Recent News Headlines : Turkey

NEW YEARS'S DAY GUNMAN LIVED IN TURKEY'S MIGRANT COMMUNITY


Police in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir detained 20 suspected Islamic State militants, some of Central Asian origin, on Wednesday... READ MORE

15th January, 2017 0

CYPRUS REUNIFICATION TALKS: RIVALS REJECT PROPOSED NEW BORDERS


Cyprus talks turkish troops will remain on island, vows erdogan... READ MORE

15th January, 2017 54

FOR ISRAEL ENERGY BOOM COULD MAKE FRIENDS OUT OF ENEMIES


The government in Jerusalem envisions building pipelines that could transport Israeli gas as far away as Europe... READ MORE

14th January, 2017 353

CYPRUS TALKS BRING NICOSIA TO 'A POINT WHERE WE CAN HAVE HOPE'


On both sides of the UN-patrolled buffer zone that divides their capital, Greek and Turkish Cypriots know that this is the last chance for peace... READ MORE

14th January, 2017 308

TURKEY ARRESTS TWO UIGHURS OVER NIGHTCLUB ATTACK


A witness in the central Anatolian city of Konya had reportedly seen Asim with the Reina nightclub attacker, the agency said late Friday... READ MORE

14th January, 2017 61

FIRST SIGN OF ENHANCED U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS UNDER TRUMP


Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for national security adviser, arrives at Trump Tower in New York on Jan. 3... READ MORE

14th January, 2017 4420

'DIALOGUE WITH TURKS IN ITSELF IS AN ACHIEVEMENT'


The President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades says at this stage in the Geneva talks on reuniting Cyprus that dialogue is what is important... READ MORE

14th January, 2017 65

CYPRUS TALKS STALL OVER FATE OF TURKISH TROOPS


Cyprus is home to about 800,000 Greek Cypriots and 220,000 Turkish Cypriots... READ MORE

13th January, 2017 1411

CYPRUS TALKS: TURKISH TROOPS WILL REMAIN ON ISLAND, VOWS ERDOGAN


President says Turkish troops will be on island in perpetuity and proposed terms of rotating presidency are unacceptable... READ MORE

13th January, 2017 738

MY ORDEAL AS CAPTIVE OF AL-NUSRA IN SYRIA


His ordeal began in October 2012 when he met three men in Turkey who said they could put him in touch with the Free Syrian Army... READ MORE

13th January, 2017 5

WHY HOPES ARE SO HIGH ABOUT THE TALKS TO REUNIFY CYPRUS


Nevertheless, conflict between pro-union Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots had spiraled out of control by 1963 and U.N... READ MORE

13th January, 2017 568

U.N. CHIEF SAYS DEAL TO END CYPRUS DIVIDE COULD BE NEAR


The meeting in Geneva included the foreign ministers of Cyprus's so-called guarantor powers Boris Johnson from Britain, Nikos Kotzias from Greece and Mevlut Cavusoglu of Turkey... READ MORE

13th January, 2017 39

CYPRUS TALKS 'ON TRACK' WITH FOREIGN MINISTERS SET TO ARRIVE


We are on track, Mr Eide told reporters during a break... READ MORE

11th January, 2017 0

GERMANY WELCOMED 280,000 MIGRANTS LAST YEAR, FAR LOWER THAN 2015


Then came a deal between the European Union and Turkey that reduced arrivals crossing the Aegean Sea... READ MORE

11th January, 2017 11239

GERMANY SEES MASSIVE DROP IN ASYLUM SEEKERS


They headed for Germany after Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered a temporary open-door asylum policy... READ MORE

11th January, 2017 213

U.S. INCREASES SUPPORT FOR TURKISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SYRIA


As tension between Washington and Ankara has increased, Turkey's relations with Russia have improved... READ MORE

10th January, 2017 675

TURKEY'S PARLIAMENT DEBATES GREATER POWERS FOR PRESIDENT


The Turkish parliament has begun debating proposed constitutional amendments that would hand president Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping executive powers... READ MORE

10th January, 2017 0

ISTANBUL'S BIGGEST THREAT DOESN'T COME FROM TERRORISTS


But seismologists say a devastating earthquake in Istanbul remains an even greater danger... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 579

TURKEY FIRES 8,000 CIVIL SERVANTS FOR ALLEGED TERROR LINKS


Turkey's crackdown through dismissals and the arrest of some 41,000 people was begun to root out followers of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 114

