The Lausanne Monument was erected in 1998 to commemorate the Turkish annexation of Edirne with a statue of a woman holding a treaty and a dove symbolizing peace. Photo by Asher Kohn Each Friday, Roads ...

Near Turkey’s borders with Bulgaria and Greece, a new museum takes on centuries of Ottoman rule in the Balkans. Location was key. Strategically situated on the westernmost fringe of European Turkey, ...

When the domes of Edirne’s abandoned Great Synagogue caved in, Rifat Mitrani, the town’s last Jew, knew it spelled the end of nearly two millennia of Jewish heritage in this Turkish town. Sign up here ...

Eleven people were found dead yesterday near the country's border with Greece. The only person who was still alive when he was found lost his life at the hospital. Turkey says the refugees were pushed ...

EDIRNE, TurkeyEDIRNE, Turkey — After a year-long, pandemic-induced hiatus, the sounds of the zurna flute and beating drums again greeted thousands of Turkish wrestling fans who returned to the country ...

EDIRNE, TURKEY—Kitchen utensils, including a huge spoon, dating from the Ottoman Empire have been uncovered during the restoration of Edirne Palace, where Sultan Mehmet II planned his conquest of ...

EDIRNE, TURKEY—Remains of the Yemişkapani Inn were uncovered in northwestern Turkey, near the Selimiye Mosque. Officials from the Edirne Municipality had planned to build office space, parks, pools, ...