ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The private papers of the woman who was briefly married to Turkey's founder will remain secret, the BBC reports.

ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced last it will restore some 16,300 Ottoman Empire era buildings scattered throughout the Balkans.

COLOGNE, Germany, May 28 (UPI) -- Extremist Islamic cleric Metin Kaplan, wanted in Turkey, has contacted German police through his lawyer, but has not turned himself in.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Editor's note: In this fifth installment of the UPI series on the compatibility of Islam and democracy, columnist Derk Kinnane Roelofsma considers the Turkish c

WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- The UPI think tank wrap-up is a daily digest covering opinion pieces, reactions to recent news events and position statements released by various think tanks. T

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- "Halide's Gift" (Random House, $12.95, 345 pages) by Frances Kazan is rich in the fascinating history of a declining empire and the details of daily life in a harem.

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Before the vast resurgence in American patriotism that followed the Sept. 11 atrocities, nationalism had largely fallen out of fashion among elites in the Weste