• Davutoglu seeks Iran's help to end regional crises

    Davutoglu seeks Iran's help to end regional crises

    Mar 05, 2016 11:06

    Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says Tehran and Ankara must develop a “common perspective” in order to help end the crises plaguing the region.

  • Arms supplied daily to terrorists in Syria via Turkey border: Russia

    Arms supplied daily to terrorists in Syria via Turkey border: Russia

    Mar 04, 2016 15:54

    Columns of trucks carrying cargo and weapons for militants in Syria cross into the war-wracked country from Turkey on a daily basis, Russian Defense Ministry says.

  • Four Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with PKK

    Four Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with PKK

    Mar 04, 2016 04:46

    At least four Turkish soldiers have been killed and one injured during separate clean-up operations against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in Turkey’s volatile southeastern provinces of Diyarbakir and Mardin.

  • Bombing, gunfight in Istanbul suburb

    Bombing, gunfight in Istanbul suburb

    Mar 03, 2016 07:01

    Militants stage a gun and grenade attack on a police station in an Istanbul suburb, where security forces have arrived in an ongoing operation to kill or capture them.

  • Turkey's Davutoglu to visit Iran Friday

    Turkey's Davutoglu to visit Iran Friday

    Mar 03, 2016 05:32

    Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will pay an official visit to Iran to discuss bilateral ties and the latest developments in the region.

  • Over 200 killed in Kurds-ISIL clashes on Turkey-Syria border

    Over 200 killed in Kurds-ISIL clashes on Turkey-Syria border

    Mar 02, 2016 17:51

    Fighters from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have clashed with the Takfiri terrorists near the Turkish border over the weekend, leaving a total of 206 people dead, among them civilians.

  • Violence flares in Turkey's Diyarbakir

    Violence flares in Turkey's Diyarbakir

    Mar 02, 2016 17:46

    Violent clashes have erupted in Turkish volatile town of Diyarbakir as people continue to demand an end to a crippling curfew imposed on the area.

  • US leaning on Kurdish fighters in Syria strategy

    US leaning on Kurdish fighters in Syria strategy

    Mar 02, 2016 04:43

    Turkey's deputy prime minister has blasted the US for its Syria policy, arguing that Washington is dependent on the assistance of Kurdish fighters in its alleged battle against the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group operating in the Arab country.

  • Turkey president opposes journalists release

    Turkey president opposes journalists release

    Feb 28, 2016 11:39

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has no respect for a recent Constitutional Court decision ordering the release of two journalists jailed for reporting on the government’s alleged arms delivery to militants in Syria.

  • Turkey violates Syria truce by shelling Kurds: Kurdish official

    Turkey violates Syria truce by shelling Kurds: Kurdish official

    Feb 28, 2016 10:51

    A senior Kurdish official says Turkish forces have once again fired shells into Syrian towns controlled by Kurdish forces, violating a ceasefire that has recently come into effect in the Arab country.