40% OF SYRIAN CHILDREN IN TURKEY NOT IN SCHOOL

Ankara says close to half a million Syrian children out of 1.2 million in Turkey are enrolled in its schools... READ MORE›

TURKEY SEEKS ARREST OF 243 MILITARY PERSONNEL IN ONGOING CRACKDOWN

According to Anadolu, more than 37,000 people have been formally arrested since the coup... READ MORE›

SUSPECT IN ISTANBUL RAMPAGE ON NEW YEARA??S IS CAPTURED, TURKEY SAYS

Suspect in Istanbul Rampage on New Yeara??s Is Captured, Turkey Says... READ MORE›

ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB ATTACK: MAN SUSPECTED OF KILLINGA 39 IN NEW YEAR'S EVE MASSACRE CAPTURED BY POLICE

According to state-run Anadolu news agency, five people were detained in the operation, including the alleged perpetrator, a man of Kyrgyz origin and three women... READ MORE›

NIGHTCLUB ATTACKER WHO KILLED 39 CAUGHT IN ISTANBUL ISLAMIC STATE CELL SWEEP

Dogan news agency published a picture of the detained man with blood on his face and T-shirt, his neck gripped by a policeman... READ MORE›

ROADSIDE BOMB BLAST KILLS POLICE IN TURKEY'S DIYARBAKIR

Turkey has been hit by a series of bombings over the past few years, including five in Istanbul... 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›

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›

EUROPE'S COLD SNAP DELIVERS A MIXTURE OF CHAOS AND FUN

-- Istanbul Turkey IstanbulTuRRkey January 9, 2017 Greece Refugees and migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday struggled with plunging temperatures and snow... READ MORE›

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›

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›

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›

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›

NEW ARRESTS AS ERDOGAN SAYS NIGHTCLUB ATTACK BEING USED TO DIVIDE COUNTRY

The shooting occurred after a bloody year in Turkey in which hundreds of people were killed in violence blamed on both IS jihadists and Kurdish militants... READ MORE›

TURKEY CONTINUES MANHUNT FOR NEW YEAR NIGHTCLUB ATTACKER

Taksim Square was released by state-run Anadolu television and other Turkish media... 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›

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›

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›

POLICE ARREST FIVE IS SUSPECTS LINKED TO ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB ATTACK

Police detain five suspected isis militants 'linked to deadly istanbul nightclub attack'... 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 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›

IDENTITY OF ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB ATTACKER ESTABLISHED

Identity of Istanbul nightclub attacker established foreign minister... READ MORE›

ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB GUNMAN IDENTIFIED, SAYS TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER

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

TURKEY DETAINS 5 IS SUSPECTS LINKED TO NIGHTCLUB ATTACK

The operation was launched in the Aegean port city of Izmir and was ongoing, Anadolu Agency said... READ MORE›

SELFIE FOOTAGE SHOWS 'ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB ATTACKER' IN TOURIST SPOT BEFORE MASSACRE

Footage shows gunman unleash wave of bullets outside Istanbul nightclub Citing Justice Ministry officials, the Anadolu news agency reported that 38 of the 39 dead have been identified... 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›

A LOOK AT SOME OF THE 39 PEOPLE KILLED IN THE ISTANBUL ATTACK

Funerals were held Monday in Istanbul for three of the Turkish victims Fatih Cakmak, a security guard at the club, Busra Kose and Yunus Gormek... READ MORE›

ISIL CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR REINA ATTACK

In Istanbul, 17,000 police officers were put on duty, some disguised as Santa Claus and others as street vendors, Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported... READ MORE›

IS CLAIMS ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB ATTACK AS POLICE STRUGGLE TO TRACK GUNMAN

Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin said the attacker targeted innocent people who had only come here to celebrate the New Year and have fun ... READ MORE›

GUNMAN WHO LAUNCHED TERROR ATTACK ON ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB WAS 'DRESSED AS SANTA'

Turkey attack Gunman who launched terror attack on Istanbul nightclub was 'dressed as Santa'... READ MORE›

