World News

Migration and media freedom top agenda at EU-Turkey summit

European leaders are also concerned about media freedom in Turkey after the government seized control of the country's leading opposition newspaper last week.

7 March 2016

World News

Bottleneck of thousands of migrants in Greece adds to urgency at EU-Turkey summit

The bottleneck of more than 13,000 migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border has added to the urgency at an EU-Turkey summit taking place in Brussels today

7 March 2016

Turkey

Women march in Turkey but are confronted by police

Riot police in Istanbul forcibly broke up a rally of hundreds of women as they marked International Women’s Day two days early. March the 8 is the

7 March 2016

World News

EU leaders torn over needing Turkish help with migration crisis

European Union leaders are hoping Turkey will step up to the mark at today’s summit in Brussels and hold back migrants trying to get to Europe. The

7 March 2016

Turkey

Migrant crisis: 25 drown off Turkish coast including many children

At least 13 children and 12 adults are reported drowned after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off the west coast of Turkey. The Aegean Sea’s

6 March 2016

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Turkish police fire tear gas amid protests over newspaper raid

Turkish police fired tear gas and plastic pellets to disperse thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the country’s biggest newspaper, “Zaman”

5 March 2016

Iran

Turkey-Iran: divisions over Syria, but trade set to prosper

Ankara and Tehran may be on opposite sides concerning the Syrian civil war, but all signs are pointing to improved trade ties in the near future. On

5 March 2016

Turkey

Turkey: heightened concerns over press freedom as Zaman reopens

Turkey's top-selling opposition newspaper reopens following a state takeover that has once more thrown into question press freedom.

5 March 2016

Turkey

Turkish police turn water cannon and tear gas on protesters in Istanbul

Police in Istanbul used water canon and tear gas on a crowd trying to prevent them entering the offices of Turkey’s top-selling newspaper. State

5 March 2016

Turkey

Turkey gags Zaman, one of its last opposition newspapers

Turkish authorities have seized control of the opposition newspaper Zaman, one of the country’s last remaining opposition media outlets. Zaman is

4 March 2016

Syria

Building a future for widows and orphans from Syria

Mahira Abdayun came to Turkey from Syria after she lost her husband in a bombing attack by the regime forces. “It all began when the regime entered

4 March 2016

World News

Syrian pair jailed over death of refugee boy Aylan Kurdi

A Turkish court has jailed two Syrians over the drowning of toddler Aylan Kurdi and four others including his mother and brother. Each sentenced to

4 March 2016

World

The living nightmare of migrants arriving in Greece

In this week’s Perspectives, we follow reports from around Europe on the plight of migrants arriving in Europe. Greece is only a transit point for

4 March 2016

Ukraine

Jamala: Ukrainian Eurovision song is about remembering past not politics of present

4 March 2016

Turkey

Turkish police targeted in two separate attacks

Turkish police have been the target of two assaults in as many days. Two female assailants were killed following gunfire and grenade attacks in

4 March 2016

World News

Turkish police shoot dead two female militants in Istanbul

Startling video has emerged of the moment two female Turkish militants launched an attack on a police bus in Istanbul. The drama unfolded in the

3 March 2016

Iran

Iran customs X-ray discovers stowaways at Turkish border

3 March 2016

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

3 March 2016

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

3 March 2016

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

2 March 2016