DEADLY ICY SPELL GRIPS MUCH OF EUROPE, INCLUDING GREEK ISLANDS


Icy temperatures across Europe have left more than 20 people dead and blanketed even the Greek islands and southern Italy in snow... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 2160

TURKEY IN GRIP OF FEAR AS ERDOGAN STEPS UP POST-TERROR ATTACK CRACKDOWN


Ever since the coup attempt, Turkey has been under a form of emergency law where the government can rule by decree... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 632

FUEL TRUCK BLAST KILLS DOZENS IN NORTH SYRIAN BORDER TOWN


Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency cited a doctor in Azaz as saying at least 60 people had been killed and more than 50 wounded... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 378

IRAQI FORCES CLOSE IN ON TIGRIS IN ISLAMIC STATE STRONGHOLD MOSUL


This is a very important factor, thanks to which Daesh Islamic State has not been able to move its fighters... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 456

IN TURKEYA??S UNREST, SOME SEE AN EXTREME VERSION OF POST-9/11 AMERICA


Kurdish separatist bombers kill 14 soldiers on a bus in central Turkey and dozens of police officers at an Istanbul soccer match... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 297

SNOWSTORMS HOLD MAINLAND EUROPE IN AN ICY GRIP AS SCORES SUCCUMB TO BITTERLY COLD WEATHER


The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that even the Bosphorus Strait running through Turkey's largest city was closed with ferries being halted... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 1197

U.S. MILITARY AID IS FUELING BIG AMBITIONS FOR SYRIA'S LEFTIST KURDISH MILITIA


Recruits at a graduation ceremony after completing military training provided by U.S. Special Forces in the countryside of Syria's Aleppo province... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 2241

AT LEAST 43 KILLED IN CAR BOMB IN SYRIAN TOWN, OPPOSITION SAYS


Many rebels and civilians who were pushed out of Aleppo city during a massive government offensive late last year resettled in Azaz... READ MORE

7th January, 2017 0

BLAST KILLS DOZENS IN REBEL-HELD SYRIAN TOWN


Turkey's privately owned Dogan news agency said a car bomb planted by Islamic State was responsible... READ MORE

7th January, 2017 225

DOZENS DEAD IN NORTHERN SYRIA AS TRUCK BOMB RIPS THROUGH BUSY MARKET


BEIRUT -- At least 48 people were killed Saturday in the Syrian border town of Azaz after a truck bomb ripped through a busy marketplace... READ MORE

7th January, 2017 214

TURKEY DISMISSES MORE CIVIL SERVANTS IN POST-COUP PURGE


The purge has been expanded to include ties to other terror organizations, including alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party or the PKK... READ MORE

7th January, 2017 4

Trending News Headlines : Turkey

DONALD TRUMPA??S ELECTION LEAVES ANGELA MERKEL AS THE LIBERAL WESTA??S LAST DEFENDER


Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, has emerged as the last powerful defender of Europe and the trans-Atlantic alliance after the election of Donald J. Trump... READ MORE

14th November, 2016 71321

GUNMAN SHOUTED 'DO NOT FORGET ALEPPO!' AS HE SHOT AMBASSADOR


Andrey Karlov, Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated Monday at an art exhibition in Ankara, Russia's foreign ministry said... READ MORE

20th December, 2016 52341

KILLER CRIES DONT FORGET SYRIA BEFORE BEING GUNNED DOWN


We know that this is a provocation aiming to destroy the normalization process of Turkey-Russia relations, Mr. Erdogan said... READ MORE

20th December, 2016 51085

ISTANBUL NEW YEAR REINA NIGHTCLUB ATTACK 'LEAVES 39 DEAD'


At least 39 people, including at least 15 foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey's interior minister says... READ MORE

1st January, 2017 43242

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ANDREY KARLOV SHOT IN ANKARA


Turkey's state-owned Anadolu Agency said the attacker was killed by the security forces after a gun fight... READ MORE

19th December, 2016 35001

ERDOGAN OFFERS CITIZENSHIP TO SYRIAN AND IRAQI REFUGEES


Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that some Syrian and Iraqi refugees who pass a screening process will be granted Turkish citizenship... READ MORE

7th January, 2017 29679

IF THESE EXTRAORDINARILY POWERFUL IMAGES OF A DEAD SYRIAN CHILD WASHED UP ON A BEACH DONA??T CHANGE EUROPEA??S ATTITUDE TO REFUGEES, WHAT WILL?


