An Iraqi cleric who led bloody rebellions against U.S. troops but stayed out of public view in the last two years has made an unusually visible appearance in Turkey, which is raising its own profile as a mediator in the region.

European workers feeling the pinch of the economic crisis rallied at May Day protests Friday from Moscow to Berlin to Istanbul.

A roadside bomb killed nine Turkish soldiers in an armored personnel carrier Wednesday in southeastern Turkey, making it the deadliest attack by suspected Kurdish rebels in six months, officials said.

A five-hour police shootout with a leftist militant in Istanbul left three people dead, including the militant described as a top member of a group tied to the Kurdish separatist PKK, authorities said.

Turkish police and up to three leftist militants clashed in an ongoing shootout during a raid on a safe house in a residential area Monday, officials and news reports said. At least nine people were injured, including seven officers wounded by shrapnel fr

Turkish television reports say police in Istanbul are involved in a shootout with leftist militants following a raid on a safe house in a residential area that has wounded at least six policemen.

The global economic crisis threatens to shrink investment in water infrastructure, an already underfunded sector vital to growth and public health, the World Bank said Tuesday

The allegations in Turkey’s biggest legal case are the stuff of a dark thriller: mysterious murders, hit lists, stashed grenades, a plot to topple the government and, behind it all, a network of conspirators with links to the state as well as organized cr

A Turkish man says life is “beautiful” after he survived a collision between a truck and a train that was captured on security camera video.

Turkey’s main Jewish group urged the state Wednesday to prosecute what it called anti-Semitic acts linked to Israel’s offensive in Gaza.