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Mevlut Mert Altintas has been identified as the shooter. (Photo: AP)

Witness to an assassination: Photographer captures Turkey attack

After moments of confusion, the photographer moved for cover behind walls but continued taking photographs.

20 Dec 2016 4:14 PM

Mevlut Mert Altintas has been identified at the shooter. (Photo: AP)

Mevlut Mert Altintas: The sharp-suited Turkish cop who killed Russian envoy

He also threatened terrified spectators, yelling "Allahu Akbar" and saying that the murder was vengeance for Russia's actions in Aleppo.

20 Dec 2016 1:17 PM

A man identified as Mevlut Mert Altintas shouts after shooting Andrei Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey. (Photo: AP)

'Don't forget Aleppo. Don't forget Syria': Turkish cop shoots dead Russian envoy

The attacker shouted 'Allahu Akbar' and then talked about pledging allegiance to jihad in Arabic.

20 Dec 2016 8:07 AM

An aid worker takes a selfie with seven-year-old Bana al-Abed after she was evacuated from Aleppo. (Photo: AFP)

7-year-old Syria war symbol tweets her way out of ‘hell’

At least 15,000 children are among the more than 300,000 people who have been killed in Syria’s five-year war.

20 Dec 2016 2:08 AM

Turkish medics carry a wounded Syrian woman, evacuated from Aleppo, to a field hospital near Idlib, Syria. (Photo: AP)

Video of Syrian child being operated without anaesthesia leaves journalist in tears

With the Russian and Syrian forces' continued assault, the civilians in the war-torn region have been caught in the crossfire.

17 Dec 2016 4:05 PM

Rescue and medics carry a wounded person after attacks in Istanbul, late Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Probe 'points' to PKK role in Istanbul blasts that killed 38

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told reporters in Istanbul that 10 suspects had already been detained over the bombing.

11 Dec 2016 7:46 AM

Turkish troops heading to the Syrian border, in Karkamis, Turkey. (Photo: AP/File)

Turkey sends 300 extra commandos to Syria

The Syrian towns of Jarabulus, Al Rai and Dabiq were retaken from the IS jihadists in lightning moves in the early weeks of the operation.

09 Dec 2016 2:57 PM

Flames rise from a fire in a school dormitory, in Aladag, Adana in southern Turkey on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

11 children among 12 dead in Turkey school dorm fire

Some of injuries were caused when terrified students jumped out the window to escape the flames.

30 Nov 2016 9:41 AM

The proposal, which was scheduled to undergo a final vote on Tuesday, would have deferred sentencing or punishment for sexual assault in cases where there was no physical force and where the victim and perpetrator were married. (Representational Image)

Turkey PM withdraws controversial child sex conviction bill

The government said it would now submit the proposal for review to a parliamentary committee.

22 Nov 2016 1:59 PM

Erdogan, who was elected to the top post in 2014 after serving as prime minister for more than a decade, is seeking a strong presidency similar to France or the United States. (Photo: AP)

Turkey to scrap office of PM in new system: minister

The full blueprint is yet to emerge, but Erdoglu indicated that cabinet ministers would no longer be MPs.

17 Nov 2016 5:47 PM

Iraqi families who were displaced by the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against the Islamic State group. — AFP

Turkey cites Syria, says boots could land in Iraq

Turkish foreign minister says it will use resources to eliminate any threat.

26 Oct 2016 7:25 AM

Bosphorus ship spotters set sights on Russian war boats

Minutes after fishermen tip him off that a ship is about to pass through Istanbul’s Bosphorus, Yoruk Isik drops what he’s doing and rushes to his favourite vantage point, camera in hand.

24 Oct 2016 12:10 AM

Turkey detains Gulen brother in coup probe

The Turkish police on Sunday detained a brother of the US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen who is accused of masterminding the failed July coup aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the state

03 Oct 2016 7:07 AM

Turkey sacks 87 spies for ‘links’ to failed coup

Turkey has dismissed 87 staff from its spy agency over alleged links to the failed July 15 coup, state media said on Tuesday, in the first purge of one of the country’s most powerful institutions.

28 Sep 2016 1:59 AM

10 Turkish troops killed by Kurds

Ten members of the Turkish security forces were killed in two separate attacks in southeastern Turkey on Monday blamed on the outl-awed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), local media reported.

27 Sep 2016 6:32 AM

French and Vietnamese employees work inside French IT company Linkbynet in Ho Chi Minh City. — AFP

Turkey says ready to help US capture IS Capital

Turkey would be ready to join any initiative proposed by the United States to capture an ISIS stronghold in Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks published on Wednesday, as Turkish-backed fo

08 Sep 2016 2:23 AM

8,000 more fired in latest Turkish purge

Turkey removed nearly 8,000 security personnel from duty, according to state media, as the purge continued of those suspected of links to the July-15 failed coup.

03 Sep 2016 6:41 AM

Women kneel by a grave at a cemetery during the funeral for the victims of the attack on a wedding party that left 50 dead. -AFP

Turkey backtracks on child bomber claim

Ankara says ‘no clue’ who was behind wedding attack.

24 Aug 2016 6:47 AM

‘Child ISIS bomber’ blows up 51 at Turkish wedding

A man reacts next to the coffin of a victim from the attack on a wedding party that left at least 51 dead in Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border. (Photo: AFP)

22 Aug 2016 3:58 AM

14 dead after ‘Kurdish bombings’ in Turkey

Turkish authorities search outside the damaged building of the police headquarters after an explosion in Elazig, eastern Turkey. (Photo: AP)

19 Aug 2016 5:45 AM

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