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Muhammed Erdogan, the first Syrian turned Turkish citizen to run for parliament in Turkey, in front of his campaign truck.
Global Politics
The ‘Syrian Erdogan’ running in Turkey’s parliamentary elections
shukor in space
Islam and the cosmos
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Economics
In Istanbul, outrage over Zara not paying garment workers
A Turkish demonstrator holds a banner in Istanbul in April 2009. It reads, "No soldiers for Afghanistan. Return to your home Obama."
Books
Eat, pray, admit you’re from an empire
Searching
Conflict
DNA might help him identify his family. But he can’t find a way to give a sample.
Atlanta (left) and her sister Phoenix lounge with a volunteer outside the cargo hall before leaving Istanbul.
Culture
Turkey has a golden retriever problem. America can help.
Elif Koc, 18, shapes a customer's eyebrows at the Twins salon in Istanbul. Kroc is voting yes on Sunday's referendum. But she says the issue is dividing her family.
Global Politics
Is Turkey’s referendum a vote for more efficient government, or a power grab?
A Syrian refugee woman, who is stuck between the Jordanian and Syrian borders, holds her child near the town of Ruwaished, in the Hadalat area, east of the capital Amman, May 4, 2016.
Conflict
What 2017 could bring for millions of displaced Syrians
A Syrian class in Istanbul. Many of the students hadn't attending school for years.
Conflict
Syrian parents in Turkey worry their kids are losing their culture
Two women discuss Turkish politics during a joint rally in Istanbul between the Islamist and secularist parties shortly after the attempted coup in late July.
Religion
Turkey’s fraught history with headscarves
Turkey Refugee Camp
Conflict
Refugees in Turkey will get EU-funded debit cards
Candy shop Istanbul
Culture
In this traditional Turkish candy shop, a daughter takes her turn
PTSD and Guns, Nuclear Security, GOP Convention Tour
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Turkish woman at protest
Conflict
Women are being silenced in Turkey’s crackdown
A man waves a Turkish flag at Taksim Square in Istanbul on July 16 after a coup attempt.
Global Politics
My local grocer knew the Turkish coup would fail. He’s seen successful coups before.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan helps to carry a coffin with a victim of a thwarted coup following a funeral service in Istanbul, Turkey, July 17, 2016.
Conflict
Turkey’s crackdown: How far will it go?
Turkish crackdown begins
Conflict
Turkey detains 6,000 after coup attempt; president vows to purge ‘virus’
Turkey Quashes Coup; Erdogan Vows ‘Heavy Price’ for Plotters
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Michael Ian Black, Puerto Rican Voters, A Lost Future
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REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Global Politics
Some Turks in the US are now too afraid to visit their homeland
Turkish MP: Turkey Nearing Civil War
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Ankara Attack May Complicate U.S.-Turkish Relations, Fight Against ISIS and Assad
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The End of Average, Reimagining Fashion, Westminster Rejects
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Afghan journalists Sayara Samadi and Mohammad Qais Rahmani lost their baby son trying to cross from Turkey to Greece by boat.
Conflict
Caught in the refugee crisis, these reporters lost their child to the sea
Conflict
Death could not stop his drive to help Syria’s refugees
A drawing of Sevval Kilic by Mine Bethet
Justice
The secret language of Turkey’s LGBT community
Prerna Junior High
Global Girls’ Education: Breaking Down Barriers
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Turkish tattoo artist Danny Garcia in his Istanbul tattoo parlor.
Arts, Culture & Media
A Turkish businessman honors Ataturk — by offering free tattoos of his signature