Few painters saw Istanbul as Burhan Uygur did, with a mix of tenderness and defiance. Born in 1940 in the Black Sea town of Tirebolu, Uygur studied under poet-artist Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu at the Fine ...

Istanbul, Turkey, residents were shaken by a series of earthquakes that hit the region on Wednesday, April 23, at around 1 p.m. local time. The tremors came on a public holiday while many children and ...

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ISTANBULISTANBUL — For AP Photographer Francisco Seco, taking photos of daily life in cities around the world is one of his favorite activities because it gives him a sense of the people of that city ...

The city. General description and panoramas of the city ; Demograph composition of the population ; Mosques, mausoleums, caravanserails, hospices ; Hippodrome and other places of interest ; Galata ; ...