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In abandoning the Kurds, the US has betrayed its only ally in the war in Syria
America has chosen to placate Turkey rather than back Kurdish anti-Isis forces.
Michael Horowitz Aug 25, 2016
Isis stronghold 'considered fully liberated' as Turkish-backed rebels 'seize' Jarablus
Jarablus was 'taken back' just hours after Syrian rebels and Turkish tanks entered the city.
Romil Patel Aug 25, 2016
Turkish tanks roll over the Syrian border to launch assault on Isis-held city of Jarablus
Advance preceded by air strikes and artillery bombardment in Turkey's largest intervention in Syrian civil war.
Callum Paton Aug 24, 2016
Turkish soldiers attacked near Antalya resort
Soldiers wounded in attack on military vehicle near popular resort.
Tom Porter Aug 24, 2016
Turkey's Jarablus offensive: Who is fighting who to capture the Isis-held Syrian border town?
Syrian border town has come under heavy shelling amidst a new Turkish offensive against Islamic State.
Orlando Crowcroft Aug 24, 2016
Turkish military and US-led coalition forces launch anti-Isis offensive in Jarablus along Syria border
The offensive comes just hours before US Vice President Joe Biden is due to hold talks with leaders in Turkey.
Nandini Krishnamoorthy Aug 24, 2016
Binali Yildirim says Turkey does 'not have a clue' who carried out deadly Kurdish wedding bombing
The prime minister said earlier information on the perpetrator 'is unfortunately not right.'
Romil Patel Aug 23, 2016
Terrorism is terrorism – whether it is Gulenist coup plotters, Isis or the PKK
Turkey's armed forces are united and the country will rise above the terrorist threat.
Jane Louise Kandur Aug 22, 2016
Pictures show tragic aftermath of suicide bomb attack on Kurdish wedding party that killed 51 people
Turkish President Recep Erdogan said Islamic State was probably behind the attack.
Alex Wheeler Aug 22, 2016
Ankara slams 'unfair' EU-Turkey deal as a 'one-way road'
PM Binali Yildirim said Turkey's agreement with the EU has not been 'implemented'.
Romil Patel Aug 22, 2016
Turkey: At least 51 dead, 69 injured in 'suicide terror attack' at wedding
The massacre in Gaziantep is believed to have been caused by a child suicide bomber.
Priya Joshi Aug 21, 2016
Turkish parliament approves deal to end six-year diplomatic rift with Israel
Diplomatic ties between the two countries will be unfrozen after six years.
Aug 20, 2016
Billboards in Istanbul airport warn travellers to Sweden of high risk of rape
Adverts appear after Sweden accuses Ankara of legalising sex with children in court ruling.
Tom Porter Aug 20, 2016
Turkey to release 38,000 inmates as prisons swell to bursting point in wake of failed coup
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag announced the release of 38,000 prisoners on social media.
Callum Paton Aug 17, 2016
Turkey supports Islamist groups in Middle East, says German government leak
A leaked response shows German officials acknowledge Raccip Tayyip Erdogan's support for militants.
Brendan Cole Aug 16, 2016
Sweden's foreign minister sparks spat with Ankara over age of consent tweet
Margot Wallström sparked spat over tweet following Turkish court ruling.
Brendan Cole Aug 16, 2016
Transgender sex worker found mutilated and burnt in new Istanbul gay hate crime
Hande Kader was last seen getting into a mans car days after a gay Syrian man was found dead in the city.
William Watkinson Aug 16, 2016
Two police officers and one child killed in PKK car bomb in south-eastern Turkey
Ambulances were dispatched to the scene of the blast in the restive Kurdish area.
Callum Paton Aug 15, 2016
2 Turkish men jailed for smuggling £512m of cocaine in tug boat in UK's largest drug seizure
Mumin Sahin, 47, and Emin Ozmen, 50, have been convicted of smuggling 3.2 tonnes of high purity cocaine.
William Watkinson Aug 12, 2016
Nato says Turkey's membership 'not in question' despite Putin rapprochement
Announcement comes amid increasing anti-western rhetoric in Turkey following failed coup.
Tom Porter Aug 10, 2016
Russia to resume flights and end sanctions with Turkey after Erdogan and Putin restore ties
The rapprochement follows months of frosty relations after Ankara downed a Russian jet.
Brendan Cole Aug 09, 2016
Clampdown in Turkey due to Erdogan's wish to 'build compliant media' says exiled journalist
Mahir Zeynalov told IBTimes UK that the arrests of 77 journalists were part of a crackdown on freedom.
Brendan Cole Aug 08, 2016
Erdogan vows to deliver death penalty if Turkey's parliament votes in favour of reinstation
Over a million people turned out for the Democracy and Martyrs' Rally in Istanbul.
Romil Patel Aug 07, 2016
Identities of Turkey coup plotters exposed by 'amateur' messaging app
Turkish intelligence cracked the encryption of the application earlier this year.
Jason Murdock Aug 04, 2016
Turkey: Headless, mutilated body of gay Syrian man discovered in Istanbul
Muhammed Wisam Sankari was identified by his housemates in western Turkey by only his clothes.
Callum Paton Aug 04, 2016
Failed coup cost Turkey £76bn and it could rise says trade minister
'Warplanes, helicopters, weapons, bombs, buildings: 300 billion lira,' said trade minister Bulent Tufenkci.
William Watkinson Aug 02, 2016
Social media saved Erdogan but his Stalin-style purge now aims to destroy it
The authoritarian leader is rounding-up journalists and has vowed to "eradicate" Twitter.
Hardeep Singh Aug 01, 2016
Turkey's Erdogan condemns West for lack of support but frees people accused of insulting him
Not a single person from either the European Union or the west had come to give condolences, he complained.
Henry Austin Jul 30, 2016
Are Hizmet-linked schools in Nigeria recruiting terrorists to attack Turkey?
Turkey accuses schools linked to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of promoting terrorism.
Ludovica Iaccino Jul 29, 2016
Dozens of Turkish media outlets shut by Erdogan in 'dissident crackdown'
Three news agencies, 16 TV channels, 45 papers and 15 magazines are due to shut.
William Watkinson Jul 28, 2016
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