Religious and political leaders are decrying Turkey's decision to make Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, known for its Christian origin and as the secular Muslim nation's most popular tourist site, into a mosque. Built as a Greek Orthodox Church nearly 1,500 years ...

HELSINKI (AP) — Finland's leader said Sunday that the Turkish president’s decision to order that 10 foreign ambassadors, including the Nordic country's envoy, be declared persona non grata after calling for the release of a jailed philanthropist and ...

Turkey’s minimum wage outlook is already being gamed out for clues that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will dial back populist economic policies and deliver on a commitment to curb one of the world’s highest rates of inflation. Talks are due to start ...

Turkey on Tuesday denounced as "absurd" a decision by a Swedish prosecutor not to open an investigation into a protest by Kurds in central Stockholm where an effigy of the Turkish president was hung from a lamppost. Last week’s protest outside Stockholm ...

FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits for the start of a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Sweden edged closer toward joining NATO after the Turkish Parliament’s ...

Turkey is awaiting a decision from the U.S. and NATO to take control of Afghanistan's airport in its capital Kabul. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Friday negotiations were taking place with the U.S. over the country's proposal to secure Kabul's ...