The American author and playwright first set foot in Istanbul in 1961, at the age of 36. Turkey was then alive with an artistic and intellectual effervescence, and for 10 years it became his refuge – a place of celebration and intense literary creation.

Istanbul’s historic buildings, including the Hagia Sophia and Basilica Cistern, are at risk from a major earthquake on the Anatolian fault line.

"This week, by holding talks with Putin and Trump, we will strive to see if we can bring these leaders together in Istanbul," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

Ukraine conducted the ninth stage of the prisoner exchange on 23 July, bringing seriously ill and wounded soldiers back home. Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X (Twitter) Quote: "Today, already the 9th stage of the exchange agreed in Istanbul took place.

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With his signature Dadaist irreverence, the artist blends whimsy with menace and playfulness with subversion to unearth uncomfortable truths of our time.

A Turkish court has convicted Istanbul’s jailed opposition mayor of insulting and threatening a public official.

Turkey’s top opposition leader and Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison for allegedly insulting and threatening a city prosecutor.

Completed in 2022 in Istanbul, . Images by Thomas Mayer. In 2009 Entrepot Number 5 in the Karaköy Harbor was allocated to Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University for the purpose of transforming it into ...

Kuwaiti artist Sabah Asad on Thursday expressed his great happiness and pride in representing the State of Kuwait at international forums