Some Olympic athletes emerge as stars by being dominant at their sport. Others are just really cool. The rare few are both. Turkish Olympic shooter Yusuf Dikeç joined rarefied air Wednesday when he ...

The case began a year ago, when Bilgin Çiftçi, a family doctor in the Aydin province, shared a meme comparing Gollum and Erdo?an’s facial expressions to his Facebook page. He didn’t produce the image; ...

Turkish Olympic shooter Yusuf Dikec is one of the viral social media style stars of the Paris Olympics after a photo went viral that shows him casually shooting without obvious protective gear. The ...

Sharpshooter Yusuf Dikeç didn’t actually win a gold medal at the Paris Games, but the retired Turkish cop appears to have inspired a whole generation of Olympic champions in their celebrations. Left ...

Confusing Gollum with Smeagol is the sort of thing that you might get chewed out for on obscure Internet forums, but the distinction between the two personalities of Tolkien’s precious-obsessed ...

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been accused of being a little 'precious' as a citizen faces jail for sharing a meme likening the head of state to Gollum from the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) ...

Using the face of terrorism is apparently a good way to sell hair-removal spray — at least according to one Turkish company. Turkey-based Epila featured a picture in its ad of the infamous former Al ...

Yesterday’s Turkish referendum granted increasingly authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan even more power over the country in a narrow vote. Nevertheless, it has created at least one meme.

It’s not often that a story comes up that perfectly balances politics and cats, but this is just such a story. When power cuts disrupted local elections, Turkish energy minister Taner Yildiz blamed a ...

Bilgin Ciftci, a doctor in Turkey, is in hot water after sharing an image on Twitter comparing the nation's president to Gollum from the Lord of the Rings movies. Why? Because of a local law that ...