Turkey

Turkey

[Photo gallery] Istanbul under a blanket of snow

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at Istanbul’s two international airports as the city lies under a blanket of snow. Schools in Istanbul have

31/12/2015

Turkey

Turkey: civilians feel strain of government push to wipe out PKK

From town to bloody battlefield, Cizre is one of dozens of areas affected by the fighting in Turkey’s restive southeast. Hundreds of thousands of

31/12/2015

Turkey

Is Turkey set for constitutional reform?

Turkey’s ruling AK party and the main opposition CHP have agreed to restart efforts at constitutional reform. A similar cross-party initiative

31/12/2015

Turkey

Turkey's Erdogan slams pro-Kurdish Demirtas for "provocation and treason"

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused one of the co-leaders of the pro-Kurdish HDP Party of “provocation and treason.” Selahattin

29/12/2015

Turkey

Turkish exporters face bleak 2016 as Russian sanctions approach

With Russian sanctions against Turkey coming into force now just days away on January 1 in the bazaar the cost of a dispute with Moscow has been

28/12/2015

Turkey

Kurdish groups in southeastern Turkey call for self-rule

Kurdish groups in southeastern Turkey are calling for self-rule. It follows a summit of the Democratic People’s Congress (DTK), a coalition of

28/12/2015

Turkey

Ethnic Turks repatriated from eastern Ukraine

Hundreds of ethnic Turks living in conflict-ridden eastern Ukraine are being repatriated by the Turkish government.

26/12/2015

Turkey

Erdogan dissuades Bosphorus Bridge jumper

A dramatic scene on Istanbul’s Bosphorus Bridge on Friday as Turkish President Erdogan dissuaded a man from committing suicide. Erdogan motorcade

25/12/2015

Turkey

Fighting intensifies in southeastern Turkey

Hundreds of mourners have marched through streets of the Turkish city of Diyarbakir to reach the city centre with the coffins of two PKK militants

25/12/2015

Turkey

Erdogan vows to continue fight against PKK

Fighting continued in the Turkish town of Cizre Wednesday, as government forces shelled buildings they say were being used by the outlawed Kurdistan

23/12/2015

Turkey

Turkish pro-Kurd politician criticises Ankara during Russia visit

Russia says it is ready to work closely with ethnic Kurds to fight the self-proclaimed Islamic State. It came as Selahattin Demirtas, leader of a

23/12/2015

Turkey

Istanbul: one person dead in Sabiha Gokcen airport blast

A blast at Sabiha Gokcen — Istanbul’s second-largest airport — has killed one person and injured another. Both victims were female cleaners, who were

23/12/2015

Turkey

Alarm over Kurdish civilian casualties in operation Turkey says is targeting militants

Tens of thousands have fled their homes in numerous locations where the operation is taking place

22/12/2015

Turkey

Clashes in Turkey as Kurds protest against curfews and crackdown on PKK militants

The government says more than 110 militants have been killed in gun battles

20/12/2015

Turkey

Fire rips through Turkish bazaar

A ferocious fire burned down some 250 stores in a bazaar in the Turkish capital Ankara on Sunday morning (December 20). The cause of the fire was not

20/12/2015

Turkey

More than 100 Kurdish 'militants' killed in fighting in Turkey's southeast

The Turkish Prime Minister is vowing not to back down in the fight against the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK

19/12/2015

Turkey

Syria's Kurds claim successes against ISIL, but no end to terror in Raqqa

This, and places like it in northern Syria, is where Europe’s refugee crisis began. With the rise of ISIL, the flow of people escaping their

18/12/2015

Turkey

Turkey and Israel to restore full diplomatic relations

A secret meeting in Zurich on Wednesday has led to a preliminary agreement between Turkey and Israel ending a long dispute. Cordial relations turned

17/12/2015

Turkey

Death toll mounts as Ankara continues its PKK clampdown in Kurdish towns

The Turkish authorities claim 24 people described as “terrorists” have been killed in a big clean-up operation ongoing in a part of Diyabakir and two

17/12/2015

Turkey

Turkey deploying 30 percent of army in Syrian border clampdown

Turkey is tightening security at its border with Syria. A fresco on a barracks building at the Köprübatı checkpoint, which overlooks radical Islamic

17/12/2015

Turkey

EU opens school for Syrian refugee children in Turkey

Now in its fifth year, the conflict in Syria has become the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War, aid agencies report. According to

16/12/2015

Europe News

EU opens economic talks with Turkey to revive membership bid

As part of the EU’s move to seek Turkish help in tackling the continent’s migration crisis, Brussels has opened further talks on Ankara’s

14/12/2015

Turkey

At least two people killed during clashes in Diyarbakir, Turkey

At least two people have been killed during clashes in the majority Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey. Thousands were protesting

14/12/2015

Turkey

'Possible security threat' closes US consulate in Istanbul, Turkey

The US Consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul has cancelled consular services for Wednesday (December 9) because of “information about a possible

09/12/2015

Turkey

Turkish troops still in Iraq despite ultimatum from Baghdad to withdraw

A deadline for Turkey to withdraw its troops from the north of Iraq expires today

08/12/2015

Turkey

Iraq calls Turkish troop presence in the north a 'hostile act' and calls on the soldiers to withdraw

Iraq has summoned Turkey’s ambassador to demand that Turkish troops immediately withdraw from the north of the country. Baghdad described their

05/12/2015