Turkey is struggling to deal not only with thousands of Kurdish refugees fleeing Islamic State militants in Syria, but also re-energised ambitions among Turkish Kurds for their own independent state.
Kylie Morris
Achieving a unified approach in dealing with the threat from Islamic State is one of several challenges facing the US at the United Nations General Assembly this week.
The United Nations Refugee Agency says almost 140,000 people – mainly Kurds – have crossed the border from Syria into Turkey since Friday.
Turkey closes some of its border crossings with Syria following an influx of more than 100,000 Kurdish refugees in two days, fleeing an advance by the Islamic State.
The PKK could play a key role in the battle against Islamic State, but their roots as Marxist guerrillas leaves the west wary. Channel 4 News looks at how the group is pursuing a Kurdish Spring.
Jonathan Rugman
The emphasis at the Nato summit has been on forming a new Iraqi government and putting a Muslim, regional face on any “coalition of the willing”.
Matt Frei
The threats from Islamic State and the Russian intervention in Ukraine have changed the mood at the Nato summit as leaders face a dangerous new world reality.
Nearly a century ago, British soldiers invaded Gaza to push out the Turks. Paul Mason pays a visit to what was to be the final resting place for some.
A laughing matter? Pictures of women chuckling and guffawing sweep Twitter in protest at Turkey’s deputy prime minister, who says women should not laugh in public.
Until recently, Nawal Msaad was an outgoing University student – but she has now come to be known as the first British Muslim woman accused of Syria-related terror offences.
The death of hundreds of workers in the coal mines in Soma has unleashed a wave of grief across Turkey, writes Niall Finn, a student and blogger based in Ankara.
Police use tear gas and water cannon against thousands of demonstrators protesting against the deaths of almost 300 people in Turkey’s worst ever mining disaster.
Alex Thomson
For a man proposing to stand in August for election as president of Turkey, the past 24 hours are a mighty embarrassment for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
Alex Thomson
After the deaths of over 280 miners, a senior adviser to Turkish PM Erdogan is caught on camera kicking a protester against the government’s record on mine safety, provoking yet more anger.
Protests targeting the government following the Soma coal mine disaster are violently suppressed – but will Prime Minister Recep Erdogan once again ride out public anger?