Turkey

Turkey

Passport scans show Saudis accused by Turkey of killing writer Khashoggi

Turkey is revealing new information about members of the Saudi hit team it says traveled to Istanbul to kill missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, providing NBC News with scans of the passports they allegedly used to enter the country.

17/10/2018

Turkey

Turkish police 'find evidence Saudi writer was killed inside consulate': AP

Source tells AP that investigators have a breakthrough.

16/10/2018

Turkey

Euroviews. Trade Minister: Turkey's real economy is proving analysts wrong | View

Despite recent headlines decrying dire economic straits, Turkey's real economy is thriving, writes the country's Minister of Trade, Ruhsar Pekcan.

16/10/2018

Turkey

19 killed as truck carrying migrants crashes in Turkey

The truck, carrying migrants including children, crashed into a barrier on a motorway and fell some 20 metres below.

14/10/2018

Turkey

US Pastor leaves Turkey, meets President Trump

US Pastor leaves Turkey, meets President Trump

13/10/2018

Turkey

Turkey: US Pastor charged with terrorism offences heads home

The court passed a 3 years sentence on Andrew Brunson, who had been charged with terrorism offences. But because he'd been detained since October 2016, he wouldn't serve any further time

12/10/2018

World

US Pastor Andrew Brunson freed by Turkish court

The US pastor Andrew Brunson is on his way back to the US.

12/10/2018

Turkey

Europe briefing: 6 stories you need to know about today

Take a look back at six of the biggest headlines from Europe this morning.

12/10/2018

Turkey

Turkish media say video shows Saudi men behind critic's disappearance

Turkish outlets have released footage they claim shows a 15-strong team of Saudi intelligence officers who are behind the disappearance of the Saudi journalist.

10/10/2018

Turkey

Did Embassy in DC send Khashoggi to Istanbul?

That’s according to NBC news who said friends of the missing journalist said it prompted concerns that he was being lured into a trap

09/10/2018

Turkey

Was Khashoggi sent to Istanbul by Embassy in DC?

The Saudi journalist, missing for a week, Jamal Khashoggi was sent to the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul from the Saudi Embassy in Washington DC. That’s according to NBC news who said friends of the missing journalist said it prompted concerns that he was being lured into a trap

09/10/2018

Turkey

Istanbul cafe employs Down syndrome staff

“I say to every customer: please don't pity us. We are different, we are overcoming boundaries," says teenage waiter Evren.

09/10/2018

Turkey

Erdogan says he's tracking Saudi journalist's disappearance 'personally'

Turkey's president Tayyip Erdogan says he's tracking Jamal Khashoggi's case personally and hopes for a positive outcome.

07/10/2018

Turkey

Saudi critic Khashoggi 'missing' after embassy visit in Turkey

The American newspaper said that it had been unable to reach Jamal Khashoggi and that it is "very concerned about where he may be."

03/10/2018

Turkey

Watch: Protester ushered out of Erdogan-Merkel press conference

The man was wearing a t-shirt demanding freedom for imprisoned journalists in Turkey

28/09/2018

Destinations

The art of doing nothing in Bodrum

A step-by-step explainer of 'farniente Instagram posting' for dummies

28/09/2018

Turkey

Meet the teenage Turkish swimming champion born without arms

Paralympic swimmer Sümeyye Boyaci says “fish also have no arms but decided to swim”.

21/09/2018

Turkey

Watch: Tourists flock to Cappadocia's for hot-air balloons

Would you go for a ride in one of these?

20/09/2018

Turkey

Watch: Locals push to save Europe's largest wooden building from ruins

Built as a casino and hotel in 1899, the building later became an orphanage which housed about 5,800 minority Greek children before closing its doors in 1964.

17/09/2018

Turkey

Push to save historic orphanage in Turkey

It looks more like the set of a horror movie than the majestic hotel and casino it was intended to be. Now there's a push to save it.

16/09/2018

Turkey

Mothers detained as Istanbul protest turns violent

Police in Turkey use tear gas to break up a regular protest by mothers remembering relatives who disappeared during violence in the 80s and 90s

26/08/2018

Business

Turkish lira falls as tensions rise again with the US

Turkey's lira has weakened further against the dollar after after Donald Trump said he would give Turkey no concessions in return for the release of a detained American pastor.

21/08/2018

Turkey

Shots fired from vehicle at US embassy in Turkey

Relations between the two countries have deteriorated after the arrest of a US pastor in Turkey and trade disputes.

20/08/2018

Business

Erdoğan: Currency crisis an "attack" on Turkey

Erdoğan: Currency crisis an "attack" on Turkey

20/08/2018

Turkey

Erdogan challenges economy 'game-players' as currency plummets

It comes a day after two major ratings agencies downgraded Turkey closer to junk status amid a currency crisis. Standard & Poor's cited extreme lira volatility and forecasted a recession next year

18/08/2018

Business

US threatens new Turkey sanctions over Christian pastor

US threatens new Turkey sanctions over Christian pastor

17/08/2018