ANKARA, Turkey — A search and rescue operation was underway in central Turkey on Friday after a four-story building collapsed, trapping at least five people inside, officials said.

The international isolation suffered by the Turkish Cypriot people since 1963 is a “crime against humanity”, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday. “Those who remain silent about this ...

"The rest of the island has no problem ... in recent years hit the heavily populated northwest of Turkey, in 1999, killing some 17,000 people.

There had been some uncertainty over the group's location and therefore over whether Turkey or Greece should have stepped in to help. Greek authorities initially said the people - who police say ...

"There is no need for war and conflict among the people of Turkey ... visited jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in Turkey’s Imrali island prison on Saturday after the Turkish government recently ...

Officials say that Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Damascus, Syria, next week after a halt of more than a decade.