Ahu Özyurt is the senior editor and international correspondent for CNN Turk in Istanbul. She was CNN Turk and <em>Milliyet</em> newspaper's Washington correspondent from 2007-2009. From Tehran to Istanbul she has covered the Middle East for the last two decades. Özyurt holds a Master's Degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism

Partners for Peace

[caption id="attachment_55249615" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kurds dance and wave the People’s Democracy Party banner during Nowruz celebrations…

Abandoned Underground

[caption id="attachment_55249973" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man kisses his son, who was rescued from Soma coal mine after an explosion inside…

The Sultan’s Reign ends with a Bang

[caption id="attachment_55250305" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Still from Magnificent Century (Muhteşem Yüzyıl/TIMS Productions)[/caption]It was…