Turkish cargo jet crash kills 37 in Kyrgyzstan (Update 2)
A Turkish cargo jet smashed into a village in Kyrgyzstan on Monday as it tried to land at a nearby airport in dense fog, killing
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Turkey’s parliament approves key articles of constitutional reform (Updated)
Turkey’s parliament has approved key measures allowing the president to be a member of a political party and issue decrees, part of a constitutional reform
Erdogan calls for Turkish ‘national mobilisation’ to defend lira
President Tayyip Erdogan accused Turkey’s enemies on Thursday of using currency speculation to try to topple the state and urged the central bank to “thwart
Turkish ruling party warns of elections if constitution bill not passed (Updated)
Turkey will hold elections if parliament fails to approve a constitutional reform package expanding President Tayyip Erdogan’s powers, a ruling AK Party lawmaker was quoted
Reluctant to hike rates, Turkey’s central bank struggles with lira slide
For some of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s aides, the mere suggestion that the central bank should raise interest rates as the lira slides through new
Turkish police kill would-be suicide bomber in south east
Turkish police killed a would-be suicide bomber who tried to enter the main police station in the south-eastern city of Gaziantep on Tuesday, a security
Erdogan says sees better relations with US under Trump
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he believes Turkey’s dialogue with the United States will gain pace after President-elect Donald Trump takes office and that
Turkey ‘may hold referendum on new constitution in early April’
Turkey may hold a referendum in the first week of April on a new constitution which would create an executive presidential system, handing incumbent President
Iraq says deal reached over withdrawal of Turkish forces from Bashiqa
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday an agreement had been reached with Turkey over an Iraqi demand that Turkish forces withdraw from a
Snowstorm hits traffic in Istanbul; straits closed, flights cancelled
A snowstorm forced the closure of Turkey’s key shipping straits and sweeping flight cancellations on Saturday, while hazardous roads left many drivers stranded overnight in
Turkey detains 18 people over Izmir attack, sees PKK responsible – minister
Turkish police detained 18 people in connection with Thursday’s gun and bomb attack which killed two people in the city of Izmir and Ankara has
Suspected Kurdish militants kill two in car bombing in Turkey’s Izmir (Updated)
Suspected Kurdish militants clashed with police and detonated a car bomb in western Turkey on Thursday after their vehicle was stopped at a checkpoint, killing
Turkey questions US-led coalition presence at Incirlik air base
Turkish officials are questioning the presence of US-led coalition forces at an air base in southern Turkey over what they see as insufficient support for
Turkey says Istanbul nightclub attacker probably Uighur (Updated)
The man who killed 39 people in an attack on an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day is probably an ethnic Uighur and Turkish security
Turkey’s Dogan Holding says two detained in police raids in Gulen-linked probe (Update)
Turkish police detained the chief legal advisor and a former chief executive of Dogan Holding, one of the country’s biggest conglomerates, on Thursday in a
Turkey says identity of Istanbul attacker established, manhunt goes on (Update 3)
By Nick Tattersall and Daren Butler Turkey has established the identity of the gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on
Turkey extends emergency rule to maintain purge of Gulen supporters – deputy PM
Turkey extends emergency rule to maintain purge of Gulen supporters – deputy PM Turkey’s parliament voted overnight to extend emergency rule by three months in
Sansal assaulted on arrival in Turkey (Video)
Turkish fashion designer Barbaros Sansal who was deported from the north after being arrested for comments he made in a video posted on social media
Gunman in Istanbul nightclub attack may have trained in Syria
The gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day in an attack claimed by Islamic State appears to have been
Islamic State claims Istanbul attack, gunman remains at large
Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for a New Year’s Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, an attack carried
