On the buzzing Taksim Square of Istanbul, the focal point of the modern city, a giant disused building looms over visitors, its glass windows broken and a few tattered advertising banners flapping ...

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday launched a controversial project to build a brand new opera house in Istanbul, saying the new building would be a symbol for the city. The 2 ...

Turkey will start to rebuild the iconic opera house anew as a cultural center in Istanbul’s Taksim Square in February, according to the culture and tourism minister. “In February, we will lay the ...

Over 2,000 people applauded a performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca staged by the Sofia Opera and Ballet at the Ataturk Cultural Centre in Istanbul on Saturday. The event was a highlight of the Sofia ...

The Ataturk Cultural Centre (AKM), opened in 1969 to realise the dream of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk for the country to be a world-class centre for the arts has endured a chequered, ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday launched a controversial project to build a new opera house in Istanbul, lashing out at critics of the plan and saying the building would be a symbol ...

On the buzzing Taksim Square of Istanbul, the focal point of the modern city, a giant disused building looms over visitors, its glass windows broken and a few tattered advertising banners flapping ...