Turkey

January 22, 2016

Turkey ‘watching closely’ Russian troop movements on border

Turkey is "closely watching" Russian troop movements in Syria near its border, a government source in Ankara said on Friday,…

January 21, 2016

The United States is accelerating efforts to help Turkey clamp down on its border with Syria, senior US officials said,…

January 16, 2016

The European Union on Saturday condemned as "extremely worrying" Turkey's arrest of around 20 academics who signed a petition criticizing…

January 15, 2016

Turkish police on Friday detained 12 people who were among more than 1,000 academics who signed a declaration denouncing military…

January 14, 2016

Turkish tanks and artillery have attacked Islamic State group positions in Iraq and in Syria in retaliation for the suicide…

January 13, 2016

A suicide bomber who killed himself and 10 tourists, most of them German, in Istanbul's historic heart had registered with…

January 13, 2016

Turkish police detained three Russian nationals suspected of links with Islamic State following a suicide bomb attack in Istanbul that…

January 12, 2016

An explosion in the heart of Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet tourist district killed at least ten people and wounded 15 on…

January 12, 2016

Turkish authorities have arrested an Egyptian family of 12 that was trying to cross into Syria to join the Islamic…

January 11, 2016

Turkey plans to offer Syrian refugees work permits in order to encourage fewer of them to migrate, Volkan Bozkir, Turkey's…