Sources: Anadolu Agency CNTV TRT
Turkish police arrest 161 people suspected of being members of the Islamic State (IS) over the last week and seize unlicensed weapons and IS documents in raids in 38 provinces, including Istanbul and Ankara. 2025-09-12
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Interior Ministry in Ankara, Turkey, injuring two police officers. A second attacker is shot dead by police. 2023-10-1
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Ankara, Turkey, for upcoming talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. 2022-03-9
A court in Turkey sentences 337 people to life imprisonment, 60 people to other jail terms and acquits 75 people. The defendants were pilots and civilians linked to the Akıncı Air Base near Ankara. 2020-11-26
Two men are detained in Ankara, Turkey, after shots are fired at the United States embassy. 2018-08-20
The leaders of Iran, Turkey and Russia meet in Ankara. They declare their commitment to achieving a "lasting ceasefire" in Syria. 2018-04-4
A Pegasus Airlines flight from Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, departs the runway of Trabzon Airport in northern Turkey upon landing. All 162 passengers, two pilots, and four cabin crew evacuated the aircraft, a Boeing 737, unharmed. The local government launched an investigation into the incident. 2018-01-13
The Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is killed in a gun attack at an art gallery in Ankara. Russia calls the assassin, 22-year old police officer, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, a "terrorist". Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu goes to Moscow for a planned trilateral meeting on Syria, saying "the incident will not impact relations between Turkey and Russia". 2016-12-19
Two people are injured in explosions at Turkey's justice ministry and the headquarters of the governing AK Party in Ankara. 2013-03-19
A bombing attack in the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara kills at least 3 people and injures 34. 2011-09-20