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›

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›

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›

RUSSIA & US WILL ENGAGE IN 'GLOBAL WAR', UNLESS 'PROXY' SYRIA CONFLICT RESOLVED - TURKEY'S DEPUTY PM

Russia US will engage in 'global war', unless 'proxy' Syria conflict resolved - Turkey's deputy PM -- RT News... READ MORE›

TURKEY NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE: WHAT WE KNOW NOW

A manhunt is on in Turkey for an assailant who unleashed bullets inside a crowded Istanbul nightclub Sunday... READ MORE›

NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS: FESTIVITIES BEGIN TO WELCOME 2017

On Friday a man in Sydney was charged in connection with threats made against Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations... READ MORE›

'IS SUICIDE BOMBER' KILLS 10 IN ISTANBUL SULTANAHMET DISTRICT

Far left groups are also active in Turkey, and a female suicide bomber attacked a police station in Istanbul's Sultanahmet district last year... READ MORE›

U.N. BACKS RUSSIAN-TURKISH SYRIA EFFORTS, AS CEASE-FIRE WAVERS

And it anticipates a meeting of the Syrian government and opposition representative in Kazakhstan's capital Astana in late January... READ MORE›

'PURE PANIC' AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT AFTER ATTACK

Gunshots, screams and explosions pierced the air Tuesday as three terrorists armed with bombs and guns killed 36 people at Istanbul Ataturk Airport in Turkey... READ MORE›

MANHUNT UNDERWAY AFTER MASSACRE AT ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB OFFICIALS SAY

Speaking to reporters outside an Istanbul hospital, Soylu said the attacker changed clothes in order to escape the scene... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 35 KILLED IN NEW YEAR'S ATTACK ON ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB

At the time of the attack early Sunday, according to local media, there were hundreds of people inside the club, which sits on the Bosporus strait... READ MORE›

RETAKING MOSUL WILL TAKE 2 MONTHS, GENERAL SAYS

A huge coalition of Iraqi troops, Kurdish Peshmerga allies and Iraqi irregulars press forward with their assault to recapture Mosul from ISIS... READ MORE›

MANHUNT ON AFTER ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE KILLS 39

Erdogan Istanbul nightclub attack aims to create chaos The PKK and its affiliates are known to target mostly members of Turkey's security forces rather than civilians... READ MORE›

TURKEY DOWNS RUSSIAN WARPLANE CLAIMING AIRSPACE BREACH

The plane went down in Bayirbucak, northwestern Syria, near Turkey, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported... READ MORE›

MAN WHO SHOT RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY 'WAS POLICE OFFICER'

The gunman who shot Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov in the back was a police officer, Turkey's Interior Minister, Suleyman Soylu, has confirmed... READ MORE›

MUNICH ATTACKER RESEARCHED RAMPAGE KILLINGS, POLICE SAY

Munich shooting attacker researched rampage killings, police say... READ MORE›

'PURE PANIC' AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT AFTER ATTACK

The Tuesday attack in Istanbul is the eighth suicide bombing in Turkey so far this year... READ MORE›

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›

MOSUL: TOWN OF TAL AFAR IN FOCUS ON WESTERN FRONT

Asadi said the operation, which began on Saturday, aimed to retake the towns of Hatra and Tal Abta, as well as Tal Afar... READ MORE›

TURKEY'S ERDOGAN 'CLEANSES' SECURITY FORCES AFTER FAILED COUP

A total of 8,777 officers have already been removed from the Turkish Interior Ministry, the vast majority of them police officers, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported... READ MORE›

CAR BOMB IN CAPITAL KILLS AT LEAST 34

In Ankara, Turkey, a car bomb explosion tore through a busy square killing at least 34 people and wounding 125 others... READ MORE›

ISIS LOSES ALL TERRITORY ALONG SYRIA-TURKEY BORDER

Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army rebels have cleared the area between the northern Syrian border towns of Azaz and Jarablus, the Anadolu news agency reported... READ MORE›

Kemal Sadik Gokceli was born into a Turkish-Kurdish family in the village of Hemite now Gokcedam in southern Turkey... READ MORE›

