Turkey

Fresh Syria talks to begin in Geneva

Fresh efforts to revive peace talks on Syria is due to begin in Geneva.
5 May 2015

Turkey Twitter block lifted after image removed

Social media restrictions are being lifted in Turkey, as sites comply with a court order to stop sharing images of a prosecutor being held at gunpoint.
7 April 2015

British student who joined Islamic State wants to go home -Turkish MP

A 19-year-old British woman, one of a group of medical students to join the Islamic State has told her family she wants to go home
2 April 2015

Bloody end to Turkey prosecutor hostage crisis

A Turkish prosecutor and two gunmen who took him hostage have been killed after a shootout at a courthouse in Istanbul
1 April 2015

Man linked to Bangladeshis’ abduction in ME held: CID

Criminal Investigation Department says that they arrested a man, who was involved in kidnapping for ransom of around 100 Bangladeshis in middle-east countries
31 March 2015

Nine British medics feared to have crossed into Syria

Nine British medical students and doctors are feared to has travel to Syria to work in areas controlled by Islamic State militants.
22 March 2015

Turkey sends teenagers back to UK after Syria attempt

Three teenagers who were stopped from travelling to Syria from Turkey are flown back to the UK and arrested, Scotland Yard says
16 March 2015

Turkey sends teenagers back to UK after Syria attempt

Three teenagers who were stopped from travelling to Syria from Turkey have been flown back to the UK and arrested, Scotland Yard has said.
15 March 2015

Life inside Islamic State for young female recruits

Melanie Smith monitors around 90 women daily who are believed to be living with Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq and depicts an idea into what life really is like inside IS
5 March 2015

CCTV shows UK girls en route to Syria

CCTV pictures have emerged showing three UK schoolgirls on the Turkish leg of what is believed to have been their journey to join Islamic State in Syria
1 March 2015

2 Bangla speaking girls among 3 teens ‘on way to join IS'

Fears are growing for the safety of three east London schoolgirls who police believes are trying to cross the Turkish-Syrian border to join Islamic State (IS).
21 February 2015