Historic Ankara, with its youthful population, still isn’t much of a tourist town – and that’s not a bad thing.

It has made the city a hub of cultures, influenced by Romans, Byzantines, and Ottomans. This history is seen in a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu addresses his supporters in front ...

Istanbul, Türkiye is one of those lucky few cities, with two luxury properties positioned on different sides of the former capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. It makes sense.

Spread across two continents and between two seas, Istanbul is a city of empires past. The Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and Galata Tower are just some of the many historic structures ...

So rich is Istanbul in historic buildings of every stripe, especially Byzantine churches and colonnaded cisterns, Ottoman ...