Whenever Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held a rally in the campaign for a new presidential system, a picture of a smartly-dressed man with a piercing gaze hangs next to his own giant ...

President Lee Jae Myung on Monday paid tribute to the late Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder and first president of Turkey, as the South Korean leader began his official two-day state visit to Ankara ...

Turkey is commemorating the 85th anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's death, a date that coincides with the centenary of the secular republic he founded. In Europe, Atatürk — a surname bestowed on ...

NICOSIA, CyprusNICOSIA, Cyprus — The withdrawal of a book from Greek Cypriot high school classes over a disputed reference to modern Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on Thursday triggered a war ...

Pope Leo XIV visits Atatürk's mausoleum in Ankara, laying a wreath and calling for peace before meeting Turkish President ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday hailed the founder of modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on the 78th anniversary of his death but added the country's influence should go well beyond the ...

Thousands of years of culture and history converge in this vibrant, coastal city known as the “Pearl of the Aegean.” By Alex Crevar Turkey is basking in the success of players it calls “Sultans of the ...

Can Dundar, a prominent filmmaker and journalist, is a darling of Turkey's secularists. ... Or rather, he used to be before the release of his new documentary about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the ...

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and the first President of the Republic of Turkey, lost his life 83 years ago today (November 10). He is commemorated across the country. The ceremony at his ...

FILE - Turkey's army soldiers parade as part of celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the creation of the modern, secular Turkish Republic, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - A new film that portrays Turkey's revered founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as a lonely, hard-drinking man beset by doubts has whipped up emotions in a country still grappling with his ...

Under normal circumstances, the most important news out of Turkey last weekend would have been a new law that, critics say, represents a blow to the country’s already weakened judicial system. But you ...