ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has for years tempted fate by not enforcing modern construction codes while allowing — and in some cases, encouraging — a real estate boom in earthquake-prone areas ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Dust and ...

Turkey's Justice Ministry announced the planned establishment of "Earthquake Crimes Investigation" bureaus. The bureaus would aim to identify contractors and others responsible for building works ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A fire raged through a 12 ... killing at least 76 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials said.

(WAVY) – A PETA employee from Virginia Beach rescued a cat from the rubble in Turkey and brought him home ... Cutshall found the cat in a dilapidated building that PETA says was leaning just ...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey on Wednesday, shaking Istanbul and prompting people to evacuate buildings. Reuters, citing broadcaster TGRT, reported that one person had been injured as a ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Rescuers pulled the bodies of a 23-year-old woman and a man believed to be her husband from under a collapsed apartment building in central Turkey on Saturday, state-run media said.