Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday extended his wishes for the holy month of Ramadan, expressing hope that ...

While 95% of Turkey identifies as Muslim, that statistic hides the complex story of the Alevis, a diverse community that doesn’t fit neatly into Sunni or Shia categories. Alevis revere Ali and the 12 ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Muslim countries must show a united and clear stance over Israel's conflict with the Islamist Hamas movement in Gaza, Turkey's vice president, Fuat Oktay, said on Thursday, ...

In Turkey, a nation with 99% Muslim population, something unexpected is happening. The country's youth have started a social media trend that's raising serious questions about religious identity, ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has opened the ancient Chora church, one of Istanbul's most celebrated Byzantine buildings, to Muslim worshippers after it was used as a museum for more than 70 years, ...

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Turkey Tuesday, marking his first visit to a Muslim country as pontiff. He backed Turkey's bid to join the European Union and said he believed Islam was a religion of ...

Turkey's new leaders promise their government will still be secular, despite the Islamic orientation of their ruling party. We hear about Turkey's relationship with Iran and Iraq, and the ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday formally reconverted Istanbul's sixth-century iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque and declared it open to Muslim worship, hours after a high court ...

Nearly nine decades after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the secular republic of Turkey, a conservative Muslim has been elected president. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was elected today in a third ...