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TURKEY DETAINS 18 IN CONNECTION WITH ATTACK NEAR COURTHOUSE
At least two people were killed and ten others wounded on explosion near Izmir courthouse... READ MORE›
18 HELD OVER CAR BOMB ATTACK NEAR TURKISH COURTHOUSE
The attack was the latest in a string of assaults that have hit Turkey... READ MORE›
2 SUSPECTS OF CAR BOMBING DIE IN GUN BATTLE NEAR TURKISH COURT
The attackers were armed with Kalashnikov-style rifles and grenades, Izmir's regional governor, Erol Ayyildiz, told reporters, according to the Associated Press... READ MORE›
ATTACKERS 'SHOT DEAD' BY TURKISH POLICE AFTER CAR BOMB NEAR COURTHOUSE IN IZMIR INJURES 10 PEOPLE
The detente between the two sides was not hindered by the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey by a Turkish police officer in December... READ MORE›
TURKEY CAR BOMB AND GUN ATTACK NEAR COURTHOUSE IN IZMIR
So-called Islamic State IS says it carried out the Istanbul attack over Turkey's military involvement in the Syrian civil war... READ MORE›
TURKEY ARRESTS FIVE IN CONNECTION WITH NIGHTCLUB ATTACK
Turkish police detained five suspected Islamic State group militants Wednesday in connection with the deadly Istanbul nightclub attack, Turkey's state-run news agency reported... READ MORE›
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TURKEY VOWS TO CONTINUE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS
What is your reaction to the Syrian air strikes and the raids in Turkey?... READ MORE›
A NEW WAVE OF MIGRANTS FLEES IRAQ YEARNING FOR EUROPE
To accommodate increased demand, Iraqi Airways recently added two new daily flights to Istanbul from Baghdad... READ MORE›
EVERYONE I KNOW IS LEAVING SYRIAN WAR DRIVING CRISIS
Syria's bitterly divisive politics are mostly forgotten in the dash to get to Europe... READ MORE›
'EVERYONE WANTS TO LEAVE': DEATH OF HOPE DRIVES YOUNG SYRIANS TO EUROPE
'Everyone wants to leave' death of hope drives young Syrians to Europe... READ MORE›
AIR STRIKES HIT ISIS POSITIONS AS JIHADISTS PUSH INTO KOBANI
Capturing Kobani would give Isis a direct link between its positions in the Syrian province of Aleppo and its stronghold of Raqqa to the east... READ MORE›
FACEBOOK GROUP PUSH FOR SAFE LAND PASSAGE FOUNDERS
We took measures to guard the border and prevent people from crossing into Bulgaria and Greece, Dursun Ali Sahin, the governor of Edirne Province, said... READ MORE›
WALKING WITH MIGRANTS: THE DIARY OF A JOURNEY FROM GREECE TO BERLIN
3pm, Piraeus I have met an Iraqi family who are pretending to be Syrian... READ MORE›
FATHER OF AYLAN KURDI DESCRIBES THE MOMENT HIS TWO CHILDREN 'SLIPPED AWAY'
Abdullah Kurdi Father of drowned boy Aylan describes moment his two children 'slipped away'... READ MORE›
Q&A: REFORMING EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
In the Council of Europe, which will modify the way the court handles human rights cases... READ MORE›
DRUNK PASSENGER DELAYS FLIGHT FOR 11 HOURS AFTER 'STRIPPING OFF AND ASKING STEWARDESS FOR SEX' ON FLIGHT FROM DUBLIN TO TURKEY
A Passenger had to be removed from a flight after becoming intoxicated and stripping off on a flight from Dublin it has emerged... READ MORE›
PUSHED BACK INTO THE FIRE: THE REFUGEES WHO FEEL COMPELLED TO RETURN TO SYRIA
It hosts about 100 000 refugees who outnumber the town's Jordanian citizens and the population of Zaatari... READ MORE›
TURKEY ARRESTS 13 OVER ISTANBUL AIRPORT ATTACK
Turkish police arrested 13 people in connection with the deadly attack on Istanbul's airport, officials said Thursday... READ MORE›
AFTER THE BOMBING IN SURUC, IS IT SAFE TO TRAVEL TO TURKEY?
All of Turkey is currently subject to varying levels of Foreign Office travel advice... READ MORE›
TURKEY BLACKOUT NOT CYBER ATTACK, NO RISK TO EUROPE POWER LINK-UP
Turkey blackout not cyber attack no risk to europe power link-up... READ MORE›
FOR ONE SYRIAN MIGRANT, A HEFTY PRICE BUYS A '5-STAR' JOURNEY TO EUROPE
But last year Tareq took a 3,000 euro package, funded by his concerned, middle class Damascene family... READ MORE›
ICONS OF SYRIA'S SUFFERING, AYLAN'S FATHER TOLD ME HOW HE LOST HIS FAMILY TO THE SEA
A few hours ago I was interviewing Abdullah Kurdi the father of three-year-old Aylan and five-year-old Galib Kurdi and husband of their drowned mother Reyhan... READ MORE›
THE MASS MIGRATION OF REFUGEES FROM TURKEY TO GREECE HAS STALLED
For many of the nearly 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, Europe is just too far away now... READ MORE›
TURKISH POLICE USE WATER CANNON ON PROTESTERS DECRYING RELIGION IN SCHOOLS
In 2013 Turkey was widely condemned for the brutal suppression of anti-government protests which saw hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets... READ MORE›
TURKISH POLICE DETAIN 'GULENISTS' IN IZMIR
'Media intimidation' Turkey's Western allies have voiced deep concerns over media intimidation in the run-up to the election that returned Erdogan's party to power... READ MORE›
A TURKISH FIRM HAS BEEN SELLING FAKE LIFE VESTS
But for the unlucky refugees who would have bought roughly 1200 life vests being manufactured in Izmir, Turkey, that was a false promise... READ MORE›
TURKEY SINKS AIRBUS JET ON PURPOSE TO ATTRACT TOURISTS
The 177 footA plane was submerged about 50 miles south of Izmir inA KuA?adasA?, a resort town... READ MORE›
'FAMOUS PIANO PLAYER OF YARMOUK' CAMP ESCAPES TO AUSTRIA
Beirut Even as he walks along the border from Croatia into Austria, pianist Ayham al-Ahmed is singing the songs of Yarmouk... READ MORE›
FROM TURKEY TO THE GREEK ISLANDS - AN INSIGHT INTO THE MIGRANT SMUGGLERS TRADE
The park is central to the human trafficking business and the trade is good despite pressure on Turkey to crack down on it... READ MORE›
THERE IS A HEAVY PRICE TO BE PAID FOR ABANDONING KURDS
The fall of Kobane will give Isil control of a large part of the 510-mile Syrian frontier with Turkey... READ MORE›