Turkey

Europe migrant crisis: Hungary PM calls for €3bn Syria aid package

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban calls on the European Union to give Syria's neighbours €3bn (£2.2bn; $3.4bn) in financial aid to help those displaced by the civil war.
12 September 2015

Middle East dust storm puts dozens in hospital

A large dust storm hits western parts of the Middle East, putting dozens of people in hospital and leading to public health warnings.
8 September 2015

Sight of drowned Syrian boy petrified photographer Nilüfer Demir

Photo-reporter Nilüfer Demir explains the moment she shot the picture showing a Syrian toddler’s lifeless body washing ashore Turkey’s Aegean coast.
8 September 2015

Migrant crisis: Influx will change Germany, says Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the "breathtaking" flow of migrants into Germany will "occupy and change" the country in the coming years.
7 September 2015

The dead child and the West’s stance on refugees

The recent picture of the child all-dolled up and lying dead on the beach had drenched our hearts with tears. He was one of the thousands of refugees who were trying to escape to safety from the civil war raging in the Middle-east.
5 September 2015

Image of dead child on beach shakes the world

The image of little Aylan Kurdi is hammering home the Syrian migrant crisis to the world, largely through social media.
4 September 2015

Troubling image of drowned boy captivates, horrifies

An image of a little boy wearing a bright red t-shirt and shorts lying face-down in the surf on a beach in one of Turkey's prime tourist resorts sweeps across social media.
3 September 2015

Working longer hours increases stroke risks

Working 55 hours or more per week is linked to a one third greater risk of stroke compared to a 35-40 hour work week.
22 August 2015

Turkish troops killed in bomb attack in Siirt province

Eight Turkish soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack in the south-eastern province of Siirt, the army says.
19 August 2015

Istanbul hit by blast and gunfire

Violence has flared up in Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, with two gunmen opening fire outside the US consulate, just hours after a bomb attack on a police station.
10 August 2015

Erdogan's war and US myopia

The Obama Administration, which defied the hawkish opposition at home and abroad and signed the historic Nuclear Deal with Iran, seems to have condoned President Erdogan's military operation in Iraq.
2 August 2015

Turkish troops killed in 'Kurdish PKK suicide blast'

Two Turkish security troops are killed and 31 wounded in a suicide attack by Kurdish PKK militants, the regional governor's office says.
2 August 2015

Divers find mysterious transparent blob off the coast of Turkey

This amazing video shot by a group of divers off the coast of Turkey shows an enormous transparent blob that nobody was able to explain.
28 July 2015

Turkey's air force hits IS and PKK in Syria and Iraq

Turkish air force jets carry out fresh strikes against Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria and also hit Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
25 July 2015

Turkey bombs Islamic State targets in Syria

Turkish planes have for the first time carried out air strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria.
24 July 2015

Suruc massacre: Turkey suicide bombing suspect identified

A suspect is identified in connection with the suicide bomb attack that killed 32 young activists in Turkey, the country's prime minister has says.
21 July 2015

Turkey arrests 21 IS suspects in raids

Turkish authorities arrest 21 suspected members of the Islamic State group, according to state media.
11 July 2015

Jihadists' slave markets sell girls at any price: UN envoy

Teenage girls abducted by Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria are being sold in slave markets "for as little as a pack of cigarettes," the UN envoy on sexual violence said Monday.
9 June 2015

Turkey's AKP faces challenge to form government

Turkey's AK party faces a challenge to form a government after losing its majority at a general election for the first time in 13 years.
8 June 2015

Former Turkish President dies

Former Turkish President Kenan Evren dies at the age of 97.
10 May 2015