Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has dominated politics for over a decade, present himself as the man leading Turkey’s transformation into a modern country with a European standard of living and infrastructure. Last year he inaugurated the Marmaray tunnel, which for the first time connects Istanbul’s two sides — where Europe and Asia meet — with a metro link deep underground beneath the waters of the Bosphorus.
The World Football Champions are expected to descend the Champs-Elysées this Monday before being received by the President of the Republic at […]
Videographic on security in stadiums, ahead of the World Cup in Russia.
Biologists say they have devised a new weapon against malaria by genetically engineering mosquitoes to produce mostly male offspring, with the hope […]
A professional sport since 1995, rugby is extremely physically demanding. Over 20 years, players have transformed, bigger and stronger than before, while […]
