Turkey

Presidents Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call discussing Turkey's ongoing military campaign in Syria.

Turkey's president says Operation Olive Branch is progressing "successfully" and will continue until the last "terrorist" is eliminated.

The Turkish offensive aims to remove the US-backed and Kurdish-led SDF. Despite condemnation, the Syrian and Russian regimes appear to have given the operation the go-ahead.

Buttressed by aerial bombardment and cross-border artillery fire, the ground personnel are advancing inside the Syrian territory along with tanks.

Syrian regime warns Turkish warplanes will have "no picnic" in its territorial airspace and vows to "destroy" the invading jets.

Turkish president accuses Washington of funding and training Kurdish "terrorists" in the region and warns the move will backfire.

Pegasus Airlines flight with 162 passengers on board overshot the runway in Trabzon, Turkey

Ankara warns Turks travelling to the US that they could face arbitrary detentions and terror-related violence in the country.

An Isis soldier who was shot in the head has been refused emergency surgery by Austria's interior ministry.

A man has fallen to his death while trying to take the perfect holiday photo at a Turkish landmark, Urfa Castle.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration is set to recruit about 43,000 military personnel in 2018.

The issue has also been raised at the Turkish parliament with the main opposition party claiming the photographs from the event show the children have been abused.

Isis fighters fleeing Iraq and Syria are thought to have headed towards Turkey, the route many British travelled to join the group.

The objects include a 3,000-year-old Mycenaean sword, a golden crown with an inscription of the ancient Greek sun god Helios and a bust of Alexander the Great.

Ismael Watson, formally Jack Watson, from Walsall, has been jailed for planning to join Isis before his pregnant wife told the authorities.

Hundreds of felines are set to live in their very own cat village situated in the northwestern Turkish province of Çanakkale, a local governor as announced.

Researchers found that American poultry is washed in up to four chemical disinfectants that do not meet EU safety standards.

Heads of state and top representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) gather in Istanbul over Jerusalem.

The United States will cut off its supply of arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria.

The alternative energy source could help to curb fossil fuel use, as well as providing a method to safely dispose of poultry excrement.

Movie screenings, exhibitions and more by gay, lesbian, trans and intersex groups prohibited in Ankara.

The fortress, which once belonged to the Iron Age Urartian civilisation, was built at a time when water levels were much lower than they are today.

Ayhan Uzun filmed himself firing a gunshot into his head whilst broadcasting on Facebook Live. It was reported that his family and friends begged him not to kill himself.

Iraq's dramatic move against the Kurds came soon after they had fought side by side to rid the country of Islamic State (Isis/Daesh).

Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old toy chariot and rattle while digging at the site of Sogmatar city in Turkey

Director of Amnesty Turkey, İdil Eser, has already spent 100 days behind bars. Turkey has been accused of "frequent attacks on human rights".

Ayla Albayrak, who has dual Finnish and Turkish citizenship, would appeal her conviction on the charge of engaging in propaganda supporting outlawed Kurdish rebels.

The Nato allies are drifting apart when the West needs Turkey to be close, and it's tragic for both sides.

The face-off between Washington and Ankara comes after a US diplomatic staff was arrested in Istanbul.

Iraqi troops and Shia militia have recaptured Hawija, the last Isis stronghold in northern Iraq. Now comes another crisis for Iraq and its neighbours: Kurdish independence.