Friday, 15 January, 2016 , 07:57 AFP — Turkish police on Friday detained 21 academics for "terror propaganda" over a petition denouncing military operations against Kurdish rebels in the southeast that was severely criticised by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the state media said.

Friday, 15 January, 2016 , 02:51 AFP — When a wave of deadly ethnic violence swept through the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu, Ahmed Hassan Majid's house was on the wrong side of an invisible line.

Thursday, 14 January, 2016 , 19:13 AFP — A caricature in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo of Aylan Kurdi, the little Syrian boy whose drowned body washed up in September on a Turkish beach, has been decried by his aunt.

Thursday, 14 January, 2016 , 16:41 AFP — Turkey on Thursday launched an investigation into academics who signed a petition criticising the military's crackdown on Kurdish rebels in the southeast that angered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Thursday, 14 January, 2016 , 16:00 AFP — Turkish ground forces pounded Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria after a suicide attack blamed on the extremists killed 10 German tourists, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday, in a significant escalation of Ankara's fight against the group.

Thursday, 14 January, 2016 , 14:22 AFP — Turkey on Thursday launched an investigation into academics who signed a petition criticising the military's crackdown on Kurdish rebels in the southeast that angered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Thursday, 14 January, 2016 , 10:01 AFP — Six people were killed, including three children, and 39 wounded Thursday in a car bomb attack blamed on Kurdish militants that ripped through a police station and an adjacent housing complex for officers' families in southeastern Turkey.

Thursday, 14 January, 2016 , 08:58 AFP — Six people died and 39 others were wounded in a car bomb attack blamed on Kurdish rebels that ripped through a police station and an adjacent housing complex for officers and their families in southeastern Turkey, security forces said Thursday, updating an earlier toll of five.

Thursday, 14 January, 2016 , 07:44 AFP — Five people were killed and 39 wounded Thursday in a car bomb attack blamed on Kurdish militants that ripped through a police station and an adjacent housing complex for officers and their families in southeastern Turkey.

Thursday, 14 January, 2016 , 05:43 AFP — Five people were killed and 39 wounded Thursday in a car bomb attack by Kurdish militants on a police station and adjacent housing for officers in southeastern Turkey, the provincial governorate said.