Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Better known by his day job of running the country as president of the Turkish Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has found a new pursuit to draw some of his time: Making his own fashion.

Turkey?s semi-official news agency went the extra mile by interviewing a fashion designer and three top-level managers of Turkish fashion brands about Erdo?an?s new sartorial departure.

An outlawed Turkish Marxist group on Jan. 2 said it was behind an attempted attack on an Ottoman-era Istanbul palace that formerly held the offices of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.
      

Turkey has not been very successful in sports recently, but several records in other areas, from massive breakfasts to cigarette smuggling, have been broken in 2014 51,793 people have breakfast together

The concepts of birth control or family planning were most talked about in Turkey in the 1960s and ‘70s; the state developed policies on this. Those who were doing them, were they traitors trying to dry up our generation?

Let us take a look at the history laboratory.

In some party conventions of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), banners in "Ottoman" are being hung.

One was not written in Ottoman. In other words, it was not Turkish written in the Arabic script, it was Arabic. Upon the warning of a former Cabinet Minister Nihat Ergün, it was taken down.

Turkey's recent plans to revive the Ottoman language have found a surprising new outlet, as an Istanbul-based company is now offering Ottoman-related domain names and hosting services.

"Catch the Ottoman trend," reads one advertisement, featuring a Turkish sultan sitting on a sofa telling the viewer to "Register in no time."

Pope Francis has arrived in Turkey for a three-day visit that many are billing as an opportunity to increase dialogue between the Muslim and Christian worlds at a time of increased religious tension.
 

BELGRADE - Turkey's Ambassador to Serbia Mehmet Kemal Bozay has hosted a reception to mark the Turkish national holiday, Republic Day, and said that Serbian-Turkish ties have deep roots and a promising, solid future.

The ties are developing in all areas and are beneficial to not only Serbia and Turkey, but the broader region as well, he said at late Wednesday's ceremony.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been officially sworn in as Turkish president after winning the country's first public vote for head of state, reports BBC.

Erdogan, who served three terms as PM, received 52% of the popular vote earlier this month, and vowed to give more power to the previously ceremonial post.

Turkey's major opposition parties have nominated a single candidate for the upcoming presidential elections by choosing the former chief of an Islamic body.