Sources: BBC
Police in Turkey arrest at least 304 people suspected of links to the Islamic State during simultaneous raids conducted across the country. 2023-12-22
A Turkish-owned vessel is bombed off the coast of Odesa, according to Turkey's Directorate General of Coastal Safety. No casualties are reported. 2022-02-24
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces that the country will gradually lift COVID-19 restrictions, including curfews and weekend lockdowns beginning in March on a provincial basis, which will divide the country into four categories based on infection and vaccination rates. 2021-02-17
Turkey surpasses 10,000 COVID-19 deaths, becoming the eighth European country to reach the milestone. 2020-10-28
Turkey closes its border with Iran and halted incoming flights due to more cases of coronavirus in Iran. 2020-02-23
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to open Turkey's borders to allow refugees and migrants to reach Europe after the European Parliament votes to temporarily freeze talks of Turkey's accession to the EU. 2016-11-25
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi rejects Turkey's claim that Turkish forces must be included in an operation to retake the militant-held city of Mosul. 2016-10-12
Turkey's national security council adds Israeli activity in the Middle East, "online terror" and global warming to a document listing potential threats, while removing Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran and Syria from the same list. The document also calls for a Middle East without nuclear weapons. 2010-10-30
Turkish police arrest at least 14 military officers, including four generals, accused of a 2003 coup plot. 2010-04-6