One of the world's most volatile regions was roiled further Tuesday when Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border. Turkey said it hit the plane after it repeatedly violated Turkey's airspace and ignored 10 warnings. 世界上最...
An investigation into the incident is still underway. According to Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti, one of the two pilots was killed in the air by fire from the ground. Meanwhile, a Russian marine was also killed during an operation to res...
The Turkish military have reportedly shot down a Russian military aircraft on the border with Syria. 据报道，土耳其军方在其与叙利亚接壤地区击落一架俄罗斯军用飞机。 Russia's defence ministry said an Su-24 had crashed on...
WASHINGTON, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Wednesday offered its condolences over a deadly coal mine explosion in Turkey, saying the United States was ready to help. Spokesman Jay Carney offered his heartfelt condolences to the families of the...
土耳其总理宣布执政党在全国性地方选举中获胜 ANKARA, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday night claimed victory for his ruling party in the local elections as initial results showed the AKP swe...
土耳其F-16战斗机紧急升空拦截2叙利亚飞机 ANKARA, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Two Turkish F-16 fighter jets scrambled to intercept two Syrian warplanes approaching to southern Turkey, said a Turkish military statement on its website on Sunday...
土耳其解雇350名警察 ANKARA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkey dismissed about 350 police officers in the capital Ankara overnight amid a corruption probe, private Dogan news agency reported Tuesday. The officers were sacked by a government decree iss...
The BM says that the stele entered its collection in 1927, nine years after the collapse of the Ottoman empire, and it had been acquired in Syria, not in Turkey. The Turks were unimpressed. The British Museum has no sense of joint venture, says Ilber...
For most of the 20th century Turkish authorities were happy to lend their treasures for foreign exhibitions and ignored the provenance of most pieces in Western collections. Today, however, the government argues that any object without the correct pe...
Curators in other countries are alarmed at what they see as growing aggression. A leading museum director even described the campaign as blackmail. So what chance has Turkey of winning this new culture war? 其他国家的馆长将这些日益增长的...
