Sources: PressTV Today's Zaman
Russian jets strike gas facilities in the town of Sarmada, Idlib Governorate, near the border with Turkey, and strike Qah with a surface-to-surface missile, according to the Turkish Ministry of National Defense. Turkey says it has sent a statement to Russia asking for the attacks to stop immediately. 2021-03-21
Turkey announces a nationwide indoor smoking ban in a bid to halt the rising number of COVID-19 cases. 2020-11-11
Turkey demands that Greece withdraws its troops from the Aegean island of Kastellorizo, saying Greece had violated the 1947 peace treaty, which called for the formerly Italian-occupied Kastellorizo to be demilitarized, with a recent troop deployment. The Greek government says the event was a "routine troop rotation". 2020-08-30
Turkey's Ministry of Health reports that the country's COVID-19 death toll stands at 21, with 947 confirmed cases. 2020-03-21
Turkey's Anadolu Agency reports that 45 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants have been killed by a combination of Turkish Army shelling and a U.S. air strike north of Aleppo. 2016-05-14
Turkish security forces kill at least 32 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants over the weekend, in military operations across the embattled Kurdish-majority southeast. 2016-01-10
Turkish jets bomb Kurdish PKK positions in south-east Turkey. 2014-10-14
A fire breaks out in a prison in the southeast Turkish province of Şanlıurfa, killing 13 prisoners. 2012-06-17
Ayman al-Zawahiri, speaking via an audio message, criticises the Turkish government for what he says is co-operation with Israel, as well as "killing Muslims in Afghanistan". 2010-08-15
Turkey says six of its soldiers were killed and fifteen wounded in an attack by Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border. Turkey also says that one rebel was killed during the attack, and that others were being pursued by the military. 2010-07-20