Folklore

Kathimerini turns 100 at what is an incredibly tough time for the country, but also the press.

Police officers dressed as Santa Claus and balloon sellers detained six suspects on New Year’s Eve in the Turkish capital Ankara, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported Jan. 1. Click through for the story in photos...

A Turkish man who presents himself as a "bioenergy expert and metaphysicist" has triggered a social media storm after he posted a video claiming that it shows a "jinn." 

Turkish officials have issued a permit to resume the sale of more than 700 château-style residences in western Turkey, which were widely slammed as grotesque and harmful to the environment. Click through for the story in photos...

The village of Santa Claus is just one of the reasons

We are proud to announce the premiere of the Golden Apple Pilot Episode in Sofia! It will be on November 16th at Betahaus Sofia.

Centuries later, the ancient theater of Metropolis, the city of the Mother Goddess, has rejoined one of its most precious artifacts: The seat of honor with griffins from the Hellenistic period.

A truck with Bulgarian license plates overturned on the Athens-Lamia national highway, near the junction for Thermopyles, early on Monday.

It was not known what caused the truck, which was carrying laundry detergent, to flip over at 7.15 a.m. as it headed south.

There were no reports of injuries.

To allow full excavation of the historic house in Turkey of St. Nicholas -- also known as Santa Claus -- the state must assume control of local land around the site, according to the chief historian on duty. Click through for the story in photos...

A pest species, dubbed "vampire butterfly," has spread to Istanbul from Black Sea regions due to human activities, causing concerns among locals and experts.