In Britain, David Cameron and Philip Hammond have been criticised for the dehumanising language they use to describe refugees... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 29281

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY ANDREI KARLOV SHOT DEAD IN ANKARA


A Turkish policeman has shot dead Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, apparently in protest at Russia's involvement in Aleppo... READ MORE

19th December, 2016 27243

DEADLY ATTACKS IN TURKEY THIS YEAR


Two explosions near a football stadium in the heart of Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, have killed 29 people and injured 166, the government says... READ MORE

11th December, 2016 23461

'I'M A REFUGEE' SAYS SKITTLES PHOTOGRAPHER


Donald Trump Jr's tweet comparing Skittles to refugees has caused a furore on social media... READ MORE

20th September, 2016 21228

AT LEAST 39 DEAD AFTER GUNMAN 'DRESSED AS SANTA' OPENS FIRE AT NEW YEAR'S PARTY


Officials said at least one gunman reportedly wearing a Santa costume murdered a police officer and a civilian outside Istanbul's famed Reina nightclub before bursting inside... READ MORE

2nd January, 2017 17606

AT LEAST 35 KILLED IN ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB ATTACK, OFFICIAL SAYS


The attacker or attackers are believed to have entered the nightclub in Istanbul's Ortakoy district disguised as Santa Claus, the station reported... READ MORE

1st January, 2017 16862

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR SHOT DEAD IN ANKARA GALLERY


Turkey, which seeks Assad's ouster, has been repairing ties with Moscow after shooting down a Russian warplane over Syria last year... READ MORE

20th December, 2016 16450

NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE IN ISTANBUL EXPOSES TURKEYA??S DEEPENING FAULT LINES


Turkey has been reeling for several years now, as it has been increasingly drawn into the Syrian civil war... READ MORE

2nd January, 2017 15982

DONALD TRUMP LIKELY TO END AID FOR REBELS FIGHTING SYRIAN GOVERNMENT


If the United States pursues that line, We end up fighting Russia, fighting Syria, Mr. Trump told The Journal... READ MORE

12th November, 2016 14923

GUNMAN KILLS RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY, SHOUTS 'GOD IS GREAT'


He also shouted other phrases, mostly in Turkish, according to Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News Don't forget Aleppo!... READ MORE

20th December, 2016 14617

ISLAMIC STATE TAKES CREDIT FOR NEW YEAR'S ATTACK AT ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB


Among the injured is a businessman from Greenville, Del.A William Jacob Raak,A 35, was visiting friends in Istanbul at the time of the attack... READ MORE

2nd January, 2017 14326

SYRIAN REBELS ANNOUNCE PUSH TO DRIVE ISLAMIC STATE FROM RAQQA


The Syrian forces are a ways off from assaulting Raqqa... READ MORE

6th November, 2016 14151

CAR BOMB ATTACK KILLS 13 SOLDIERS IN CENTRAL TURKEY


A deadly car bomb exploded in central Turkey, killing 13 soldiers and wounding 48 others, Turkish authorities confirmed early Saturday morning... READ MORE

17th December, 2016 13936

AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR ASSAILANT BEHIND ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB ATTACK


More than 500 people were inside the Reina club when what authorities described as a terrorist attack began about 1 15 a.m... READ MORE

1st January, 2017 13697

I WILL OPEN GATES FOR MIGRANTS TO ENTER EUROPE IF EU BLOCKS MEMBERSHIP TALKS


However, the European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkey, Kati Piri, tweeted that linking the deal on migration with the EU accession talks was wrong from the beginning... READ MORE

26th November, 2016 13178

AMERICAN COMMANDOS 'FORCED TO RUN AWAY' FROM US-BACKED SYRIAN REBELS


They want to wage a crusader war to occupy Syria. Another man calls out The collaborators of America are dogs and pigs... READ MORE

16th September, 2016 13060

HOW THE RIVALRY BETWEEN RUSSIANS AND TURKS SHAPED THE WORLD


A gunman shot Andrey Karlov, Russia's ambassador to Turkey, at a photo exhibition in Ankara on Monday... READ MORE

19th December, 2016 12834

TURKISH POLICE OFFICER, INVOKING ALEPPO, GUNS DOWN RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN ANKARA


As the ambassador, Andrei Karlov, lay on the floor, the assailant, still waving his gun, screamed, Don't forget Aleppo!... READ MORE

20th December, 2016 12658

OBAMA'S ROUGH RECEPTION ON THE WORLD STAGE


The fact sheet the White House put out at the conclusion of the G20 touted the economic progress under the eight years of the Obama presidency... READ MORE

