The Latest Breaking News from Ankara

As a child I moved from France to Turkey to Spain – then I finally found roots and belonging in stories, writes novelist Elif Shafak

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of Kurdish militant group the PKK is hailed by many Kurds as an icon, but within wider Turkish society many see him as a terrorist who deserves to die.

Ankara has repeatedly insisted that the Kurdish YPG militia must disband and called on the US to stop supporting it.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces says they have launched a counter-offensive against the Ankara-backed Syrian National Army to take back areas near Syria’s northern border with Turkey

Loss of authority in Syria after fall of Bashar al-Assad adds to domestic and international crises facing Iranian leaders

The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Ankara vows to continue operations in northern Syria as fears grow over an assault on the Kurdish-held town of Kobane.

Ankara’s support of Syria’s rebels was a strategic triumph that confirms it is replacing Iran as the regional powerhouse, says Hassan Hassan, editor-in-chief of New Lines magazine

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan tells Al Jazeera the only ‘takeover’ in Syria was ‘the will of the Syrian people’.

Turkey tried to stall the HTS rebels’ offensive but has now become Syria’s ‘gateway to the outside world’

Ankara, one of the principal backers of some of the Syrian rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad, is being seen as a winner in the overthrow of the Assad regime. However, analysts warn much of the success of the operation will depend on whether a stable government emerges.