Taksim Square, the symbolic heart of Istanbul, was engulfed in black fumes and white clouds Tuesday as riot police firing tear gas and water cannons moved in to regain control over an area that has ...

ISTANBUL (AP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a landmark new mosque on Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Friday, fulfilling a long-time ambition to build a Muslim house of worship in ...

After a night spent under clouds of police tear gas, protesters in Istanbul’s Gezi Park on Wednesday cleaned up the debris, fortified their encampment, dressed their wounds and said they would stay on ...

It was another night of violent clashes in Turkey between anti-government protestors and police. The protest in Istanbul's Taksim Square has been going for nearly two weeks and early on spread to ...

An evening Bosphorus cruise with dinner is the ideal welcome. You'll sail between Europe and Asia, admiring palaces and ...

ISTANBUL — In a scene reminiscent of the Arab Spring, thousands of people on Saturday flooded Istanbul's main square after a crackdown on an anti-government protest turned city streets into a ...

The ones massacred in Taksim, İstanbul during May Day celebrations in 1977 have been commemorated. While fewer people have gathered on Kazancı Slope due to pandemic, their message is as strong as ...

Turkish government leaders are searching for calm. Although the square was generally calm early Wednesday, there were fears of further violence. And I'm Melissa Block. In Istanbul, crowds of ...

ISTANBUL — The skeleton of a large new mosque has risen up on the west side of Istanbul’s Taksim Square in the last year, dwarfing the monument to the secular Turkish republic’s founder Mustafa Kemal ...

ISTANBUL — Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of demonstrators to calm tensions after a crackdown on furious anti-government ...

A trip to Galatasaray was fruitless on the field for Liverpool, while off it their supporters did not fare much better ...

In Istanbul's Taksim Square Tuesday, Turkish police and protesters repeatedly clashed. Turkey's prime minister is scheduled to meet with anti-government demonstrators but more violence could lead to a ...