With its heart in Asia and its head in Europe, Turkey covers a vast landmass and stretches from its European land and sea borders with Bulgaria and Greece to almost touch the Mediterranean island of Cyprus and meet with the Middle Eastern nations of Syria and Iran. More attention is on Turkey today as Matt Lauer is visiting Istanbul on his Where In The World Is Matt Lauer travel project.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) attended the Capitol Hill Armenian Genocide Commemoration event Wednesday and emphasized the importance of recognizing the Armenian Genocide and paid respect to the memory of the 1.5 million victims of that crime.

The Armenian Genocide Museum Institute presents the book titled “And Those Who Continued Living in Turkey after 1915” by Rubina Peroomian, which issued under the auspices of the AGMI publishing-house.

A recently conducted study at the Uppsala University has revealed highly interesting information in the Swedish Archives, which once again confirm the researchers’ view of the events in the Ottoman Turkey during the First World War: the Christian minorities, the Armenians in particular, were subjected to genocide.

This following is my response to an article published by the Turkish press, the article is called "Asimed Urges Wikipedia To Remove "semi-protection" Over Article On Armenian Allegations".

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says efforts by Turkey's top prosecutor to ban the Islamist-rooted ruling party constitutes a move against the "will of the nation."

A major U.S. newspaper is reporting that Turkey plans to invest up to $12 billion in its mainly Kurdish southeast region in hopes of hurting support for Kurdish rebels.

A Turkish court has introduced a new obstacle to government efforts to allow female students to wear Islamic headscarves at Turkish universities.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is in Ankara in a bid to ease tensions following Turkey's military assault against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.

Writer Temel Demirer from Turkey stands before the Ankara Penal Court N2 for his calling to recognize Armenian Genocide.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates will hold talks with Turkish leaders on Thursday to press for withdrawal of troops from Iraq despite the Turks refusal to withdraw its troops.

The Iraqi government has demanded the immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops, saying the five-day incursion is threatening their otherwise friendly relations.