The Lausanne Monument was erected in 1998 to commemorate the Turkish annexation of Edirne with a statue of a woman holding a treaty and a dove symbolizing peace. Photo by Asher Kohn Each Friday, Roads ...

After topping the flood plain, a river in northwestern Turkey is deluging bridges, cars, and historic areas. Discharge from the Tunca River, located in the northwestern province of Edirne, jumped from ...

EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — After a year-long, pandemic-induced hiatus, the sounds of the zurna flute and beating drums again greeted thousands of Turkish wrestling fans who returned to the country’s ...

Near Turkey’s borders with Bulgaria and Greece, a new museum takes on centuries of Ottoman rule in the Balkans. Location was key. Strategically situated on the westernmost fringe of European Turkey, ...

Bordering Greece and Bulgaria, Turkey’s northwestern Edirne province, looks forward to slake international visitors’ thirst for tourism with its historical sites, cultural heritage, rich cuisine, ...

EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) — On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys as young as 11 joined the ranks of Turkey’s most time-honored sporting event: the annual ...

EDIRNE, Turkey (Reuters) - Some 2,200 oil wrestlers began fighting bouts at a stadium in the northwestern Turkish city of Edirne on Friday, competing to win a golden belt in a contest dating back to ...

EDIRNE, TURKEY—Kitchen utensils, including a huge spoon, dating from the Ottoman Empire have been uncovered during the restoration of Edirne Palace, where Sultan Mehmet II planned his conquest of ...

The map below shows the location of Edirne and Istanbul. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...