30 KILLED 126 INJURED IN ANKARA BOMBATTACKS

Some 14,000 people were believed to be in the area at the time, the Turkey's Anadolu news agency reports... READ MORE›

TURKEY LAUNCHES HEAVIEST AIR STRIKES YET ON PKK, STOKING KURDISH IRE

Turkey launches heaviest air strikes yet on pkk stoking kurdish ire... READ MORE›

TURKEY MPS APPROVE STATE OF EMERGENCY BILL ALLOWING RULE BY DECREE

Turkey, along with Russia, is one of the countries most frequently found by the European court of human rights to have violated the convention... READ MORE›

FRANCE LAUNCHES AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISIL IN SYRIA

France did not previously carry out airstrikes against ISIL in Syria because it feared such action could maintain the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad... READ MORE›

TURKEY'S ERDOGAN SHUTS SCHOOLS, CHARITIES IN FIRST STATE OF EMERGENCY DECREE

The schools and other institutions are suspected by Turkish authorities of having links to Gulen, who has many followers in Turkey... READ MORE›

RUSSIA 'DETERMINED TO FIGHT TERROR' AFTER ASSASSINATION

Roles of Russia and Turkey in Syria Human rights groups and other countries have denounced Russia over its backing of the Syrian leader... READ MORE›

GUN BATTLE ERUPTS OUTSIDE US CONSULATE IN ISTANBUL

The consulate attack came a day after the United States military said it had sent six fighter jets to the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE SUICIDE BOMBER WHO KILLED 50 AT WEDDING PARTY 'WAS BETWEEN 12 AND 14 YEARS OLD'

Initial evidence suggests it was a Daesh attack, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president, said during a visit to Gaziantep after the attack... READ MORE›

PRESIDENT RECEP ERDOGAN SENDS NATIONWIDE TEXT MESSAGE URGING LOYALTY

Turkish officials have demanded that the United States extradite him to face justice in Turkey... READ MORE›

GERMAN SPY CHIEF SAYS CAN'T RULE OUT ISTANBUL-STYLE ATTACKS AT HOME

Three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers killed 44 people at Istanbul's main airport on Tuesday, the deadliest in a string of attacks in Turkey this year... READ MORE›

ISTANBUL ATTACK: SUSPECTS 'FROM RUSSIA, UZBEKISTAN AND KYRGYZSTAN'

Interior Minister Efkan Ala told parliament evidence gathered so far suggests responsibility for the gun and suicide bomb attack lies with the ISIL militant group... READ MORE›

ISTANBUL TOO NUMB TO BE SHOCKED BY AIRPORT ATTACK

Heavily guarded government areas in Turkey's capital of Ankara were also targeted with two major bombings this year... READ MORE›

ISTANBUL BOMBERS FROM RUSSIA, KYRGYZSTAN AND UZBEKISTAN

The raids against suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL cells were launched in Istanbul and the Aegean coastal city of Izmir... READ MORE›

ATATURK AIRPORT ATTACK - WHY DID IT HAPPEN?

Gizem Adal, euronews Yesterday evening, Turkey was struck by an extremist attack, this time targeting Istanbul's Ataturk Airport... READ MORE›

ERDOGAN, WORLD LEADERS CONDEMN ATATURK AIRPORT ATTACK

Saudi Arabia's embassy in Turkey said at least seven Saudis were injured in the attack and all were in stable condition... READ MORE›

'I CAN'T FIND MY SISTER': EYEWITNESSES DESCRIBE HORROR OF ISTANBUL AIRPORT ATTACK

Eyewitness accounts from the suicide bombing of Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport have started to emerge... READ MORE›

ERDOGAN LOYALIST TO BE ELECTED TURKEY PRIME MINISTER

Binali Yildirim, the transport minister and a close ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will be the sole candidate at the party congress on Sunday... READ MORE›

ENEMY OF THE STATE?

It's a dangerous game to be a journalist in Turkey, he tells Geoff Parish on tonight's Dateline in an interview recorded shortly before his sentencing... READ MORE›

EXPLOSION NEAR MOSQUE IN BURSA, TURKEY

The semiofficial Anadolu news agency, however, reported one person had died and six were injured... READ MORE›