Tag: Turkey
At least seven migrants drown in Aegean near Greek island
Athens (dpa) - At least seven people, two of them children, drowned Wednesday in the Aegean while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece...
Five reported dead in bombing at Turkey police station
Istanbul (dpa) - A car bomb blast outside a police building in south-eastern Turkey killed at least five people, a news report said Thursday,...
Ten dead after explosion in central Istanbul; terror suspected
Istanbul (dpa) - Ten people are dead following a suspected suicide bomb attack in the popular touristic Sultanahmet area of central Istanbul.
The Istanbul governor's...
Putin orders economic sanctions against Turkey over jet shoot-down
Moscow (dpa) - Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Saturday a slew of economic sanctions be imposed on Turkey, in retaliation for the downing of a...
Calls for calm as Putin threatens Turkey over Russian jet downing
Beirut/Brussels (dpa) - World leaders called for calm Tuesday after the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian fighter jet near the Syrian border,...
Moscow says Russian fighter jet shot down over Syrian-Turkish border
Moscow (dpa) - A Russian fighter jet was shot down Tuesday over the Turkish-Syrian border, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said, according to Interfax...
Twin blasts in Ankara kill 86 in deadliest ever attack in...
Istanbul (dpa) - Twin bomb blasts on Saturday killed 86 people gathering for a pro-Kurdish peace rally in the Turkish capital, Ankara, in the...
Turkey lifts YouTube ban!
June 4 - The Turkish government on Tuesday lifted its ban on YouTube, following last week's verdict by the apex court of the country,...
Turkish Prime Minister says 238 killed in coal mine disaster!
Soma (Turkey), May 15 - The death toll in a coal mine disaster in western Turkey rose to 238 on Wednesday, with 80 more injured,...
157 dead in Turkey mine blast, hundreds more trapped!
Soma (Turkey), May 14 - At least 157 miners have been killed and more than 200 remain trapped underground after an explosion and fire in...
