If you think Santa Claus comes from the North Pole, think again: The original St. Nicholas was bishop of Demre, Turkey (340 mi/550 km south of Istanbul and today also known as Kale) in the fourth ...

A street in the Turkish town of Demre, Antalya, has been renamed for ... Antalya Municipality Head Menderes Turel said that Turkey would never forget its Russian friends and would not allow ...