Turkey's defense ministry says five military academy graduates and three of their immediate superiors have been dismissed ...

In the Ottoman era, “Turk” essentially meant “Muslim.” A Catholic Albanian, a Greek Orthodox, or a Jew who converted to Islam ...

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With Gulen dead and the PKK weakened – as well as secular parties in Turkey divided and weakened as well – Turkey’s ruling ...

TURKISH Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu slapped down parliamentary speaker Ismail Kahraman yesterday, insisting that the country’s draft constitution would protect secularism. Mr Davutoglu announced on ...

The question looms: Can Turkey preserve ties with the West while pursuing a more independent, and sometimes confrontational, foreign policy? Erdogan's break from strict secularism also affects ...

The rising death toll made headlines in Turkey, a nominally secular country where alcohol taxes have risen sharply under Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Muslim who vociferously opposes ...