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Turkey elections: Where now for Abdullah Ocalan and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)?
Even as he pushes for peace with Turkey the PKK remain loyal to charismatic Kurdish leader.
Turkish economy takes election hit but is set to benefit in longer term
With the threat of constitutional reform removed, the country can begin to focus on growth.
Turkey: Who is 'Kurdish Obama' Selahattin Demirtas and what does he want?
Selahattin Demirtas's People's Democracy Party has taken 13% of the vote in Turkey's elections.
Turkish elections: Kurdish HDP party provides crucial barrier to Erdogan dictatorship
HDP has a crucial role to play for both the Turkish and Kurdish people.
Isis: US begins training Syrian fighters in Turkey to take on Islamic State militants
US aims to train 5,000 fighters per year to act as on-the-ground partners in battle against Islamic State.
Turkey: Islamic cleric warns 'hands will get pregnant in afterlife' due to masturbation
Turkish televangelist cites Islamic edict to back his statement.
Isis news: British soldiers in Jordan and Turkey training rebels to fight Islamic State and Bashar al-Assad
Ministry of Defence confirms that 85 British soldiers arrived in early May.
LG G4 rollout starts this week in key markets worldwide
Hong Kong, Turkey, Russia and Singapore to get smartphone first.
Turkish military planes shoot down Syrian surveillance drone in Turkey's airspace
Turkish F-16 military jets shot down a drone that was within Turkey's airspace.
Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges Europe to take in more migrants
Says European countries 'also have their obligations' towards helping migrants.
UK terror arrests: Four men detained at Gatwick Airport after being banned from entering Turkey
Men - all in their 30s - apprehended at Antalya airport and deported back to UK on Saturday
Istanbul May Day 2015: Tear gas, water cannon and petrol bombs as protesters battle for Taksim Square
Thousands of police manned barricades and closed streets to stop demonstrations at Taksim.
Mediterranean migrants: Facebook smugglers offer under-3s go free with 'TripAdvisor-style feedback' for voyage to Europe
EXCLUSIVE: Migrants can contact smugglers through social media to pay more than £10k to reach Britain from Turkey.
Armenian genocide: Kurdish leaders set moral example to Turkey by facing their crimes
Kurdish leaders acknowledge their people's role in the genocide - but Turkish leaders refuse to do likewise.
St George's Day: 10 facts on who it's about, when it started and why it's OK to celebrate
Why is England's Patron Saint a Turkish Roman soldier beheaded in Palestine who never came to our shores?
6 held on terror charges by UK police released without charge in Rochdale
Six people detained by UK police over terror charges stopped at the Turkey-Syria border released without charge
Cezmi Budak death shows Turks are terrified of Kurdish election prospects
Budak was killed as part of concerted Turkish campaign to provoke Kurds and paint them as bad guys.
Pope Francis joins evil front's conspiracy, says Turkish PM over Armenian genocide remarks
Turkish authorities continue to heap scorn on Vatican pontiff over his Armenian genocide comments.
Is a Turkey-Saudi Arabian alliance the key to ending Syria's bloody civil war?
Saudi Arabia could use its pan-Arab Sunni coalition to help Turkey unseat Bashar al-Assad rather than bombing Yemen.
Simon Heffer: Kim Kardashian and Pope Francis left Turkey in PR disaster over Armenian genocide
Turkey is foolish for denying atrocities committed against the Armenians a century ago.
Pope incurs Turkey's wrath after calling Armenian mass slaughter 'genocide'
Pope Francis angers Turkey by using the term 'genocide' to describe the killing of 1.5m Armenians
Briton arrested on Turkey/Syria border is son of Rochdale councillor
One of the nine Britons arrested after trying to cross over into Syria has been identified as Rochdale councillor Shakil Ahmed's son.
9 Britons including four children arrested by Turkish soldiers attempting to enter Syria
Three men, two women and four children who are British nationals were arrested after allegedly trying to illegally cross the border into Syria, according Turkish military.
Istanbul violence: Female attacker killed in assault on police HQ
BREAKING NEWS: Turkish police kill woman after pair attack Istanbul police headquarters.
Istanbul: Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz held hostage by leftist gunmen died of his injuries
Hospital officials say Mehmet Selim Kiraz, the prosecutor held hostage in Istanbul has died.
Istanbul: Two gunmen holding a lawyer hostage in courthouse killed during police shootout
Two members of a banned leftist group who were holding a prosecutor hostage inside a courthouse were killed by police.
How Turkish ecstasy baron Dogan 'Doctor Drugs' Alagoz escaped prison with dodgy fax
Alagoz release shows gaping flaws in Turkey's government and judicial system once again.
South Korea and Turkey latest to apply for AIIB membership
As of 27 March, there are 37 countries and regions that have applied to become founding members of AIIB.
Turkey's top religious body claims IVF between unmarried people is 'adultery'
Turkish religious body allows IVF if the sperm and ovum belong to a married couple and there is no surrogate.
Turkey launches project to pipe Azeri gas to Europe
Turkey has launched a $10bn (£6.8bn) project to pipe Azeri gas to Western markets.