Turkey

Interview with the international analyst and author, Dr Wolfango Piccoli, and the international relations professor, Dr Gulnur Aybet, on the killing of Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov.

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.

Their coffins draped in the Turkish flag, Istanbul’s police force today began to bury its dead. 30 of their number died in last night’s double bombing near a sports arena. A Kurdish militant group has claimed responsibility which has provoked a furious response from the Turkish government – the Interior minister vowing vengeance.

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

Thousands of people are still attempting the treacherous journey by sea from Turkey to Greece every day. A Turkish coastguard tries to turn the dinghies back before they get to Greece – leading to some confrontations in the water.

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.

Russia rejects Turkish claims is has committed “an obvious war crime” following the deaths of up to 50 people in bombing attacks on hospitals and schools in Syria.

More than 20 refugees drown while trying to reach Greece, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey to discuss how to respond to the latest migrant surge caused by fighting in Syria.

Ten people, at least eight of them German tourists, have been killed in a bombing in the Turkish city of Istanbul that has been blamed on Islamic State.

Russia’s defence ministry says it has proof Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his family are involved in the illegal smuggling of oil from Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq.

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin describes Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane as a “stab in the back”, while Nato holds an extraordinary meeting to discuss the incident.

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.

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

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.