The current administration heading Turkey has announced plans to house gay prisoners in yet to be built all gay prisons. Gay rights groups in the country have expressed concerns about further marginalising LGBT+ persons in a society generally hostile to homosexuality, and where gay prisoners are usually housed in… » 4/19/14 2:51pm 4/19/14 2:51pm

American Biblical literalists are currently spending their time to complaining about the lack of equal time in Cosmos and fretting over whether Noah is sufficiently God-focused. But what's up in the Islamic world these days? Well, meet Adnan Oktar, a.k.a. Harun Yahya. » 4/03/14 4:20pm 4/03/14 4:20pm

SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 16: Alisa Agafonova (2L) and Alper Ucar (2R) of Turkey wait for their score during the Figure Skating Ice Dance Short Dance on day 9 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Iceberg Skating Palace on February 16, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) » 2/16/14 3:30pm 2/16/14 3:30pm

This ad is one of the most viral web videos of the year. It's not short — at three and a half minutes, it dwarfs the attention span most advertisers assume their target audience has. It's not sexy — the raciest thing about the ad is some teen hand holding. It's not star-studded — the main characters in the ad are… » 11/20/13 6:20pm 11/20/13 6:20pm

This holiday season, instead of shoving naked women covered in cabbage down our throats, PETA has released a video that cuts (oof) to the chase about factory farming and animal cruelty. » 11/14/13 12:30pm 11/14/13 12:30pm

For years, the Butterball company's annual Turkey Talk Line—which provides sage (LOLOLOL) wisdom to hapless holiday turkey chefs—has been staffed entirely by female turksperts. Now, for the first time ever in its 32-year history, a few male staffers are breaking through the gravy ceiling and manning the Turkey Talk… » 9/17/13 10:00am 9/17/13 10:00am

In the post 9/11 world, where everyone loves to fall back on a clash of the civilizations explanation for Why We Don't Get Along with "The Muslim World," one group of people tend to get a lot of attention in the midst of the cultural debate: veiled women. They have become the focal point of countless debates on… » 6/26/13 1:40pm 6/26/13 1:40pm

Turkey's prime minister says the thousands of protesters gathering in Istanbul's Gezi Park are militant activists "living arm in arm with terrorism." This photo of a cop tear-gassing an unthreatening young woman in a simple summer dress implies otherwise. » 6/04/13 10:00am 6/04/13 10:00am

There was a lot of concentrated public kissing yesterday in Turkey, which, depending on your threshold for watching other people trade tiny food particles in public, was either an inoffensive spectacle or a reason not to ever participate in a kiss protest. » 5/26/13 12:30pm 5/26/13 12:30pm

There’s no reason to freak out or anything, but you might want to know that the ground turkey idling in your refrigerator is teeming with antibiotic-resistant poop bacteria that are all biding their time until they can hospitalize you after the Friday cookout you’ve been planning for weeks. Yeah, fecal bacteria can… » 5/02/13 9:30am 5/02/13 9:30am

More than a month after the body of Sarai Sierra was found on February near the ancient stone walls in Istanbul, Turkish police have arrested a man suspected of killing the American tourist. » 3/17/13 3:30pm 3/17/13 3:30pm

Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old photographer and mother from New York City, was killed by a blunt trauma wound to the head while traveling alone in Turkey last month. Her family hadn't heard from her since the day before she was supposed to fly home from the two-week vacation, her first ever overseas trip. Sierra hadn't… » 2/05/13 5:10pm 2/05/13 5:10pm

We're going to play a little game because it's Thanksgiving, which means that you're either reading this locked in the guest room next to all the coats at your Aunt Miriam's house because you stupidly got stoned before the feast and could really use an excuse not to go downstairs, or you're all alone eating turkey… » 11/22/12 1:15pm 11/22/12 1:15pm

A beautiful day at the beach briefly turned horrific before it turned hilarious — seaside residents in Turkey's northern Samsun province panicked and called police when they noticed what seemed like a body floating in the Black Sea. Alarums were raised. Boats were commandeered. Somewhere, trembling along in his house,… » 9/23/12 8:45pm 9/23/12 8:45pm

When Madonna accidentally (maybe on purpose) flashed her nipple at the crowd during an Istanbul concert, the world asked Why? Now, it appears, we have answers: Madge's slip was designed to show solidarity with Turkish women as the country's government mulls a very restrictive abortion and C-section ban. Oh, ok. Yeah,… » 6/11/12 3:30pm 6/11/12 3:30pm

Tale as old as time: the theocratic, male-dominated government is ignoring its country's other, more important problems in favor of focusing on limiting women's rights. But this saga isn't occurring stateside; it's happening in Turkey. And the women there aren't taking it lying down. » 6/04/12 2:10pm 6/04/12 2:10pm

Turkey, formerly eager for an invite into the European Union clubhouse, has drifted away from the continent it has played historical boogeyman to in the wake of the Arab Spring, and gravitated towards the more conservative values of an Arab world it sees an opportunity to dominate. As a result, according to the New… » 4/29/12 4:00pm 4/29/12 4:00pm