Turkish people

Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaks during a news conference in Riga, Latvia, on October 23, 2014.

Turks can’t read much of their own history, but the drive to change that isn’t popular with everyone

December 18, 2014Culture

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s president, is trying to make the long-lost Ottoman form of Turkish a mandatory part of his country’s schooling. Some Turks are excited to be reconnected to their history, but others say it’s simply part of Erdoğan’s religious political agenda.

Turkish musician Mehmet Ali Sanlikol visits the Nan and Bill Harris Studios at WGBH in Boston, home to The World.

This musical style was once a dividing line in Turkish culture

September 30, 2014Music

How a man in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains is causing chaos in Turkey

January 21, 2014Global Politics

As Turkey’s economy booms and Greece’s sputters, former enemies find themselves less inimical

August 15, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

Turkey cracks down on ‘smut’

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Mehmet Ertegun and jazz

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Bruce Wallace reports on concerts being hosted by the Turkish Embassy in DC. They commemorate a series of ground-breaking concerts organized in the 1930’s by the sons of Ambassador Mehmet Ertegun. Ahmet Ertegun went on to form Atlantic Records.

Turkish immigrants leaving Germany

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Third-generation immigrants, born and raised in Germany, are still considered foreigners. That’s prompted many Turks to leave Germany for a country they’ve never lived in. Matthew Brunwasser reports from Istanbul.

Obstacles for minorities in German elections

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

Polls suggest that a majority of Germans would like to see Barack Obama in the White House…but that doesn’t mean they’d consider electing a minority to high office in their own country. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports.

Turkey: Where politics and religion mix

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Matthew Brunwasser reports on the funeral Tuesday of a former Turkish Prime Minister, now considered the father of political Islam in Turkey, one of the few countries in the Middle East region to successfully mix religion and politics.