News: Turkey

We have started to collect the most important news related to Turkey in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Turkey – overview

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• May 20th 2013 – March 17th 2013
• March 13th 2013 – December 4th 2012
• December 4th 2012 – October 11th 2012
• October 11th 2012 – August 31st 2012
• August 25th 2012 – June 22nd 2012
• June 20th 2012 – April 1st 2012
• March 31st 2012 – January 17th 2012
• January 13th 2012 – November 13th 2011
• November 12th 2011 – October 21st 2011
• October 20th 2011 – August 18th 2011
• August 17th 2011 – June 18th 2011
• June 18th 2011 – May 20th 2011
• May 20th 2011 – January 19th 2011
• January 12th 2011 – September 17th 2010
• September 16th 2010 – July 6th 2010
• July 2nd 2010 – May 24th 2010
• May 20th 2010 – February 26th 2010
• February 26th 2010 – November 26th 2009
• November 25th 2009 – July 20th 2009
• July 20th 2009 – April 17th 2009
• April 13th 2009 – December 5th 2008
• December 4th 2008 – August 19th 2008
• August 19th 2008 – June 29th 2008
• June 25th 2008 – April 12th 2008
• April 12th 2008 – February 7th 2008
• February 7th 2008 – November 13th 2007
• November 13th 2007 – October 11th 2007
• October 11th 2007 – August 7th 2007
• August 4th 2007 – May 20th 2007
• May 17th 2007 – April 5th 2007
• March 29th 2007 – December 11th 2006
• December 11th 2006 – October 12th 2006
• October 12th 2006 – August 1st 2006
• July 27th 2006 – May 17th 2006
• May 10th 2006 – January 8th 2006
• January 8th 2006 – November 11th 2005

Turkey: news

Turkish MPs fight over school law

Saturday, March 31st 2012, 7:00

The passing of a bill in Turkey allowing parents to move their children into Islamic schools earlier prompts scuffles in parliament.
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Turkish Hitler shampoo ad pulled

Tuesday, March 27th 2012, 14:58

A Turkish TV advert for men's shampoo, featuring Adolf Hitler, is withdrawn following complaints from Turkey's Jewish community.
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Turkish general in court walkout

Tuesday, March 27th 2012, 12:40

A former Turkish military chief, Gen Ilker Basbug, walks out of his terrorism trial in protest at the use of taped phone calls.
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Syria's opposition seeks to unite

Monday, March 26th 2012, 16:34
related countries: Syria

Syria's divided opposition groups meet in Turkey to draw up a "national pact" to back efforts to unseat President Assad's government.
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Turkey's ex-army chief on trial

Monday, March 26th 2012, 12:12

Turkish ex-military chief Gen Ilker Basbug goes on trial on terrorism charges, the highest-ranking officer to face charges linked to the so-called Ergenekon network.
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Proving you're gay to the Turkish army

Sunday, March 25th 2012, 23:46

The ordeal of proving you're gay to the Turkish army
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Turkey says women rebels killed

Saturday, March 24th 2012, 15:38
related places: Bitlis

Turkish officials say 15 Kurdish militants, all of them women, have died in fighting with security forces in south-eastern Bitlis province.
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Syria rebellion encroaches on Turkey

Saturday, March 24th 2012, 13:11
related countries: Syria

Turkey's Syrian refugees try to keep revolution alive
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Thirteen dead in Turkish clashes

Thursday, March 22nd 2012, 11:22

Seven Kurdish rebels and six members of the security forces die in fighting in the far south-east of the country, sources say.
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VIDEO: Nobel Laureate visits Syrian refugees

Monday, March 19th 2012, 1:31
related countries: Syria

The Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Winner Tawakul Karman has visited a refugee camp in Turkey for displaced Syrians.
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Syria Turks urged to return home

Friday, March 16th 2012, 16:17
related countries: Syria

Turkey urges its citizens to leave Syria, citing serious security risks, as international envoy Kofi Annan briefs the UN about the latest peace moves.
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VIDEO: Syrian refugee exodus continues

Friday, March 16th 2012, 13:23
related countries: Syria

Refugees from the conflict in Syria are continuing to flock into neighbouring Turkey.
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Deadly helicopter crash in Kabul

Friday, March 16th 2012, 10:57
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

A Turkish army Sikorsky helicopter falls on an Afghan house in Kabul, killing at least 12 Turkish soldiers and two children.
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VIDEO: Concern over Syria refugees

Wednesday, March 14th 2012, 0:33
related countries: Lebanon, Syria

Human Rights Watch has accused Syria of laying landmines near its borders with Lebanon and Turkey, along routes used by refugees fleeing the country.
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Syria 'laying border landmines'

