ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police carried out a controlled explosion in Istanbul's popular Taksim square on Saturday, a Reuters witness at the scene said, hours after the U.S. embassy warned there ...

ISTANBULISTANBUL — Turkey’s state-run agency says police have begun withdrawing from a main Istanbul square and have allowed thousands of protesters in. Private Dogan news agency said police on ...

Istanbul's mayor has ordered police to continue operations "day and night" to clear Taksim Square, as Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed he would show "no more tolerance" for the ...

ISTANBULISTANBUL — Turkish police retreated from a main Istanbul square Saturday, removing barricades and allowing in thousands of demonstrators to calm tensions after a crackdown on furious ...

UPDATE: 7:26 a.m. EST — Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Tuesday that the suicide bomber responsible for the blast at Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square was a 28-year-old Syrian, the ...

Turkish riot police fought running battles with pockets of protesters overnight, clearing the central Istanbul square that has been the focus of nearly two weeks of protests against Prime Minister ...

Tourists ride a tram at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Türkiye, July 30, 2024. Taksim Square is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Istanbul. (Photo: Xinhua) A child plays at Taksim Square in ...

Istanbul's bright yellow taxis, ubiquitous and perennially honking for custom, appear ingrained in the daily life of the Turkish metropolis. But could the fast-growing ride sharing app Uber make them ...