The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

Istanbul bombing: 46 detained as Turkey minister blames Kurdish separatists

Six people died and 81 were injured when Istanbul’s popular pedestrian thoroughfare İstiklal Avenue was hit by a bomb attack

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022

Factbox-What is the Syrian Kurdish YPG?

Turkey has said the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were responsible for a blast on the historic Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul on Sunday that killed six people, an incident that recalled similar attacks in years past.

Reuters · Nov 14, 2022

CIA boss talks nuclear weapons and prisoners with Putin's spy chief

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns was expected to caution President Vladimir Putin's spy chief at talks on Monday about the consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, and to raise the issue of U.S. prisoners in Russia, a White House official said.

Reuters · Nov 14, 2022

Turkey travel warning after Istanbul explosion

The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Turkey

Liverpool Echo · Nov 14, 2022

Motherwell star will work hard in first Scotland cap bid as he targets Turkey friendly chance

Fir Park skipper Liam Kelly admits he is in the dark over game time as Steve Clarke's side face match in Diyarbakir on Wednesday

Daily Record · Nov 14, 2022

Middle East's Fertile Crescent dries up as rains fail

Abbas Elwan drilled well after well in a desperate bid to find water for his family's parched farmlands in southern Iraq. After yet another attempt failed in August, he took a gun from the kitchen of their mud house and slipped into the night.

Reuters · Nov 14, 2022

Turkey blames deadly bomb on Kurdish militants; PKK denies involvement

Turkey blamed Kurdish militants on Monday for an explosion that killed six people in Istanbul and police detained 47 people including a Syrian woman suspected of planting the bomb.

Reuters · Nov 14, 2022

Suspect arrested in deadly Istanbul bombing, minister says

Turkey's interior minister says police have arrested a suspect who is believed to have planted the bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Turkey’s Erdogan finds himself a surprise G-20 power broker

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan comes to the Group of 20 summit in Bali this week with an unexpected boost from the role he’s played securing global grain supplies during Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Tribune News Service · Nov 14, 2022

Turkey accuses PKK over deadly Istanbul blast, Kurdish groups deny involvement

Turkish police said Monday they have detained a Syrian woman with suspected links to Kurdish militants and that she confessed to planting a bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, killing six people and wounding several dozen others. Kurdish militants strongly denied any links to the bombing.

France 24 · Nov 14, 2022