ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived Thursday in Istanbul for his first visit to Turkey as president of Iran.

WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- World-high energy prices have blindsided many countries, including a number in the oil-rich Middle East, none more so than Turkey. In 2007 Turkish domestic production supplied a paltry 8.7 percent of the nation's crude oil and 2.6 percent of its natural gas; price increases since the beginning of the year have severely constrained the growth of the Turkish economy, leaving Ankara to search for alternatives.

Experts are worried that Turkey will soon be hit by an al-Qaida-orchestrated terror attack.

ANKARA, Turkey, April 13 (UPI) -- An estimated 20,000 protesters demonstrated in Ankara against the Islamist agenda of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, police said.

ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A constitutional amendment that would lift the ban on religious headscarves at Turkish universities passed a first vote in Parliament this week by a 4-1 margin.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Why President Bush's French and Turkish visitors to the Oval Office this week are both connected to the Pakistan crisis.

ANKARA, Turkey, July 27 (UPI) -- An opposition party has used a parliamentary maneuver to revive Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's hope of becoming president.

ANKARA, Turkey, July 21 (UPI) -- Polls opened at 7 a.m. Sunday in eastern Turkey for a general election called because Parliament could not agree on a new president.

ANKARA, Turkey, April 14 (UPI) -- A protest by nearly 300,000 people Saturday in the Turkish capital of Ankara was aimed at separating religion from the nation's governmental system.