Turkey has begun a new phase in restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving ...

The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at ...

Archaeologists debated the age and purpose of the ruins for years — but not anymore. Take a look at their recent finds.

You can wake up in a cave in some areas, pass through Roman ruins at noon, and view the sunset across two continents in Turkey. And here, in this region, these variations are not simply on page in ...

"[The] triumphal arc, which was built in the 3rd century in memory of the Roman Empire's victory against the Persians, looks ...

Myra's oddest claim to fame is that in the 3rd century BC it was home to a bishop called Saint Nicholas, who is alleged to ...

Mehmet Sincar, one of Turkey's first pro-Kurdish party lawmakers, was gunned down in the southeastern city of Batman in 1993 as he himself investigated unsolved killings. His wife has waited in ...

In fact, this grand stadium is considered the most well preserved Roman stadium in all of western Turkey—a significant status given the wealth of ruins in the region. Article continues below ...

New archaeological research is revealing that, more than a thousand years before Britain became part of the Roman Empire, it was part of an ... Spain and Portugal in the West to what are now Turkey, ...

By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London The BBC said on Thursday that Turkey had deported a correspondent who was covering the antigovernment protests in the country, after he was detained and ...

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