(2002 pop. 696,000). Konya is the capital of the province of Konya in south-central Turkey, the country's main agricultural region. The city is surrounded by fertile, well-irrigated plains, which have produced grains and cereals for millennia....

Konya (Ottoman Turkish: قونیه; also Koniah, Konieh, Konia, and Qunia; historically also known as Iconium (Latin), Greek: Ἰκόνιον Ikónion) is a city in Turkey, on the central plateau of Anatolia. It has a population of 742 690 (in 2000)....

Turkish police have arrested a suspected al-Qaida militant accused of being part of a plot to carry out massive bombings against U.S.-related targets in Germany, German and Turkish authorities said Wednesday.Attila Selek, a 22-year-old German national, was arrested Tuesday in the central Anatolian city of...

A Turkish court on Friday sentenced seven suspected al-Qaida militants to life in prison for deadly 2003 suicide bombings in Istanbul that killed 58 people. The defendants, including Syrian Loa'i Mohammad Haj Bakr al-Saqa, were among 74 suspects standing trial in the attacks, which targeted...

A Turkish court on Friday sentenced seven suspected al-Qaida militants to life in prison for a pair of 2003 suicide bombings in Istanbul that killed 58 people _ attacks prosecutors said were ordered by Osama bin Laden.The defendants, including Syrian Loa'i Mohammad Haj Bakr al-Saqa,...

Sinan Marogi is tiring of waiting.The 25-year-old Iraqi refugee's money is running out. He lives in a tiny, shared studio — sleeping on the sofa, jobless and isolated in a country where he can't speak the language, hoping the United States will let him in.But...