Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The doyen of Turkish archaeology, Professor Halet Çambel, who died on Jan. 12 last year aged 98, was honored by Google with a doodle for her birthday on Aug. 27. 

A video message by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) hit social media in Turkey on the morning of Aug. 18. In the video, a man in his mid-forties, an apparent ISIL commander in a typical Jihadist outfit and calling himself ?Emir,?

One of the world?s oldest luxury hotels, the Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah in Istanbul, will host the ?Black Week Turkey? event on Oct. 22-24 in honor of Agatha Christie?s 125th birthday with the attendance of the famous author?s grandson and a number of leading crime fiction authors. 

Jockey Ahmet Çelik rode thoroughbred Renk to victory on June 28 at the Gazi Derby, Turkey's most prestigious horse race.

Twenty-one Turkish three-year-old thoroughbreds competed in the derby for the 1.35 million Turkish Lira prize on the 2,400-meter grass track.

Turkey?s most prestigious horse race, the Gazi Derby, will run for its 89th time on June 28 at the Veliefendi Hippodrome in Istanbul.

Twenty-two Turkish three-year-old thoroughbreds will be competing for the 1.35 million Turkish Lira prize at 5:15 p.m. at the 2,400-meter grass track. The pride of owning a Gazi winning horse is invaluable.

An education official in the northwestern province of Bursa caused public indignation after his account was used to tweet a picture depicting Turkey?s founding father in hell for failing to comply with religious principles. 

Mustafa Karaaslan purportedly shared a picture of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk captioned with a fabricated quotation with the leader?s signature below. 

An 89-year-old carpet, which was gifted to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during his trip to the western province of U?ak, was lost at the newly restored Atatürk Museum.

The museum underwent restoration in 2013 and reopened last month. One of six historical cotton U?ak carpets, the 12-meter-squared carpet was lost during the restoration work. 

"It?s unprecedented, I have two opponents in front of me ?

To understand the transformation of Turkish politics, no day in the recent past could be as useful as May 30, which was full of remarkable meanings and symbols.

Turkey's three leading opposition parties slammed the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) over what they portrayed as a weakened democracy, worsened economy and botched Syria policy during their May 30 rallies.