Tuesday, March 13th 2012, 11:25
related countries: Lebanon, Syria

Human Rights Watch says Syria has laid hundreds of landmines on its borders with Lebanon and Turkey, along routes used by refugees.
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Turkey coup trial reporters freed

Monday, March 12th 2012, 20:21
related places: Istanbul

Four Turkish journalists accused of involvement in a plot to topple the government are freed by an Istanbul court.
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VIDEO: Istanbul tent fire kills workers

Monday, March 12th 2012, 4:53
related places: Istanbul

At least 11 workers have died after a fire swept through a tent on a construction site in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
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Istanbul blaze kills 11 workers

Monday, March 12th 2012, 1:00
related places: Istanbul

A fire in a giant tent at a construction site in the Turkish city of Istanbul kills at least 11 workers, officials say.
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Turkey begins flights to Somalia

Tuesday, March 6th 2012, 11:55
related countries: Somalia
related places: Mogadishu

Turkish Airlines begins a twice-weekly service to Somalia's capital, the first major carrier from outside the East Africa to land in Mogadishu in more than 20 years.
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Police injured by Istanbul blast

Thursday, March 1st 2012, 18:28
related places: Istanbul

A civilian and 15 police officers are hurt in a suspected bomb explosion that damaged a police bus in Istanbul, say Turkish officials.
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VIDEO: Death of Romanian Jews remembered

Saturday, February 25th 2012, 5:47
related countries: Romania

A ceremony in Romania has marked 70 years since the death of hundreds of Romanian Jews off the coast of Turkey.
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Turkish match-fixing trial starts

Tuesday, February 14th 2012, 10:09

Top names in Turkish football are set to face judges as nearly 100 people go on trial accused of match-fixing.
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Turkey 'bombs PKK Iraq hideouts'

Sunday, February 12th 2012, 11:49
related countries: Iraq

Turkish jets have bombed suspected hideouts of the Kurdish rebel group PKK in northern Iraq, Turkey's military says.
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VIDEO: Turkey: Syria has broken promises

Sunday, February 12th 2012, 11:21
related countries: Syria, United Kingdom

As Turkey takes a lead in trying to broker a settlement to end the violence in Syria the Turkish ambassador to the UK says President Assad has broken promises.
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Alarm over north Cyprus gay cases

Thursday, February 2nd 2012, 12:30
related countries: Cyprus, United Kingdom

Euro MPs voice alarm after two men are arrested in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus under a British-era law criminalising gay sex.
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Big freeze extends across Europe

Wednesday, February 1st 2012, 18:04
related countries: Italy

Heavy snow has caused disruption across Europe, carpeting much of Italy to the south and Turkey to the east.
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Ten missing as Turkey ship sinks

Tuesday, January 31st 2012, 20:38

At least 10 people are missing after a cargo ship sinks off the Turkish coast, officials say.
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VIDEO: Turkey says French bill 'racist'

Tuesday, January 24th 2012, 17:36
related countries: France

The Turkish prime minister has said a bill passed by the French parliament on the mass killing of Armenians under Ottoman rule is "racist".
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Turkey says French bill 'racist'

Tuesday, January 24th 2012, 13:03
related countries: France

The Turkish prime minister says a bill passed by the French parliament on the mass killing of Armenians under Ottoman rule is "racist".
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VIDEO: Turkey vents fury at French vote

Tuesday, January 24th 2012, 3:21
related countries: France

Turkey has reacted with fury to the latest move by French lawmakers to condemn the mass killing of Armenians by Turks in 1915.
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French Senate passes genocide law

Monday, January 23rd 2012, 22:41
related countries: Armenia, France

The French Senate approves a controversial bill that makes it a criminal offence to deny that Turks committed genocide against Armenians during World War I.
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Turkey asks France to reject bill

Friday, January 20th 2012, 18:02
related countries: France

The Turkish foreign minister asks France's Senate to reject a bill criminalising genocide denial, as it moves closer to becoming law.
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Marchers remember Dink in Turkey

Thursday, January 19th 2012, 17:36
related countries: Armenia
related places: Istanbul

At least 20,000 people march in Istanbul to mark five years since the murder of a Turkish-Armenian journalist, days after a controversial court verdict.
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Turkey jails man for Dink murder

Tuesday, January 17th 2012, 22:35
related countries: Armenia

A Turkish court has sentences a man to life in prison for instigating the 2007 killing of prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
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Turkish general kept in custody

Tuesday, January 17th 2012, 16:30

A Turkish court rejects a request to free ex-military chief Gen Ilker Basbug as he awaits charges over an alleged coup plot, state media report.
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