WHY TURKEY'S PRESIDENT WAS AMONG THOUSANDS IN KONYA PAYING HOMAGE TO RUMI

And it is against this backdrop, including Konya's place in Turkey's modern political landscape, that the Mevlana Festival has been held in recent years... READ MORE›

TURKEY SEEKING TO ANNUL TRUMP'S DECISION ON JERUSALEM AT U.N., ERDOGAN SAYS

The United States is a permanent Security Council member with veto powers, meaning any move to overturn Washington's decision at the council would certainly be blocked... READ MORE›

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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›

GUNMAN IN ISTANBUL ATTACK IS IDENTIFIED TURKEY SAYS

Turkey Says It Has Identified Gunman in Istanbul Nightclub Attack... READ MORE›

TURKEY 'INSULT' TEENAGER RELEASED

Mr Erdogan, who was elected president in August after serving as prime minister for 11 years, has faced several corruption allegations in recent years... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS IN TURKEY RALLY AGAINST GOVERNMENT AFTER ANKARA BOMBINGS

A two-year peace process between the Turkish state and the P.K.K... READ MORE›

CAR BOMB KILLS TWO OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE IN TURKISH CITY OF IZMIR

Days earlier, a bomb on a bus in central Turkey killed 13 soldiers and wounded more than 50... READ MORE›

TURKEY SAYS IDENTITY OF ISTANBUL ATTACKER ESTABLISHED, MANHUNT GOES ON

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria... READ MORE›

TURKEY COUP ATTEMPT: WORLD LEADERS WARN PRESIDENT ERDOGAN NOT TO USE UPRISING AS EXCUSE FOR CRACKDOWN AS MORE THAN 6,000 ARRESTED

The United States was quick to denounce the military revolt in its NATO ally Turkey and to express support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's elected government... READ MORE›

TURKEY NIGHTCLUB ATTACK: KILLER 'BROUGHT HIS FAMILY TO DEFLECT ATTENTION WHILE HE PLANNED ATTACK'

She said Prince Philip and I were saddened to learn of the terrible attack in Istanbul on New Year's Day... READ MORE›

NATO CHIEF PHONED TURKISH, GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTERS OVER AIR BASE ROW

We hope that Germany and Turkey are able to find a mutually acceptable date for a visit, a NATO spokesman said... READ MORE›

WHY TURKEY'S ELECTION IS A VERY BIG DEAL

Umit Bektas Reuters ISTANBUL -- On Sunday, Turkey will hold a national election, less than six months after voters delivered the country's first hung parliament since 2002... READ MORE›

ISIS EMERGE AS SUSPECTS AS DEATH TOLL RISES TO 95

Hours after the bombing, the Kurdistan Workers Party PKK ordered its fighters to halt operations in Turkey unless they faced attack... READ MORE›

TURKEY LAUNCHES AIR STRIKES ON PKK TARGETS IN IRAQ

The raids took place in several Turkish provinces, including Istanbul, Ankara, Konya in central Turkey and Manisa in the west, the Radikal online newspaper said... READ MORE›

The scenes of destruction in Kobani provide a haunting panorama of what may lie ahead, as the war against the Islamic State unfolds in other places, especially in Iraq... READ MORE›

TURKISH MEDIA RUN 'SELFIE' VIDEO OF ALLEGED NIGHTCLUB GUNMAN

Turkish media on Tuesday broadcast a selfie video of the alleged gunman in the Istanbul nightclub attack that left a Canadian and 38 other people dead... READ MORE›

RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN'S RULING AKP DECLARES VICTORY AFTER NEARLY ALL VOTES COUNTED

The West has supported Syrian Kurds fighting Isil but Turkey opposes this and recently shot at Kurdish forces in Tal Abyad, northern Syria... READ MORE›

ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB GUNMAN IDENTIFIED, SAYS TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER

Turkish police release images of istanbul nightclub attack suspect - video report... READ MORE›

TURKEY REFERENDUM FURTHER POLARISES AN ALREADY TRAUMATISED COUNTRY AS ERDOGAN GAINS SWEEPING NEW POWERS

Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurtz held it was a clear signal against the European Union and the fiction of Turkey joining should end... READ MORE›

ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB ATTACKER IDENTIFIED TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS

The extremist Islamic State group claimed the attack was by one of its soldiers, in a rare admission of responsibility for an operation in Turkey... READ MORE›

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›

ANGER, FEAR SWEEPS TURKISH BORDER TOWN UNDER ATTACK FROM ISLAMIC STATE

Turkey has long pushed for creation of a safe zone in northern Syria but the idea has found little support from Western allies... READ MORE›

MOURNERS IN TURKEY LASH OUT AT GOVERNMENT'S LACK OF SECURITY AT BOMBING SITE

Erdogan has asserted that Kurdish rebels are a bigger threat to Turkey than ISIS... READ MORE›

INTENSE FIGHTING TRAPS CIVILIANS IN SOUTHERN TURKEY

The majority Kurdish region has been turned into a war zone, shattering hopes for a peace deal and raising fears the country may slide into all out civil war... READ MORE›

TURKEY INCREASINGLY EXPOSED TO SYRIA VIOLENCE GROPES TO IDENTIFY PEACE RALLY SUICIDE BOMBERS

Erdogan has asserted that Kurdish rebels are a bigger threat to Turkey than the Islamic State group... READ MORE›

ALERT TOUR GUIDE LED TOURISTS AWAY FROM ISTANBUL BOMBER

Ten other people were detained in Turkey's third-largest city, Izmir, and in the central city of Konya... READ MORE›

'FOREIGN NATIONALS' DETAINED AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT OVER NIGHTCLUB ATTACK

Istanbul Turkish police have launched raids in Istanbul and arrested 14 people, as the hunt for a gunman who killed 39 people in a nightclub intensifies... READ MORE›

TURKEY DETAINS FIVE ISLAMIC STATE SUSPECTS LINKED TO NIGHTCLUB ATTACK

He also condemned the attack on Turkey which had opened its arms to those who escaped China... READ MORE›

ID OF ISTANBUL CLUB ATTACK SUSPECT ESTABLISHED BUT NOT PUBLICLY REVEALED

Flowers and pictures of the victims are placed near the entrance of Reina nightclub, which was attacked by a gunman, in Istanbul on Tuesday... READ MORE›

ERDOGAN'S AKP WINS CRITICAL TURKEY VOTE

Support for Kurdish militia fighters battling Islamic State IS across Turkey's border in neighboring Syria... READ MORE›

TURKEY DETAINS OVER 6,000 IN PURGE AFTER FAILED COUP

Turkey shut down airspace around Incirlik after the coup, forcing the US to halt its strikes in Syria... READ MORE›

TURKISH POLICE SEARCH ISTANBUL COURTHOUSES, MORE OFFICERS DETAINED

Washington has been cautious, saying it needs clear evidence and a U.S. Department of Justice team is expected in Turkey later this month... READ MORE›