Turkey

Turkey

Turkey suspends more than 12,000 police officers

Officials say it is in connection with suspected links with the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who denies claims he masterminded a failed coup in Turkey in July.

04/10/2016

Turkey

Turkey raids courthouses and jails in post-coup purge

Turkish police have raided courthouses and prisons as the post-coup crackdown continues.

30/09/2016

Turkey

Turkey may need to build new courts as arrests reach 32,000 since failed coup

Turkey may have to build new courthouses to cope with the thousands of prosecutions over July’s failed coup, the country’s Justice minister has said.

28/09/2016

Turkey

Boris Johnson ditches insults and talks 'jumbo' trade deals in Turkey

The UK's foreign minister on a trip to Ankara has focused on future ties, putting aside previous negative comments about Turkey during the EU referendum campaign.

27/09/2016

Turkey

'Hands off our shorts': Women rally in Turkey after brutal assault

Donning shorts and defending their right to dress as they please, women’s rights advocates in Turkey have rallied in defence of a nurse, attacked on a bus in Istanbul this month by a man who reportedl

25/09/2016

Turkey

Road rage on Istanbul bus leaves 11 in hospital

The latest example of road rage comes from Turkey, where an argument between a passenger and the driver on an Istanbul bus got out of hand, leaving 11 people…

23/09/2016

Turkey

Attacker shot after storming Israeli embassy in Ankara

An Israeli official said an attacker who tried to storm the Israel embassy in the Turkish capital has been captured.

21/09/2016

Turkey

Erdogan says US 'should not harbour a terrorist' like Gulen

The Turkish president, who is in New York for the UN General Assembly, has accused the United States of “harbouring a terrorist” by refusing to hand over the exiled cleric Fethullah…

20/09/2016

Turkey

Syria: Turkish 'safety zone' could span 5,000 square kilometres

Turkey’s so-called ‘safety zone’ in Syria could eventually span an area of 5,000 square kilometres, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.

19/09/2016

Turkey

Turkey formally requests arrest of US-based cleric Gulen

Turkey made the request on charges Gulen 'ordered and commanded' the July coup attempt

13/09/2016

Turkey

Bomb injures dozens in Turkey a day after crackdown on Kurdish mayors

Scores of people have been injured in a car bomb attack on local government offices in the southeastern Turkish city of Van.

12/09/2016

Turkey

Crackdown on Turkish mayors provokes anger and frustration

28 local and regional mayors have been suspended on suspicion of 'supporting terrorist organisations.'

11/09/2016

Turkey

Fierce fighting and air strikes continue in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Operation Euphrates Shield will "continue decisively". A truce is due on Monday.

11/09/2016

Turkey

EU-Turkey should 'talk more to and less about each other' - Mogherini

Federica Mogherini has encouraged the European Union and Turkey to “talk more to each other and a little bit less about each other.

09/09/2016

Turkey

Merkel "upbeat" after talks with Erdogan in China

The leaders of Germany and Turkey discussed the migrant issue, Incirlik air base, the Armenian question and visa liberalisation

04/09/2016

Turkey

Turkey opens second front in Syria

Turkish tanks crossed the border from Kilis province on Saturday, according to media reports. Eyewitnesses report explosions and plumes of smoke.

03/09/2016

Turkey

EU-Turkey relations under the spotlight in Bratislava

EU ministers tread a fine line between pushing Ankara to heed their concerns about human rights without affecting diplomatic relations.

03/09/2016

Turkey

The boy on the beach: migrant crisis 'worsening' one year after Aylan Kurdi's death

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said that 2016 has been the worst year so far for migrant deaths on the anniversary of the death of Aylan Kurdi.

02/09/2016

Turkey

Turkish-backed incursion 'liberates' 400 sq km of northern Syria - President Erdogan

A Turkish-backed incursion Syria has liberated a vast swath of land from terrorists, according to Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

02/09/2016

Turkey

Erdogan: YPG did not cross the Euphrates river

Turkey’s president said that the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) had not returned to the east of the Euphrates river in Syria.

02/09/2016

Turkey

Turkish southeast airport targeted in rocket attack

Suspected Kurdish militants have fired rockets at an airport in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir.

28/08/2016

Turkey

Turkey scales up Syrian offensive

Turkey has scaled up its cross-border offensive inside northern Syria, launching airstrikes and artillery against both ISIL and Kurdish forces south of the strategic town of…

27/08/2016

Turkey

Turkey opens world's biggest suspension bridge in Istanbul

Turkey has opened the world’s biggest suspension bridge in Istanbul.

26/08/2016

Turkey

Turkey: car bomb targeting Cizre police HQ kills at least 11 people

A car bomb attack on a police headquaters in the Turkish town of Cizre has killed at least 11 people.

26/08/2016

Turkey

Turkey: car bomb attack on Cizre police building kills at least 8 people

A car bomb attack on a police headquaters in the Turkish city of Cizre has killed at least nine people.

26/08/2016

Turkey

Turkey: PKK blamed for attack on main opposition leader

Turkey’s main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu escaped unhurt on Thursday after his convoy came under fire in the northeastern Black Sea province of Artvin.

25/08/2016