Tag: Turkey

Police sealed off a flashpoint Istanbul park on Sunday after firing tear gas and water cannon to dislodge thousands of protesters in a night...

Turkish protesters have refused to vacate Istanbul’s Gezi Park despite a concession by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to halt the site’s redevelopment ahead...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met a group of artists and activists over the anti-government protests that have been going on across...

Just hours after the Turkish government indicated that it was open to holding a referendum on a controversial Istanbul development plan, demonstrators defied an...

ust hours after the Turkish government indicated that it was open to holding a referendum on a controversial Istanbul development plan, demonstrators defied an...

Hundreds of Turkish police have stormed Istanbul's Taksim Square, the site of ongoing demonstrations against the government. Reuters news agency quoted witnesses as saying on...

Thousands of angry Turks have taken to the streets to join mass anti-government protests which have stretched to over one week, defying Prime Minister...

Turkey’s combative prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Friday abandoned his plan to build a new shopping mall on one of the few green patches...

Protests have continued in Turkey as demonstrators defied a government appeal to end deadly unrest in which two people have died. On Tuesday, Deputy Prime...

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Turkey's four biggest cities and clashed with riot police firing tear gas for...

Protests in Istanbul and several other Turkish cities appear to have subsided, after days of fierce clashes following a police crackdown on a peaceful...

Police in the Turkish city of Istanbul have fired tear gas and water cannons against a group of protesters trying to reach a main...

Turkey will support a US-enforced no-fly zone in Syria, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told a US television station. In an interview with NBC News on...

Acting on a tip-off, a Hakkari Provincial Gendarmerie Command unit on Tuesday stopped a vehicle on the Hakkari-Van highway and found 5.6 kilograms of...

The leader of a Kurdish armed group imprisoned by Turkey is set to call for a long-sought ceasefire next month as part of a...

Turkey won a tender announced earlier by Naval Forces of Pakistan for construction of a warship, the Hurriyet newspaper reported. Turkish company producing defense-related equipment...

Turkish security forces have detained Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law Suleiman Abu Gheith in Ankara following a tip-off from US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The...