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.
Videographic illustrating the route of the daunting Route du Rhum yacht race. The skippers set off on Sunday.
Carbon monoxide is sometimes referred to as a “silent killer”. Difficult to detect without an alarm, this colourless and odourless gas is […]
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 the Voyager mission. NASA says Voyager 2 has passed into interstellar space.
