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  • 12 Mar 2017

    Turkey’s president Erdogan has warned the Netherlands will “pay the price” for refusing to allow two of his ministers to travel there – declaring “Nazism is alive in the West” and calling for international sanctions. The Dutch weren’t taking that lightly – their prime minister demanding an apology for comparing his country to Nazis. The…

  • 28 Jan 2017

    Turkey is still in a state of emergency following the bloody coup attempt last July that left more than 200 dead. A crackdown on the Government’s critics and those believed to be supportive of the uprising has seen thousands of civil servants purged and Kurdish politicians and journalists jailed.

  • 28 Jan 2017

    Theresa May has said America’s ban on refugees is a matter for Washington. On a visit to Turkey she no less controversially confirmed that the British Government will help to build a new generation of fighter jets for the Turks. Our Political Editor Gary Gibbon was there.

  • 5 Jan 2017

    Suspected Kurdish militants have fired at police before blowing up a car bomb in Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city,  killing two people. Officers eventually shot dead both attackers and are now hunting a third warning that a much larger attack was being planned. The country was already on edge after a gunman killed 39 people during…

  • 29 Dec 2016

    The Syrian army has announced a nationwide ceasefire beginning at midnight tonight – paving the way for talks aimed at ending the conflict.

  • 20 Dec 2016

    Russia, Iran and Turkey say they’re ready to broker a deal to end the Syrian war after talks in Moscow held without the United States or the UN. The meeting went ahead despite yesterday’s assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey by an off-duty police officer who shouted “don’t forget Aleppo”.

  • 19 Dec 2016

    It was as shocking as it was sudden: the Russian ambassador to Turkey shot dead right in the centre of Ankara by a gunman who shouted “Allahu Akhbar” and “Do not forget Aleppo” as he opened fire.

  • 24 Nov 2016

    The European Parliament has voted to suspend Turkey’s EU membership talks because of the Turkish government’s crackdown since the July coup attempt.

  • 14 Mar 2016

    A female member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party was one of two suspected suicide bombers who killed 37 people in Ankara, according to Turkish security officials.

  • 8 Mar 2016

    Leaders have agreed the broad principles of a deal to tackle the growing migrant crisis.

  • 24 Nov 2015

    Turkish fighter jets shoot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border after it allegedly violated Turkey’s air space.

  • 2 Nov 2015

    Turkey’s ruling AK party have surged to a surprise victory in national elections boosting the power of President Recep Erdogan who was bruised in the polls five months ago.

  • 12 Oct 2015

    The Turkish government says it believes Islamic State was responsible for suicide bombings in Ankara that killed at least 97 people.

  • 11 Oct 2015

    Thousands of people have gathered in Turkey’s capital Ankara to mourn the victims of a double bomb blast that killed at least 95 people and injured 246.

  • 10 Oct 2015

    Turkey says dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured after two explosions outside the train station in the country’s capital, Ankara.

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