Turkey

Turkey

Kurdish vote expected decisive in Turkish elections -- again

In Turkey’s elections this Sunday, the Kurdish vote is expected to prove decisive. Turkey has nearly 54 million voters, and in last June’s elections

28/10/2015

Turkey

Turkey's nationalists spurn AKP before polls, eye options

Turkish nationalists have hailed Devlet Bahçeli as chief since 1997. The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader took steps from the start to

28/10/2015

Turkey

Turkish police storm opposition Bugun TV during live broadcast

Police in the Turkish city of Istanbul stormed the offices of opposition television station Bugun TV during a live broadcast on Wednesday (October

28/10/2015

Turkey

Outrage in Turkey at take over of media outlets

Hundreds of Turkish government critics and opposition leaders have vowed to keep up a protest outside a Koza Ipek outlet namely Bugun TV in Istanbul

28/10/2015

Turkey

Everything you need to know about the parliamentary elections in Turkey

After five months, Turkey is heading for a snap election on November 1st. Voters brought the governing Justice and Development (AK) Party’s 13

27/10/2015

Turkey

Turkey:30 arrested in further raids

Police officers have carried out night-time raids in the central Turkish city of Konya. The security forces are looking for suspected ISIL militants

27/10/2015

Turkey

Turkey's ruling AK party moves to seize critical media holding ahead of election

Turkey’s Public Prosecutors office is to appoint a trustee to manage Koza Ipek Holding which owns media outlets critical of the ruling AK party. The

27/10/2015

World

Interview with Didier Billion (IRIS)about Turkey's future in Europe

Give and take. After months of blocking Turkey’s negotiations to join the European Union and the growing migration crisis, German Chancellor Angela

26/10/2015

Turkey

Several die in Diyarbakir dawn raid

At least seven suspected ISIL militants and two police officers have been killed during a series of police raids in Turkey. Eyewitnesses say the

26/10/2015

Turkey

Two police, four suspected militants die in shootout in Turkey

At least four suspected ISIL militants and two police officers have been killed during a series of police raids in Turkey. Eyewitnesses say the

26/10/2015

Turkey

Turkey: Jail sentences given to more than 200 over 2013 protests

A Turkish court on Friday gave jail terms to more than 200 people over protests in 2013. Sentences of up to 14 months were handed down to 244

24/10/2015

Turkey

Baby rescued alive hours after migrant boat sinks in Aegean Sea

A baby, believed to be just 18 months old, has been rescued, alive, from the Aegean Sea. The toddler was wearing a life jacket when found. He is

23/10/2015

Turkey

Erdogan: Ankara attacks were a "collective" effort

The Turkish President says he now believes the Syrian secret police or Mukhabarat along with ISIL and Kurdish militants all played a role the recent

22/10/2015

Turkey

Investors hope Turkey's crunch election will revive growth and economic reform

Investors are hoping that whoever wins Turkey’s upcoming election will revive the country’s once-admired pace of growth and economic reform. The

21/10/2015

Turkey

Turkey names Ankara suicide bomber and alleges ISIL link

Turkish authorities have used DNA to identify one of two people they suspect were the suicide bombers who this month killed 102 people at a

19/10/2015

Turkey

Germany offers Turkey concessions package to get support in refugee crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a visit to key ally Turkey on Sunday, meeting with both President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Prime Minister

18/10/2015

Turkey

Watch live the press conference of Angela Merkel and Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to give a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu after talks. They are

18/10/2015

Turkey

More migrants die at sea trying to reach Europe

Turkish coastguards have recovered the bodies of 12 refugees in their coastal waters after the group took to a wooden boat to try and make it to the

17/10/2015

Turkey

EU 'too late' for Turkey with its 'political bribery'

The European Union has offered candidate country Turkey “re-energised” talks on joining the bloc, if it helps stem the migrant flow to Europe

16/10/2015

Turkey

Ankara bombing 'AK Party game' says suspect

Three suspects of last week’s Ankara bombings have appeared in court. The official line from Turkey’s ruling AK party is that ISIL was likely behind

16/10/2015

Turkey

Turkey shoots down unidentified drone on Syrian border

Turkey says it has shot down an unidentified drone two kilometres inside its border with Syria. The army says three warnings were transmitted at what

16/10/2015

Turkey

Turkey imposes media blackout on reporting of Saturday's twin bombing

As the search for suspects connected to Saturday’s twin suicide bombing in Ankara goes on, the government has imposed a temporary media blackout on

15/10/2015

Turkey

Turkish explosions may be linked to ISIL and PKK, says Davutoglu

Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has told reporters that an investigation into Saturday’s (October 10) bombings was being intensified. “We are

14/10/2015

Turkey

Turkish election context of power play, separatism and Syrian war

Just five months after its last major election, Turkey is going to the polls again. The Justice and Development AK Party in government has had to

14/10/2015

Turkey

Erdogan visits scene of Ankara twin bomb attack for first time

Turkey’s president has visited the scene of a twin bomb attack in Ankara for the first time. Recep Tayyip Erdogan laid flowers where 97 people were

14/10/2015

Turkey

Turkey clashes as mourners prevented from reaching rally

Clashes erupted in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Tuesday (October 13). Trade union members who lost friends and colleagues in Saturday’s twin

13/10/2015