Turkey

Cinema

Flowering female sexuality in Turkey explored in 'Mustang'

‘Mustang’ is a film by Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven and is presented as part of the Directors Fortnight, a parallel selection, at the Cannes

21/05/2015

Turkey

Turkey world's top host for refugees; many want to stay

Turkey has broken the dire record of the country hosting the largest number of refugees in the world, now an estimated two million, mostly Syrian

20/05/2015

Turkey

Turkey: Erdogan condemns Egypt death penalty ruling against ousted Mursi

An Egyptian court’s decision to seek the death penalty for ousted Mohamed Mursi has been condemned by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The

16/05/2015

Turkey

Turkey: locals 'terrified' as giant sinkhole appears

Residents of Konya Province in southern Turkey have spoken of their terror when a giant sinkhole suddenly appeared in a local field. “We are very

16/05/2015

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NATO foreign ministers sing 'We Are the World'

15/05/2015

Turkey

Turkish graft prosecuters dismissed

Four Turkish prosecutors and one judge, who had been involved in the country’s biggest-ever corruption investigation have themselves been dismissed

13/05/2015

Turkey

Turkish president accused of illegal electioneering

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Germany’s large ethnic Turkish community to preserve their homeland’s language and culture

11/05/2015

Turkey

Former Turkish army chief Kenan Evren dies

Former Turkish army chief and president Kenan Evren has died aged 97. Evren was sentenced to life in prison last year for leading a 1980 coup that

10/05/2015

Turkey

Everybody is focusing on Taksim square

02/05/2015

Cinema

From Dogme to romcom: Danish director Lone Scherfig speaks to euronews

Following acclaimed Iranian director Asghar Farhadi last year, it was the turn of Danish film-maker Lone Scherfig to give a masterclass at this

01/05/2015

Turkey

Istanbul police prevent May Day protesters reaching Taksim Square

Istanbul police have used water canon and tear gas to prevent May Day demonstrators getting to Taksim Square, the scene of widespread protests in

01/05/2015

Turkey

Moving ceremonies to mark centenary of the Gallipoli campaign

Ceremonies mark the 100th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of World War One

25/04/2015

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Gallipoli centenary

25/04/2015

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