Turkey's largest city is a place of grandeur and contradiction, writes Nicola Lamb.

Rising Hollywood star Kodi Smit-McPhee hates war.

Modern history is a presence in Turkey that confronts visitors, writes Brett Atkinson. For Kiwis, though, the welcome is always warm.

One hundred years after a Tauranga mill-hand was cut down by machine-gun fire high on Gallipoli Peninsula, his war medals have been reunited with his descendants.

New video footage has emerged which is believed to show the fugitive widow of one of the French gunmen at Istanbul Airport.

There were some unlikely “Charlies” on yesterday’s march for democracy and freedom.

Isis' vaunted exercise in state-building appears to be crumbling as living conditions deteriorate across the territories under its control.

Friends of Scot Young, the tycoon who died in a fall from his fourth-storey London flat, have claimed that he owed millions of pounds to the Russian and Turkish mafia.

This ancient city teems with magnificent architectural history, writes Nicola Lamb.

Turkish cave hotels will bring out the deep childish delight of your inner hobbit, writes Nicola Lamb.

Would-be jihadi fighters are increasingly booking tickets on cruise ships to join extremists in battle zones in Syria and Iraq, hoping to bypass efforts to thwart them in neighbouring Turkey, said Interpol officials.

The Cricket World Cup and the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings are being treated as potential terror targets by New Zealand and Australian Governments.

John Key says he wants anti-terror law changes to be in place before the Cricket World Cup as Australia issues Gallipoli travel warning.

The US was struggling to put aside misunderstandings between itself and Turkey, after officials in Ankara contradicted a claim by top officials that the two countries had reached a deal to give the....

Little Haifa Sheikh peeks out from behind her hands, which cover her face. She is a dusty wee thing, grime and dirt dotted about her clothes, stuck in her hair.

Kurdish protesters clashed with police in Turkey, leaving at least 14 people dead and scores injured, as demonstrators in Brussels forced their way into the European Parliament, part of Europe-wide....

Isis is close to capturing the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, just a short distance from the Turkish border, after a three-week siege in which US air strikes turned out to be ineffective in preventing the militants from winning an important victory.

A new walking route shows Aaron Millar another side of the country that tourists seldom see.

Leave modesty at the door to get the best treatment at a Turkish bathhouse, writes Megan Singleton.

Travel back in time from the war cemeteries of Gallipoli to the ancient wonders of Istanbul.

The Turkish prime minister's aide Yusef Yerkel has allegedly been given sick leave after being diagnosed with soft tissue trauma in his right leg - the same leg used to kick a protester.

Turkeys Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan punched a man in a supermarket.

Young New Zealanders have been urged by Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae to visit the battlefields and cemeteries of Europe, not just Gallipoli.

A shocking image has emerged showing the moment an adviser to the Turkish PM kicked a protester being held after the coal mine disaster that killed 282.

Justine Tyerman takes a 'virtual' hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia.

Herald editorial cartoonist Rod Emmerson travels the Greek Isles and Turkish coast on a seven-night cruise aboard the luxurious Azamara Journey.

A surf boat crew will stage a symbolic row down Auckland's North Shore tomorrow, as they prepare for a commemorative international race in Turkey next year.