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Even journalists living in this year's host city of Istanbul are a bit perplexed about the event we've dubbed 'waterpalooza.' But what everyone seems to agree on is that water is more important than ever.

Each summer, thousands of visitors throng Turkey's popular Mediterranean resorts. But some local groups are now trying to attract a different type of tourist -- one who'd rather cycle historic mountain paths than sip cocktails under a beach umbrella.

Americans aren't the only ones newly enamored of high-speed rail. Turkey's first fast train makes its official debut this week, but railway officials are already

On average, Turkey's 72 million people use two to three times more energy on heating, per

Amid the over-upholstered and garishly gilded furniture at the Istanbul Decoration and Design Fair hid some ingenious gems -- designers working with recycled and alternative materials and creating multi-purpose furniture for small spaces.

Almost 3,500 years of urban history have made Izmir into the city it is today--sprawling, built-up, and traffic-clogged. Not a place you'd expect to see

When my friend Kelly said she was taking her broken TV to the "television hospital," I laughed. But she wasn't kidding. Her Istanbul neighborhood is full of TV

Turkey's "Prince of Pop" has been breaking hearts and turning out hits for well over a decade, and last fall he capitalized on his stardom by releasing a single to benefit a campaign to stop construction of the Ilısu Dam.

This month saw the Turkish Parliament finally ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. But there were plenty of

Why didn't anyone think of this before? Instead throwing out crumbs or carefully collecting them for the birds, this self-cleaning bread board delivers them directly to the bird. I mean, it has to be the greatest thing since, well, sliced

Local elections are coming up next month in Turkey, and so far we've seen politicians' opponents accuse them of grandstanding for votes by storming out of a debate

On a blustery winter's day last weekend, a small group of activists in eastern Turkey left notes on the doors of their shops

When environmentalists assessed the state of Turkey's wetlands earlier this month, they were not optimistic. But despite the threats faced, there are some bright spots too.

They probably won't push the latest futbol scores off of the front page anytime soon, but articles about environmental issues are becoming more common in Turkish newspapers,

As I sip on an 'immunity-boosting' smoothie and nibble at flaxseed tacos, the conversations going on around me are all in Turkish, but the food seems decidedly Californian. In some ways, that's been a hard combination for Istanbul to swallow.

Rather than standing in the way of progress, as those wanting to 'clean them up' often claim, so-called slums could be a model for the future -- at least according to controversial comments made by Prince Charles last week.

The United States has a little less company in the Kyoto hold-outs club now that the Turkish parliament has ratified the international global-warming protocol.

Environmentalists in Turkey have had mixed results in their efforts to fight gold-mining operations, which often use cyanide to extract