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Foreign jihadist fighters are using safe houses in southern Turkey to cross into Syria to fight against government forces, the BBC has learnt. A man running one such house near ...

A document suggesting that the Turkish military may have used chemical gas during an operation in Dersim in 1938 has been revealed in a new documentary film.  A senior soldier’s ...

State media pay tribute to South African leader Nelson Mandela as an "old friend" of China who admired the communist revolution. China Central Television's morning news bulletin paid lengthy tribute to ...

German FM underlines that ‘threats behind scenes’ and exerting economic pressure is unacceptable, in an indirect criticism of Russia’s policy towards Ukraine. Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle indirectly criticized Russia ...

Turkish Airlines (THY) has released their latest ad campaign, “Widen Your World” with a sequel to their blockbuster commercial series featuring the airline’s global brand ambassadors football legend Lionel Messi and basketball megastar Kobe ...

Socar’s investments in petrochemicals, energy and logistics will also enable Turkey and Azerbaijan to produce oil and natural gas derivative intermediate goods, says Socar Turkey head Kenan Yavuz. The investment ...

Candidates for 21 provinces including 7 greater municipalities Istanbul, Bursa, Kocaeli, Balikesir, Sakarya, Tekirdag and Mardin have been announced by PM Erdogan. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Thursday the mayoral candidates ...

Turkey pushes for a tripartite mechanism to be formed with Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government for the sale of northern Iraqi oil and gas. Turkey is seeking to form ...

Nearly three years into the civil war that rages through Syria, millions of people continue to suffer both inside and outside the war-torn country. The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR's ...

Three hooded hackers hunch over their computer screens in the control room at Israel's new state-of-the-art "Cyber Gym", where IT and infrastructure company employees train to defend against cyber attacks. ...