war in Iran continues into its second week, Arvand Khosravi, an Iranian American born in Paris, ...

The oldest blue textile in Anatolia has been found in Turkey, preserved for 4,000 years by a surprising accidental fire.

Ashes,' the directorial debut of Syrian journalist Daham Alasaad, follows the dogged efforts to bring Syrian war criminals to ...

For the past 55 years, Hakan Ozbingol has got up at 3:00 am every day during Ramadan to play his davul, a large double-headed drum ...