Istanbul's religious teetotalers, newly powerful with Islamism's rise, want to separate out the sinners.
A creationism conference on an Istanbul campus has sparked a national debate over teaching Darwin's theory, and over the state's role in education.
A Turkish investigation found that Kurdish children, mostly arrested for illegal assembly or throwing stones, often face abuse in the country's youth prisons.
Istanbul Islamic leaders are requiring houses of worship to treat men and women equally, challenging some traditional norms and raising a few tempers
