Turkey

Syrian border town has come under heavy shelling amidst a new Turkish offensive against Islamic State.

The offensive comes just hours before US Vice President Joe Biden is due to hold talks with leaders in Turkey.

The prime minister said earlier information on the perpetrator 'is unfortunately not right.'

Turkey's armed forces are united and the country will rise above the terrorist threat.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan said Islamic State was probably behind the attack.

PM Binali Yildirim said Turkey's agreement with the EU has not been 'implemented'.

The massacre in Gaziantep is believed to have been caused by a child suicide bomber.

Diplomatic ties between the two countries will be unfrozen after six years.

Adverts appear after Sweden accuses Ankara of legalising sex with children in court ruling.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag announced the release of 38,000 prisoners on social media.

A leaked response shows German officials acknowledge Raccip Tayyip Erdogan's support for militants.

Margot Wallström sparked spat over tweet following Turkish court ruling.

Hande Kader was last seen getting into a mans car days after a gay Syrian man was found dead in the city.

Ambulances were dispatched to the scene of the blast in the restive Kurdish area.

Mumin Sahin, 47, and Emin Ozmen, 50, have been convicted of smuggling 3.2 tonnes of high purity cocaine.

Announcement comes amid increasing anti-western rhetoric in Turkey following failed coup.

The rapprochement follows months of frosty relations after Ankara downed a Russian jet.

Mahir Zeynalov told IBTimes UK that the arrests of 77 journalists were part of a crackdown on freedom.

Over a million people turned out for the Democracy and Martyrs' Rally in Istanbul.

Turkish intelligence cracked the encryption of the application earlier this year.

Muhammed Wisam Sankari was identified by his housemates in western Turkey by only his clothes.

'Warplanes, helicopters, weapons, bombs, buildings: 300 billion lira,' said trade minister Bulent Tufenkci.

The authoritarian leader is rounding-up journalists and has vowed to "eradicate" Twitter.

Not a single person from either the European Union or the west had come to give condolences, he complained.

Turkey accuses schools linked to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of promoting terrorism.

Three news agencies, 16 TV channels, 45 papers and 15 magazines are due to shut.

Gulen – who lives in the US – denies any involvement in the attempted military coup in Turkey.

Melih Gökçek said opposition cleric in exile Fethullah Gülen had used genies to control people.

Arrest orders issued over journalists' apparent links to cleric Fethullah Gulen.

The rally was organised by the country's opposition party CHP.