The Newroz holiday comes at a critical time, as Kurds in Turkey push for peace while their brethren in Syria and Iran fear further conflict.

While widely celebrated, the holiday holds particular cultural and political significance for Kurds throughout the Middle ...

A 110-year-old Turkish woman credits yoghurt for her long life. Discover the science-backed benefits of yoghurt and how Nigerians already consume it as nono and other fermented dairy products.

After thousands of Iranian demonstrators were killed in a January crackdown, Shima Razavi Gacek wanted to keep alive her ...

At the heart of the University of Southern California's campus stands the iconic statue of a Trojan warrior, a symbol of strength, resilience, and honor that has come to embody the spirit of the ...

Eski Foça, a town on Turkey’s Aegean coast, has been shaped by thousands of years of history and conquered by dozens of civilizations. Yet it still feels sheltered from the chaos of the modern world.

A 10,000-year-old Turkey settlement discovered at Şika Rika 5 is reshaping what researchers know about early human ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at what makes people feel proud of their country. We asked an open-ended question allowing people in 25 countries to share, in their own words, what makes them ...

The Turkish president’s two decades in power have brought Turkey to the edge of an economic and social disaster. Since he came to power in 2002, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, now president and leader of ...

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On a trip to Artvin, Turkey, in the Black Sea region tucked on the edge of the Kackar Mountains in the summer of 2018, reporter Fariba Nawa shared a breakfast with her daughters that stayed with them ...