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All crew members evacuated after cargo ship runs aground near Sile in Turkey

Sixteen crew members have been rescued from a cargo ship after heavy winds forced the vessel to run aground off of Istanbul's coastal district of Sile on Wednesday (December 19).

19/12/2018

Saudi Arabia

Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalty in Khashoggi murder

Saudi Arabia has announced that the death penalty is being sought against five suspects in the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

15/11/2018

Turkey

Turkey's Erdogan opens new airport, set to be one of 'world's largest'

The airport, which will be fully operational in January, is set to take in 90 million passengers a year, with plans to expand to 200 million per year.

29/10/2018

World News

Khashoggi investigators find abandoned Saudi consulate car in Istanbul

An abandoned diplomatic vehicle belonging to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul has been found by Turkish authorities. The vehicle is a black Mercedes sedan that matches one seen in security camera footage outside the consulate building around the time that Khashoggi was murdered.

23/10/2018

Saudi Arabia

Jamal Khashoggi: What we know about the journalist's death

Following Saudi Arabia's statement on Saturday admitting Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its Istanbul consulate, there's a lot that remains unclear about the journalist's death.

20/10/2018

Saudi Arabia

Khashoggi Case: Turkey calls for Saudi cooperation

Khashoggi case: Turkey calls for Saudi cooperation

14/10/2018

Turkey

Did Embassy in DC send Khashoggi to Istanbul?

That’s according to NBC news who said friends of the missing journalist said it prompted concerns that he was being lured into a trap

09/10/2018

Turkey

Was Khashoggi sent to Istanbul by Embassy in DC?

The Saudi journalist, missing for a week, Jamal Khashoggi was sent to the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul from the Saudi Embassy in Washington DC. That’s according to NBC news who said friends of the missing journalist said it prompted concerns that he was being lured into a trap

09/10/2018

USA

WaPo publishes blank column after Saudi journalist goes missing

The Washington Post publishes blank column in solidarity with missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He was known for criticising the kingdom's crown prince in columns for the American newspaper.

05/10/2018

Turkey

Watch: Locals push to save Europe's largest wooden building from ruins

Built as a casino and hotel in 1899, the building later became an orphanage which housed about 5,800 minority Greek children before closing its doors in 1964.

17/09/2018

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Watch: a four-storey building collapse after a landslide

A four-storey building collapsed in Istanbul on Tuesday after a landslide on a construction site weakened its foundation.

24/07/2018

World News

Final rallies held ahead of crucial Turkish elections

Tens of thousands gather for rallies held by main political rivals

23/06/2018

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Saving Syria's lost generation

31/05/2018

Belgium

Thousands take part in Belgian Pride event

Many Turkish LGBT escaping their government, also participate freely

19/05/2018

Cult

Police officer by day, artist by night. The Turkish police officer with a gun and a brush

Ahmet Sula's 30-year career as a police officer has inspired some of his work

10/04/2018

Kosovo

Kosovo ministers fired over Turkey extraditions

The Prime Minister of Kosovo has dismissed the interior minister and the secret service chief after the arrest and extradition to Turkey of six Turkish nationals

30/03/2018

Syria

Turkish troops enter Afrin region in northern Syria

Rockets fired from inside Syria hit Turkish border towns in retaliation for Turkish incursion

21/01/2018

World News

Turkish police carry out dawn raids on ISIL suspects

Dozens of suspected ISIL militants arrested following crackdown across Turkey.

29/12/2017

World News

Turkey: freed German journalist denounces Ankara government

Mesale Tolu speaks out in favour of free speech as she is released from a Turkish prison, pending trial.

19/12/2017

Turkey

Muslim leaders meet to denounce US President Donald Trump's decision t

Muslim leaders have met in Istanbul to denounce US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

13/12/2017