Sources: BBC
Twenty-nine people are killed and eight others are injured in a fire at a nightclub under renovation in Istanbul, Turkey. 2024-04-2
Twenty-eight more people are found dead under debris in İzmir after an earthquake struck Greece and Turkey three days ago, bringing the death toll to 113. The earthquake is currently the deadliest this year. 2020-11-2
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian calls for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the Turkish incursion into Northern Syria's Afrin Region. The UNSC will convene on Monday. 2018-01-21
United States President Barack Obama, in Antalya, Turkey, says America will continue to accept refugees from Syria and elsewhere, though, "Only after subjecting them to rigorous screening and security checks." Responding to calls to admit Christians but not Muslims into the country, he said, "We don’t have religious tests to our compassion." 2015-11-16
Voters in Turkey go to the polls for a general election with the ruling AKP seeking enough votes to enable them to change the constitution. However, early projections show that they will lose their majority in the new parliament. 2015-06-7
Turkey says that it has reached an in-principle deal with the United States to give support to some elements of Syrian opposition. Over a million Syrian refugees live in Turkish territory, including many Syrian opposition figures. 2015-05-25
Turkish jets bomb Kurdish PKK positions in south-east Turkey. 2014-10-14
An explosion in a shop in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, leaves many injured. 2014-07-12
The death toll of eastern Turkey's recent earthquake reaches 366, as emergency services continue to search the rubble of Van for survivors. 2011-10-25
The Chief of the armed forces along with the heads of the army, navy and air force all resign in Turkey. 2011-07-29