One of Turkey's popular singers, Bulent Ersoy, has been acquitted of criticising mandatory military service in Turkey. Visit this link to read more: Popular singer acquitted of criticising Turkish military

Taliban insurgents blew up a lorry packed with Christmas turkeys bound for British troops in Afghanistan. Visit this link to read more: Taliban blow up lorry of Christmas turkeys for British troops

The Turkish foreign minister and the chief negotiator for the European Union, Ali Babacan, speaking at a NATO foreign ministers meeting recently, mentioned that the Turkish Constitution as it stands now will not help Turkey move forward with its reform agenda. This resonates with a statement made last September. Visit this link to read more: Turkey faces obstacles in changing its constitution

The Iranian squad has finished as the runner-up at the 3rd WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships which was held in Ankara, Turkey. Visit this link to read more: Iran ends runner-up at WTF Taekwondo

A transsexual Turkish pop star has won a free speech case against the country's powerful army which accused her of turning public opinion against military service. Visit this link to read more: Turkish transsexual star acquitted of insulting army

Turkey took another step toward EU membership Thursday with member states agreeing to open talks on two more of the 35 policy areas that all candidate states must successfully negotiate. EU ambassadors, meeting in Brussels with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, gave the green light for talks to begin Friday. Visit this link to read more: Turkey takes steps toward EU membership

Turkish police have detained 30 suspects with links to the al-Qaeda terrorist network in Istanbul and other parts of Turkey, a report says. Visit this link to read more: Turkey nabs dozens of Qaeda suspects

Turkey's appeals court Tuesday quashed the verdict over a 2006 deadly attack on a top administrative tribunal which had been blamed on a militant Islamist, Anatolia news agency reported. It said the attack on the Council of State may be linked to an alleged ultra-nationalist plot to discredit and topple the Islamist-rooted government. Visit this link to read more: Turkish appeals court says 2006 attack on tribunal may be linked to coup plot

Iran has clinched three medals on the second day of the 3rd WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships hosted by Turkey. Visit this link to read more: Iran introduces 3 more medalists

ISTANBUL: Turkish police on Wednesday arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to the Al-Qaeda network, a news agency reported. Anti-terrorist police Visit this link to read more: Thirty alleged Al-Qaeda members arrested in Turkey: report

Iranian athletes have grabbed two bronze medals at the 3rd WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships currently held in Ankara, Turkey. Visit this link to read more: Iran bags medals at WTF Taekwondo

Turkey says its fighter jets have raided PKK bases in Iraq as Turkish and Iraqi leaders are working on a plan to end the rebels' activities. Visit this link to read more: Turkish warplanes target PKK bases

The Turkish President, Abdullah Gul, has said his country could buy natural gas from Iran and Iraq to feed the Nabucco pipeline. Visit this link to read more: Turkey: Iran, Iraq could feed Nabucco

A group of about 200 Turkish intellectuals on Monday issued an apology on the Internet for the World War I-era massacres of Armenians in Turkey. Visit this link to read more: Turk intellectuals' apology to Armenia

An online petition launches in Turkey, apologising for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Ottoman Armenians in 1915. Visit this link to read more: Turkish thinkers' Armenia apology

More than two million Turkmens voted yesterday in a snap parliamentary election touted by the government as a step towards democracy but condemned by critics as a sham. Visit this link to read more: Turkmen cast vote in one-party poll

Senior politicians in Turkey have escaped a fate that some critics think is essential in a modern democracy, no one makes fun of them on television. Visit this link to read more: Seldom is heard a discouraging word

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan taekwondo team is leaving here for Ankara (Turkey) today to participate in the third WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championship. Visit this link to read more: Pakistan taekwondo team leaves for Turkey

As the reform drive of Turkey’s government slows the EU looks to Abdullah Gul as the true supporter of change in Ankara. Visit this link to read more: EU sees true reformist in Turkey’s president

A series of reported human rights abuses by Turkish policemen has shaken public trust in the institution. Visit this link to read more: In Turkey, a thin blue line between safety and fear

A small bomb has exploded outside the office of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in southeastern city of Van, authorities say. Visit this link to read more: Bomb blast outside Turkey's PM office

Kurdistan Workers' Party, which is fighting Turkey, has announced a 9-day unilateral cease-fire beginning Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice. Visit this link to read more: Kurdish rebels declare 9-day cease-fire

ISTANBUL: Following is the joint statement adopted at the conclusion of the second trilateral summit in Istanbul between the presidents of Pakistan, A Visit this link to read more: Pak-Afghan-Turkey vow to extend co-operation in all areas

A percussion bomb exploded in front of a bank in central Istanbul on Saturday, wounding three people, a local official said. Visit this link to read more: Bomb in Istanbul wounds three, official says

Turkey's persistent failure to penalize police brutality has led to an increase in cases of violence by officers, including fatal shootings, since 2007, a leading US-based human rights group said Friday. "Historically, law enforcement officials were rarely if ever held to account ... Visit this link to read more: Human Rights Watch raps Ankara over police brutality

Turkey on Friday hosted three-way talks with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan in an effort to bring the two troubled neighbors closer. President Abdullah Gul chaired the meeting with his counterparts, Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, which started at 3:45 p.m. (1345 GMT) in Istanbul. Visit this link to read more: Turkey hosts Afghanistan-Pakistan talks

ISTANBUL: The leaders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey on Friday began an informal round of talks over lunch in a bid to find ways to ensure a secu Visit this link to read more: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey leaders hold discussions

Human Rights Watch has slammed Turkey for persistent failure to stop police brutality and curb an increase in the instances of officer violence. Visit this link to read more: HRW condemns Turkish police abuse

ISTANBUL: Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey on Friday vowed to evolve a joint strategy to combat terrorism, work for regional peace, security and stabi Visit this link to read more: Pakistan, Afghanistan resolve to bring stability to region

The leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan met Friday for Turkish-sponsored talks aimed at reducing tensions over militant attacks along the countries' lawless border. Visit this link to read more: Afghan, Pakistani leaders meet in Turkey