Few here doubt that the case began with something threatening: in June 2007, 27 hand grenades and fuses were found in the attic of a house in an Istanbul slum. Investigators claimed they were stashed there by an ultranationalist retired officer and they...

Greek and Turkish Cypriots on Thursday pulled down barricades that have separated them for half a century, reopening Ledra Street, known as Lokmaci Gate by Turkish Cypriots, a potent symbol of Cyprus’ ethnic partition. The highly symbolic gesture...