6th September, 2016 11963

US-TRAINED DIVISION 30 REBELS 'BETRAYED US AND HAND WEAPONS OVER TO AL-QAEDA'S AFFILIATE IN SYRIA'


Pentagon-trained rebels are reported to have betrayed us and handed weapons over to jabhat al-nusra immediately after entering syria... READ MORE

22nd September, 2015 11334

RUSSIA IRAN AND TURKEY MEET FOR SYRIA TALKS EXCLUDING US


Russia, Iran and Turkey Meet for Syria Talks, Excluding U.S... READ MORE

21st December, 2016 10676

OPERATION TO RETAKE IRAQI CITY FROM IS 'BEGINS'


A military operation to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State IS has begun, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says... READ MORE

17th October, 2016 10575

AT 7, BANA AL-ABED TOLD THE WORLD ABOUT THE SIEGE OF ALEPPO ON TWITTER. NOW, SHE IS SAFE.


She has been described as our era's Anne Frank, updating the world on the horrors of war in Syria's Aleppo in real time... READ MORE

19th December, 2016 10575

AT LEAST 39 KILLED, 69 INJURED IN ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB TERRORIST ATTACK (GRAPHIC VIDEOS)


The attack took place at the well-known Reina nightclub in the Ortakoy neighborhood, in Istanbul's Besiktas district... READ MORE

1st January, 2017 10303

Related News Headlines : Turkey

WHO IS ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND? ASSASSINATION OF RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY COMPARED TO EVENT THAT SPARKED WORLD WAR I


The killing of Russia's ambassador to Turkey has been compared to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which led to World War I... READ MORE

20th December, 2016 139

WHY THE PENTAGON SEES RECAPTURE OF SYRIAN CITY AS TEMPLATE FOR BATTLING THE ISLAMIC STATE


Conditions have worsened in the nearby city of Aleppo, Syria's largest, as rebels and Russian-backed government forces trade attacks... READ MORE

16th August, 2016 103

SYRIA REBELS 'CUT OFF IS ESCAPE ROUTE' THROUGH MANBIJ


After the liberation of Manbij, IS members won't be able to freely travel to and from Europe anymore, said Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim... READ MORE

13th August, 2016 603

ISLAMIC STATE, PUTIN WANT BREXIT, CAMERON SAYS; PRO-LEAVE ISIS, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT 'MIGHT BE HAPPY'


Russia has not publicly spoken out on the referendum, as the Russian Embassy in London pointed out... READ MORE

17th May, 2016 3

FOR SYRIANS STUCK IN SOUTHERN TURKEY, FEW OPTIONS 'EXCEPT TO SUFFER'


GAZIANTEP, Turkey -- Hussein Taysoun once saw opportunity in the great migration to Europe... READ MORE

26th April, 2016 35

HOW TURKEYS PROMISE TO STOP THE FLOW OF REFUGEES IS CREATING A NEW CRISIS


Turkey is struggling to cope with the 2.7 million Syrians it hosts and honor its agreement to stop refugees from crossing into Europe... READ MORE

25th April, 2016 203

EU STARTS SENDING BOATLOADS BACK TO TURKEY DESPITE OUTCRY


Human rights advocates have expressed concern that Turkey will not provide adequate protection to people in need of asylum... READ MORE

4th April, 2016 7

SECRET EU PLAN TO DEPORT 80,000 AFGHANS


The paper, which was obtained by the Statewatch civil liberties website, says the EU's co-operation with Afghanistan so far has been difficult and uneven ... READ MORE

22nd March, 2016 175

'GAME CHANGER': HOW THE EU MAY SHUT TURKISH DOOR ON MIGRANTS


John O'Brennan, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at Maynooth University in Ireland, tweeted EU norms of pluralism are being completely eviscerated... READ MORE

9th March, 2016 110

EU LEADERS MEET TO DISCUSS MIGRANT CRISIS


Mark Rutte, the Dutch leader who holds the rotating presidency of the European Council, said that leaders would consider flying refugees directly from Turkey... READ MORE

7th March, 2016 118

EU TALKS TOUGH ON MIGRANTS FROM TURKEY, UNEASY OVER RIGHTS


They also promised to revive talks on Ankara's EU membership and speed up a plan to give Turkish travellers easier visa access to the European Union... READ MORE

7th March, 2016 309

PUTIN'S MISSION ACCOMPLISHED IN SYRIA?


To understand Vladimir Putin's mission in Syria, look at Chechnya and Ukraine... READ MORE

18th February, 2016 51


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