Turkey’s summer tourism capital Antalya is preparing for a tough new season, with visitor numbers falling and local businesses feeling the pinch

Officials from Turkey and Israel will meet soon to hold talks to mend the strained ties since 2010

The construction site of the third Istanbul airport is seen. Seven of the 12 countries with a population of over 100 million are in Asia. Turkey will join their ranks

At least 15 energy companies want to be part of a planned consortium which will carry Israeli gas to Europe via Turkey, according to Turcas CEO Batu Aksoy, who said the first Israeli gas may reach Turkey in the next five years

U.S. drug maker Pfizer Inc and Ireland-based Allergan Plc formally announced the scrapping of their $160 billion merger on April 6, in a big win for President Barack Obama who has been pushing to curb tax-slashing “inversion” deals

A parole board on April 6 rejected a request for early release for Israeli ex-president Moshe Katsav, who began serving a seven-year prison term in 2011 for rape and other sexual offences

United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) issued a notice on April 4 to its citizens in Turkey against all travels within 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of the border with Syria and to Diyarbakır

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who went to Washington last week to attend a nuclear summit, received perhaps his warmest welcome from pro-Israel lobby groups as he enjoyed the benefits of the recent rapprochement between Turkey and Israel

"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," the blockbuster superhero flick, leapt for a second straight week to the heights of the box office -- although with greatly diminished ticket sales, industry estimates showed on April 3

I came to the “capital of the world” for a panel at Columbia University on a new and highly interesting book: “The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions.”

Lockheed Martin Corp and the Pentagon missed their end-of-March target for reaching agreement on $15 billion in new F-35 fighter jets, but should complete work on the contracts in April, according to sources familiar with the matter

The United States and three allies called for a Security Council meeting to respond to Iran’s recent ballistic missile tests which they say were carried out in defiance of a U.N. resolution

The Pentagon and the U.S. State Department have ordered the families of U.S. troops and civilian personnel stationed in the provinces of İzmir, Adana and Muğla to leave the region, citing concerns over their security

The indictment issued by Adem Meral, an Istanbul prosecutor who seeks up to 24.5 years in prison for Aydın Doğan, the Honorary Chairman of Turkey’s leading Doğan Holding, is full of mistakes and contradictions

An Israeli supreme court ruling barring the government from giving a 10-year guarantee to an American energy firm and its Israeli partner could delay Israel’s emergence as a major regional natural gas exporter, the companies said on March 28

Turkey and the United States agreed March 28 that a political settlement may be possible this year in Cyprus, the Mediterranean island that has been divided for four decades

The number of foreign visitors coming to Turkey tumbled 10 percent in February, the biggest drop in a decade, data released by the Tourism Ministry showed on March 29, as widening security concerns continue to eat into a major source of revenue for the Turkish economy

Israel on March 28 advised its citizens to leave Turkey, citing the potential for further jihadist attacks after three Israelis were among four people killed in a March 19 suicide bombing in Istanbul

Noble Energy warned of the risk of a delay to the development of the Leviathan natural gas field off Israel’s coast after Israel’s Supreme Court blocked a crucial provision of a plan to develop the site

‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ opens around the world this week, featuring four female characters