Turkish forces fight to crush coup remnants after Erdogan returns (Update 4)
Turkish forces loyal to President Tayyip Erdogan largely crushed an attempted military coup on Saturday after crowds answered his call to take to the streets...
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UK-Turkey ties ‘stronger than Boris Johnson’s quips’
Turkey will draw a line under disparaging comments by Britain’s new foreign secretary Boris Johnson about President Tayyip Erdogan and his nation, a senior official...
Turkey imposes curfews on 16 villages, sacks mayors
Turkey imposed round-the-clock curfews on 16 villages in its mainly Kurdish south-east on Thursday as security forces tried to root out militants nearby and sacked...
Turkey sees red over euro parliament’s Kurdish photo exhibit
Turkey accused the European Parliament of encouraging terrorism on Wednesday by exhibiting photographs from Kurdish-controlled northern Syria, highlighting the challenges Ankara and Brussels face in...
Turkey PM Yildirim says aims to develop relations with Syria, Iraq
Turkey aims to develop good relations with Syria and Iraq, and both countries need to be stable for counter-terrorism efforts to succeed, Turkish Prime Minister...
Reports leading PKK militant killed in Syria not confirmed – Turkey
Turkey has not been able to confirm reports that a senior Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) commander had been killed in Syria, Deputy Prime Minister Numan...
Turkey jails seven more suspects in Istanbul airport attack
A Turkish court has jailed seven suspects pending trial on terrorism charges over last month’s triple suicide bombing at Istanbul’s main airport, bringing the number...
Turkey’s Erdogan moots plan to grant citizenship to Syrians
President Tayyip Erdogan outlined plans on Tuesday to grant citizenship to some of the near 3 million migrants who have fled war in neighbouring Syria,...
Military helicopter carrying senior officers crashes in Turkey – media
A military helicopter carrying 11 Turkish soldiers, including senior officers, crashed in the province of Giresun in the Black Sea region of northeast Turkey on...
Turkey jails 17 over Istanbul attack, blames ex-Soviet members of IS
Turkey jailed 17 suspects on Tuesday, mostly foreigners, over last week’s suicide bombing at Istanbul’s main airport, which President Tayyip Erdogan described as the work...
