Turkey

Turkey

Dawn service at Gallipoli to mark ANZAC centenary

Crowds of Australians and New Zealanders attend 100th anniversary event

25/04/2015

Turkey

'Turkey shares your pain', Erdogan tells Istanbul Armenians

The Armenian community in Istanbul commemorated the 1915 mass killings of their ancestors by Ottoman Turks at a religious memorial service, stressing reconciliation and avoiding the term "genocide".

24/04/2015

Turkey

Remembering Gallipoli: Britain's Prince Charles lays wreaths at memorial

World leaders have gathered at the World War I battle sites of the Gallipoli campaign to mark 100 years since the British-led invasion

24/04/2015

Cinema

Turkish history overshadows Istanbul Film Festival

The banning of a Kurdish film at this year’s Istanbul Film festival has overshadowed the whole event. As a mark of solidarity other directors and

24/04/2015

Turkey

Ex-foes come together at Gallipoli for centenary of World War I battle

Commemorations are underway at Gallipoli in Turkey to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. A student choir from

23/04/2015

World

Turkey insists it has nothing to hide on 100-year-old Armenian tragedy

Turkey's EU minister places most blame on Armenian position for failure to resolve 1915 massacre issue that has poisoned relations for 100 years

23/04/2015

Turkey

Gallipoli still teaching us brutality of war

A poem in Turkish on a Gallipoli hillside tells the traveller to ‘behold a place where an age went down… Listen to the silence where a nation’s heart

22/04/2015

Turkey

Turkish PM offers his 'deep respect' to Ottoman Armenians

The prime minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu has offered his deep respect to Ottoman Armenians who lost their lives during what he described as “the

21/04/2015

Cinema

'Bakur' screening ban causes controversy at the Istanbul International Film Festival

The documentary ‘Bakur’ caused no end of controversy at this year’s International Film Festival in Istanbul. The screening of the film was cancelled

17/04/2015

Turkey

Turkey says MEPs trying to rewrite history over Armenia killings

15/04/2015

Turkey

Movie-makers and critics pull out of Istanbul Film Festival amid censorship row

Nearly two dozen movie-makers and a group of international critics have pulled out of the Istanbul Film Festival, amid a censorship row. The

15/04/2015

Turkey

Turkey deports British would-be 'jihad' family to UK

Eight British nationals who have been detained in Turkey on suspicion of trying to illegally enter Syria were on their way back to the UK on Tuesday

14/04/2015

Turkey

Dutch journalist acquitted of Turkish terrorist propaganda charge

A Dutch journalist charged with disseminating “terrorist propaganda” has been acquitted by a Turkish court. Frederike Geerdink was accused of

14/04/2015

Turkey

Turkey: Company executives go on trial over Soma mine disaster

Protesters are calling for harsh sentences, as mining company executives go on trial over Turkey’s worst ever industrial accident

13/04/2015

Turkey

Turkey protests after Pope Francis cites Armenian 'genocide'

Turkey has summoned the Vatican’s ambassador in Ankara in protest after Pope Francis quoted the word ‘genocide’ in referring to the mass killings of

12/04/2015

Sport

Two suspects detained over Fenerbahce team bus attack

Turkish police have detained two people suspected of involvement in an attack on a bus that was carrying Fenerbahce players. The driver was hit in

07/04/2015

Turkey

Turkish coast guards rescue over 50 Syrian migrants as their boat sank

At least 51 Syrian migrants have been rescued by Coast Guard teams as their boat sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast in two separate incidents. Videos

07/04/2015

Turkey

Turkey suspends top football fixtures after Fenerbahçe bus attack

The Turkish Football Federation has suspended top division league and cup matches for a week after a gunman shot at the Fenerbahçe team bus on

06/04/2015

Turkey

Twitter blocked in Turkey after prosecutor hostage photo goes viral

Access to Twitter and YouTube have been blocked in Turkey. The move come less than one week after Istanbul prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz died when

06/04/2015

Sport

Gun attack on Turkish football team bus

A coach carrying the Fenerbahce football team came under gun attack on Saturday after their 5-1 victory over Rizespor.

05/04/2015

Turkey

Football: Fenerbahçe team bus attacked following 5-1 win

A bus carrying Turkish football team Fenerbahçe was attacked following an away game against Rizespor, according to local television reports. The away

05/04/2015

Turkey

Female attacker shot dead near Instanbul police building

A woman carrying guns and hand grenades has been shot dead by Turkish police. The woman threw grenades into Istanbul’s police headquarters. One

01/04/2015

Turkey

Female attacker shot dead near Instanbul police HQ

Turkish police shot dead a woman carrying guns and hand grenades and detained a man as they tried to attack Istanbul’s police headquarters on

01/04/2015

Turkey

Turkish police shoot two attackers outside Istanbul HQ – At least one dead

Turkish police shot two attackers outside Istanbul’s police headquarters on Wednesday, killing one of them and leaving two officers injured in an

01/04/2015

Turkey

Funeral ceremony held for Turkish prosecutor, as police make arrests

Crowds of people have attended a funeral ceremony in the Istanbul courthouse where a prosecutor was taken hostage on Tuesday and who later died

01/04/2015

Turkey

Armed men break into AKP office in Istanbul

01/04/2015