Turkey: Four Arrested in Car Bomb Investigation

Turkish authorities have arrested four men in connection with the car bombings which killed at least 51 people last weekend. The bombings hit an area of Turkey close to the Syrian border, which has seen a massive influx of refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria. ...

Israel Sorry for Flotilla Raid, Seeks Normalized Relations with Turkey

The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has "expressed remorse" to his Turkish counterpart over a raid on a flotilla heading for Gaza which ended with the deaths of nine activists from Turkey. In a phone call between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which was arranged ...

Kurdish PKK Leader Calls Ceasfire from Jail

The imprisoned leader of the PKK marked this year's Kurdish new year by announcing a ceasefire and calling on his fighters to withdraw from Turkey. The PKK, or Kurdistan Workers Party, is a socialist rebel group classed by many nations as a terrorist organisation, which has ...

Hackers Publish Turkish Mayor’s Phone Number in Tit-for-Tat Cyber Attack

In October 2012, Redhack was named as an armed terrorist group by aTurkish court. But it did not seem like make them stop hacking government servers, and publishing documents of corruption, favors for friends and fraud.

One Million Refugees Have Now Fled Syrian Civil War

Flag of United Nations Refugee Agency (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has said that the number of people fleeing the war in Syria to neighbouring countries has surged since the start of 2013, reaching over one million. "Syria is spiralling towards full-scale ...

Backing Syrian Rebels is a Declaration of War Against Iraq, Says Politician

Hadi al-Amiri A top Iraqi politician has said that Qatari and Turkish support for Sunni rebels fighting President Assad's government in Syria amounts to a declaration on war against Iraq. "Presenting money and weapons to al Qaeda (in Syria) by Qatar and Turkey is a declaration ...

Turkey: Lynch Attempt on Kurdish Members of Parliament in Sinop

Kurdish members of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and Democratic Congress of the People (HDK) faced a lynch attempt by almost 2,000 angry protesters during their visit to Sinop, a city in Black Sea region of Northern Turkey. Baran Mavzer charts netizen reactions.

Powerful Explosion Hits Syria-Turkey Border Crossing

A Minibus has exploded at a border crossing between Syrian and Turkey, killing at least 13 people according to Turkish officials. One of the main crossing points for Syrian refugees entering Turkey was hit by a powerful explosion from a minibus on Monday. The vehicle blew ...

Suicide Bomb Attack Hits US Embassy in Turkey

Update: A left wing group has claimed responsibility for the attack described below, saying that it was a response the the deployment of US Patriot missiles in Turkey and that the US is using Turkey as its 'slave'. Group claims responsibility for US embassy attack by ...

While Fighting Rages, Syria’s Moderate Clerics Remain on the Sidelines

By Mohammed Sergie  from Syria Deeply Mahmoud Abul Huda Al Husseini, a physician, cleric and former head of Aleppo’s Islamic religious endowment. Credit: Amal Hanano. Iskenderun, Turkey–As opponents of the Assad regime scramble from one foreign capital to another, trying to secure funding for weapons and ...

Suspected Turf War Between Syria’s Islamist Rebels

The assassination of a top rebel commander in Syria has led to speculations of a turf war between two of the country's main Islamist rebel groups. Rebel sources have told Reuters that the northern commander of al-Farouq Brigades, a man by the name of Thaer al-Waqqas, ...

PKK Co-Founder Assassinated in Paris

Three female Kurdish activists were found dead in the Kurdish Institute of Paris in the early hours of Thursday morning. The bodies are thought to include that of Sakine Cansiz - a founding member of the militant Turkish 'Kurdistan Workers Party' (PKK). Each of the three ...