Turkey

Excavators dig mass graves as loudspeakers broadcast the names of the dead in Turkey, while protesters gather in major cities following the country’s deadliest industrial disaster.

At least 245 people are killed and 80 injured in a mining accident. As rescue efforts continue, the Turkish government is facing protests over its failure to improve mine safety.

Turkey is holding local elections today amid a corruption scandal involving embattled Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and a ban on Twitter and YouTube. What’s really at stake?

First Twitter, now YouTube – the Turkish prime minister blocks the video-sharing site after what he called the “villainous” leak of a secret recording of top security officials on the site.

A Syrian military jet is shot down in the northern border region with Turkey where rebels have been battling President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.

The Turkish government’s decision to ban access to Twitter comes as little surprise, writes Niall Finn, a student in Ankara.

Turkey blocks access to Twitter days before elections after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who is battling a corruption scandal that has been aired on the site, vowed to “wipe (it) out”.

Turkey’s parliament sees violent scenes as members of the ruling and opposition party clash – not for the first time. We look at other debates where the battle of ideas has turned physical.

“Two weeks ago I would have laughed at you for saying the Erdogan government would be fighting for its credibility”, says Andrew Finkel, author of ‘Turkey: What everyone needs to know’.

Mr Erdogan lashes out at “international groups” and “dark alliances” as the police fight thousands of protesters on the streets of Turkish cities.

Three Turkish cabinet ministers resign over a spiraling corruption scandal and one of them urged a defiant Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to follow suit.