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‘Endless torture’: Turkish inmate recalls hell of Syrian jails

Finally home in Turkey, Mehmet Ertürk can't eat the bread his wife baked for him. After 20 years in prison in Syria, half of...

At Turkey-Syria border, returning children cross into the unknown

Eight-year-old Rayan Assani knows next to nothing about Syria, but in a few minutes, the little girl with long black hair and a Barbie...

Rebel advance fuels dreams of home among İstanbul’s Syrians

Wafaa Omar spent eight months in a Syrian jail in 2014 before being released. The English teacher has lived in İstanbul ever since but...

Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino slams Turkish ban on his film ‘Queer’

Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino on Saturday criticized a recent decision to ban his film "Queer" in Turkey, vowing to "fight any institution that wants...

For Ceyda: a Turkish mother’s fight for justice for murdered daughter

Filiz Demiral was at home in İstanbul when she got the phone call in August 2020 that would turn her life upside down: Her...

İstanbul’s historic baths keep hamam tradition alive

For centuries, hamams were central to Ottoman society, and while they fell out of use in Turkey with the advent of running water, many...

At İstanbul church, blessed spring offers hope to Christians and Muslims

The queue outside İstanbul's Our Lady of Vefa church stretched more than 200 meters, made up of Christians and Muslims chatting animatedly as they...

Locals toil as experts toast Turkish wine renaissance

As the evening light falls on her vineyards in northwestern Turkey, Zeynep Arca Sallıel pinches the grapes and tastes the skin. It is harvest...

Hungry times for İstanbul’s street food sellers

The enticing smell of grilled corn and chestnuts wafted from Hakan Deniz's red and gold food cart near a mosque in İstanbul's old city....

Turkey’s top Kurdish football club resists hatred

The slurs shouted by the ultras of a football club in northwest Turkey at their Kurdish rivals is just one way that the decades-old...

Modesty the aim for Turkey’s Olympic shooting sensation

Yusuf Dikeç may have an Olympic medal and a legion of adoring online fans, but the Turkish pistol sharpshooter is aiming to keep his...

Jailed Kurdish leader’s correspondence with prominent writer produces Turkish bestseller

A jailed Kurdish leader and a Turkish writer on the other side of the bars have used their correspondence to write one of Turkey's...

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