Sources: BBC
One person is killed and 10 others are injured, including one critically, when a natural gas explosion collapses two residential buildings in Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey. 2026-03-22
Twelve people in Şanlıurfa and two in Adıyaman, Turkey, are killed by floods caused by heavy rain. 2023-03-15
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) threatens to turn to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for support if Turkey launches a new military operation in northern Syria, where the SDF controls most of its territory. 2022-06-7
One person is killed and four others are injured when an IED blast hits a bus in Bursa, Marmara, Turkey. 2022-04-20
Turkey reports a record 42,308 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3.4 million. 2021-04-2
The European Council agrees on sanctions against Belarus. Opposition by Cyprus is lifted by also agreeing on a warning to Turkey. 2020-10-2
Turkey purges more than 18,500 government workers a day before Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is sworn in as executive president. 2018-07-8
Voters in Turkey go to the polls for a referendum that seeks to replace the country's parliamentary system with an executive presidency, thereby giving President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sweeping new powers. Erdoğan's AK Party has claimed victory while the opposition CHP has said that it will challenge the result. 2017-04-16
The search for survivors of the Van earthquake in eastern Turkey enters its third day, with 459 confirmed deaths and over 1,300 injured. 2011-10-26
Two trains collide near the city of Bilecik in northwestern Turkey, killing one and injuring at least four others. 2010-01-3