Now playing Next Turkey Two women 'killed by police' after attack and siege in Istanbul Police in Istanbul have come under attack, apparently from two women. According to Turkish media they have both since been killed. As a police bus 03/03/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkish police break up protests in Kurdish south east Turkish police moved in to disperse hundreds of protesters in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Wednesday (March 2) – at least 33 people were 03/03/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Release of Turkish journalists 'a clear defeat' for Erdogan The release of two Turkish journalists has been described by one of them as a “clear defeat” for the country’s president. Can Dundar from 02/03/2016
Now playing Next Sport Galatasaray banned from European competition Turkey’s most successful football club Galatasaray have been banned from European competition for one year after breaching UEFA’s financial Fair Play 02/03/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Residents return to ruined Turkish city of Cizre after partial lifting of curfew Turkey has partially lifted a strict curfew that has been in force in the southeastern city of Cizre for the past two and a half months 02/03/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey frees journalists after court rules detention violated their rights Turkey has freed two prominent journalists after the country’s top court ruled their detention violated their rights. The arrest of Can Dundar 26/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey: detained journalists expected to be freed, still face trial Turkey’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday (February 25) that the detention of two prominent opposition journalists had “violated their rights.” Can 25/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Clashes after protest against military operations and curfews in Turkey Water cannon and tear gas were used against a crowd of demonstrators in the city of Diyarbakir 24/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Erdogan says Syria ceasefire plan will only serve to benefit Assad A US-Russian plan for a ceasefire in Syria has been heavily criticised by the Turkish President 24/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey: PKK releases three kidnapped journalists The team from Turkey's state-run news agency were seized by members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK in the south-east of the country 21/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey says militants are using US-supplied weapons against civilians Erdogan turns up the heat on Obama after this week's deadly suicide bombing in the centre of Ankara. 19/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Syrian Kurdish party denies Ankara attack As the funerals for the 28 soldiers who died in Wednesday’s suicide bomb attack in Ankara take place, Turkey is on the offensive. The Turkish 18/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey grows tense after bomb attacks Istanbul is a tense city now after Wednesday’s car bomb attack in the Turkish capital Ankara. The city’s famous Taksim square would normally be 18/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey 'will boost military response' after Ankara bombing Wednesday’s car bomb attack only a few hundred metres from the parliament in the capital Ankara was a strike at the heart of the Turkish government 18/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkish army says six officers killed by bomb near Diyarbakir A handmade bomb detonated by remote control is believed to have been used in an attack on a Turkish military convoy in the mainly Kurdish southeast 18/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkish press says 'foreign powers' behind Ankara blast There is widespread agreement across the Turkish press that the Ankara bombing was a direct attack on the country and that so-called "foreign powers" are to blame. 18/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkish PM blames Syrian Kurd militants for deadly Ankara blast Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has accused the Syrian-based Kurdish YPG militia of being behind Wednesday’s deadly bombing in Ankara 18/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Two attacks strike Turkish military in as many days As its military appears to be the target of two attacks in as many days, Turkey arrests nine people in connection with the Ankara bombing. 18/02/2016
Now playing Next no comment Ankara rocked by bomb blast A bomb attack in the heart of the Turkish capital Ankara – apparently targeting the country’s military – killed at least 28 people and injured more 18/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Ankara blast: Witness describes narrow escape The explosion which targeted an army convoy was witnessed by an Ankara resident. Noury had only seconds before driven past the scene of the blast and 18/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Erdogan claims Turkey's "right to retaliate" after Ankara bombing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reacted immediately to the bombing, issuing an “official statement condemning the 17/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey At least 28 dead as car bomb targets military in Turkish capital Ankara A bomb attack in the heart of the Turkish capital Ankara – apparently targeting the country’s military – has killed nearly 30 people and injured more 17/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Car bomb targeting military buses kills 28 in Turkish capital Ankara A large explosion in the Turkish capital Ankara has killed 28 people. Officials said a vehicle laden with explosives detonated as military buses passed close to Turkey's military headquarters. 17/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Erdogan: Turkey will 'give as good as it gets' against Kurdish forces Turkey’s president has insisted that the country’s military will not stop shelling Kurdish positions in Syria in response to cross-border fire. It 17/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Politics invades the pitch in Turkish football Football. is Turkey's most popular sport. But, with the ongoing clashes in the largely Kurdish southeast, the pitch is being invaded more and more frequently by politics. 17/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkish military shells Kurdish-backed positions in Syria for second day The Turkish army shelled positions held by Kurdish-backed fighters in northern Syria for a second day on Sunday (February 14), killing two fighters 14/02/2016