Arts and Culture

Turkey's Ministry of Environment has ordered the demolition of a church dating back to the 14th century that was severely damaged in two massive...

Melis BayraktarEditor’s note: This interview was conducted before the Feb. 6 earthquakes that shook Turkey. Relations between Greece and Turkey have been strained in...

Murat Güzel scatters bird feed on the roof as the sun sets over the Antakya restaurant at which he used to work before the...

Melis BayraktarFamous Turkish-German director Fatih Akın in his latest movie, “Rheingold,” focuses on the eventful life of German rapper and music producer Giwar Hajabi,...

The UK-based Financial Times has changed the headline of an article on Gaye Su Akyol, a dissident Turkish rock star who is considered an...

Footage taken from the Bosporus strait on Saturday showed that the top of Leander's Tower had disappeared, leading to claims that a botched attempt...

A number of musicians have expressed outrage over local authorities’ recent move to ban the Zeytinli Rock Festival, which has been held annually in...

Hundreds of people who travelled to the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli to attend a culture festival have taken to the streets to protest...

Alin OzinianArmenians in Turkey, who are mainly concentrated in Istanbul, will celebrate Easter on Sunday at home this year due to restrictions imposed in...

The Jewish heritage of Turkey’s capital city, Ankara, which dates back to the 2nd century BC, is faced with destruction as the abandoned homes...

A 1,700-year-old sculpture of Cybele, an Anatolian goddess associated with abundance and fertility, returned to Turkey after being smuggled abroad 56 years ago, Turkish...

Alin OzinianTurkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, during its last general assembly of...