Turkish child marriage film shines light on hidden abuses
By Zoe Tabary Child brides in Turkey are often raped, beaten and forced to undergo virginity tests, according to the director of a new documentary...
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Turkey determined to play role in planned Mosul offensive – Erdogan
Turkey is determined to take part in a planned operation by coalition forces to oust Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul and will...
Rockets hit Turkish fish store near tourist town in Antalya – Dogan
Two rockets, apparently aimed at a fuel tanker, hit a fish store and open ground near a resort town in the province of Antalya in...
Car bomb near Syria-Turkey border crossing kills at least 20 – witnesses
At least 20 people, mostly Syrian rebel fighters, were killed after a car bomb exploded on Thursday near a checkpoint close to the Bab al...
Turkey could hold referendum on presidential system by spring – minister
Turkey could hold a referendum on changing the constitution and introducing a presidential system before the spring, its justice minister said on Friday, days after...
Turkey says its troops to stay in Iraq until Islamic State cleared from Mosul (Updated)
By Tulay Karadeniz and Ercan Gurses A planned US-backed operation to drive Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul could cause “blood...
Turkey has right to combat threats in Syria and Iraq -Erdogan
By Tulay Karadeniz and Tuvan Gumrukcu President Tayyip Erdogan warned Iraq’s prime minister he should “know his limits” after he criticised Turkey’s military presence there...
Greece rejects asylum requests from more Turkish soldiers
Greece has rejected asylum requests from seven of eight Turkish soldiers who fled there after an abortive coup attempt against President Tayyip Erdogan in July,...
Turkey says Kurdish militants enter new ‘heinous’ phase, targeting ruling party
Kurdish militants claimed responsibility for the assassination of two officials in Turkey‘s southeast and the country’s prime minister said the insurgency had entered a new...
Russia, Turkey resume gas price talks – Russian energy minister
Moscow and Ankara have resumed talks on the price of Russian gas for Ankara, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with Turkey’s...
Truck bomb attack on soldiers kills 18 in southeast Turkey (Update 2)
Ten Turkish soldiers and eight civilians were killed on Sunday when suspected Kurdish militants detonated a five-tonne truck bomb that ripped through a checkpoint near...
Two militants kill themselves in standoff with Turkish police
Two militants believed to be preparing a car bomb attack detonated explosives and were killed near Ankara on Saturday after Turkish police told them to...
Two militants kill themselves in standoff with Turkish police
By Umit Bektas Two militants believed to be preparing a car bomb attack detonated explosives, killing themselves in a remote area near Ankara on...
Nine Turkey-backed rebels killed in clashes in Syria – Turkish military
Nine Turkey-backed Syrian rebels were killed and 32 were wounded on Thursday fighting in an operation to push Islamic State militants away from the border...
Turkish police capture PKK militant suspected over Istanbul bombing – Anadolu
Turkish police have captured a Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant whom they suspect carried out a “motorbike bomb” attack on Thursday that wounded 10 people...
‘Motorbike bomb’ blast in Istanbul wounds 10
A bomb attached to a motorbike exploded near a police station in south-west Istanbul on Thursday wounding 10 people, the provincial governor said. The blast...
Baghdad warns of ‘regional war’ over Turkish military presence
Iraq’s prime minister warned Turkey on Wednesday it risked triggering a regional war by keeping troops in his territory, as the neighbouring states summoned each...
Turkish troops clash with Islamic State in Syria
Turkey’s army said it clashed with Islamic State over the border in Syria, leaving one soldier and 23 militants dead, as Ankara stepped up an...
Prosecutors drop probe of German comedian over satirical Erdogan poem
German prosecutors said on Tuesday that they had dropped an investigation into a German comedian who was accused of offending a foreign leader after reciting...
Turkey suspends thousands of police, shuts down TV station as crackdown widens
Turkish authorities suspended nearly 13,000 police officers, detained dozens of air force officers and shut down a TV station on Tuesday, widening a state-ordered clampdown...
