For years, Hakan Kilic saved money from working in restaurants as a chef and food manager with the goal of opening a small business. Last summer, the 28-year-old Turkish immigrant rented a storefront ...

In Greek mythology, King Sisyphus was sentenced to eternal senseless labor as a punishment for insulting the gods. Until the end of time, he must push an enormous stone up the hill only to have it ...

Since arriving in Ankara earlier this summer I have been having a cool Turkish dream. No, it does not take place on a yacht sailing through turquoise waters off the Turkish Riviera. Rather, my dream ...

Watching Ali Koç run around a soccer field on a brisk October evening in Istanbul you observe that he is the kind of player that moves well without the ball. He is not particularly tall or fast but ...

If you follow Iranian foreign policy wonks on Twitter you’ll have come across plenty of photos of Qasim Suleymani. The wiry silver-haired general is often surrounded by a cadre of Shia militants in ...

For Melda Hilal Orcan, defeating other Turkish college students in a Chinese-language proficiency competition is just the first step in realizing her dreams about China. A sophomore from Ankara ...