The ancient Temple of Athena in Side, Turkey, reopened to tourists following a major restoration project, bringing renewed attention to the historic landmark overlooking the ancient harbor. The ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site Gobeklitepe in SE Turkey was visited by nearly 26,000 people during recent 9-day holiday Halil Fidan ...

The ruins of Lagina in southwestern Turkey are home to what is believed to be the largest shrine to Hekate, an ancient ...

Turkey is spending tens of millions of dollars to gain a foothold inside Israel’s capital city and to stir up tensions between Arab residents and Israelis, a new investigative report claims. According ...

Locals, archaeologists team up to protect archaeological treasures in western Turkey. A team of Turkish scientists and archaeologists discovered the remains of a 2,500-year-old Aphrodite Temple in the ...

A Hellenistic era temple which dates back to more than 2,000 years has been unearthed in archeological excavations in central Turkey. The 2,100-year-old temple was found in Kinik Mound, an ...

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin spoke by phone to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday in a bid to help calm tensions surrounding the Temple Mount despite objections from the Israeli ...

ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish archaeologists believe they may have discovered the remains of St. Nicholas — from whom the legend of Santa Claus emerged — beneath a church at his birthplace in southern ...