The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

Thirty-five years ago, more than 100,000 Armenian protesters took to the streets to convince Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that Nagorno-Karabakh – an ethnically Armenian enclave stuck geographically in the neighboring republic of Soviet Azerbaijan – ought to be joined to Armenia.

A final decision will be made on October 10, with Turkey also in the running to stage the Europe-wide tournament.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to visit Turkey in October or November, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This as rapprochement efforts accelerate.

Thousands of police officers take part in operations in dozens of provinces after blast in the capital.

Police detained at least 67 people across Turkey on Tuesday in a sweep targeting people with alleged links to Kurdish militants, days after a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish capital

Turkey has pointed finger of blame at PKK, which has been waging an armed rebellion against Ankara for decades.

Air strikes in northern Iraq destroy Kurdish targets after the bombing in the capital, says Turkish interior ministry.

Eight-year-old Akshaj Udaiwal from Ongole, India, hiked to the second base camp of the Great Ararat mountain, 4,200 metres above sea level, in Turkey. Accompanied by his mother, Akshaj braved the hostile weather and hoisted the tricolour. He has already made it to the Asia and India Book of Records…

Turkey's government said on Sunday that two terrorists carried out a bomb attack in front of Interior Ministry buildings in the capital, Ankara. According to authorities, one of the attackers died in the explosion and the other was killed in a shootout with police.

A suicide bomber detonated the device in Ankara as a second attacker was killed by police

The Turkish defense ministry says its warplanes have carried out raids on suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Sunday following a suicide attack on a government building in the Turkish capital.