Sephardic Jews

Some 2,000 Turkish Jews have applied for Portuguese citizenship after Portugal's government decided to grant nationality through naturalization to the descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Portugal and Spain in the 15th century, Portuguese Ambassador to Ankara Paula Leal da Silva has said.

A band plays lively music on İzmir's Kıbrıs Şehitleri Street, a smaller version of Istanbul's İstiklal, in front of the Alsancak Bakery.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has accused Pope Francis of ?joining the conspiracy? of an ?evil front? targeting Turkey?s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), after the pontiff referred to the killings of Ottoman Armenians in 1915 as ?the first genocide of the 20th century.?