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Manhunt after Istanbul nightclub massacre kills 39

  by Stuart Williams with Raziye Akkok in Ankara Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish police launched a…

Assassination in Turkey: what we know so far

Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot dead in a brazen attack by a…

Two killed in bomb attack in southern Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - by Fulya OZERKAN A car bomb exploded in the car park of the governor's office in…

Car bomb attack kills 18 at Turkish military checkpoint

ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Eighteen people were killed Sunday when a van packed with five tonnes of explosives blew up…

Turkey jails 32,000 in coup probe as mass trials loom

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - by Stuart WILLIAMS Turkey said Wednesday that courts have placed 32,000 suspects under arrest on charges…

Global alarm grows as 50,000 hit by Turkey purge

ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -  by Stuart WILLIAMS with Fulya OZERKAN in Istanbul Turkey faced fresh accusations it was flouting the…

Erdogan critics glad coup failed, fearful of backlash

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) by Fulya OZERKAN Three years ago, critics of Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallied against him in mass…

Odd jobs in Istanbul for young Syrians who dreamed big

by Marisol RIFAI ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- Receptionist, waiter, hairdresser, pastry-seller: these are the jobs of the ambitious young Syrians…

Istanbul airport bombers ‘planned hostage-taking’

  ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) by Katy Lee with Fulya Ozerkan in Ankara The suicide attackers who launched the deadly Istanbul…

Tunisian killed in Istanbul attack seeking IS-linked son

TUNIS , Tunisia (AFP) -- A Tunisian killed in the Istanbul airport attack blamed on the Islamic State group was…

41 dead in Istanbul airport carnage blamed on IS

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) by Katy Lee with Fulya Ozerkan in Ankara Turkey pointed the finger of blame at Islamic State jihadists…

Turkey arrests 12 in bid to identify female bomber: report

ANKARA , Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish police on Thursday arrested 12 suspects as they stepped up efforts to identify a…

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