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Why did so many buildings collapse in Turkey?

A combination of factors led to the widespread destruction that has left thousands still trapped under debris.

People stand by collapsed buildings in Golbasi, in Adiyaman province, southern Turkey

Analysis: Why is Turkey deploying troops to Qatar?

Turkey’s decision is not necessarily anti-Saudi, but it is definitely pro-Qatari, say analysts.

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Analysis: What’s next for Turkey in Syria?

The Euphrates Shield ‘reached its natural limits’, but Turkey is not ready to leave Syria, according to analysts.

Turkish soldiers participate in an exercise on the border line between Turkey and Syria near the southeastern city of Kilis

Turkey newspaper ‘military unease’ claim angers Erdogan

Headline alleging there is an ‘unease’ at the country’s military headquarters angers President Erdogan.

Turkish newspaper report on NSU trial

What is behind the hostility between Iran and Turkey?

The post-ISIL power vacuum in the region has brought tensions between Iran and Turkey to a head, analysts say.

Demonstration against the war in Aleppo

Turkish MP loses seat over terror charges

Kurdish MP Figen Yuksekdag, who is held in custody, has been convicted for making ‘terror propaganda’.

Pro-Kurdish Peoples'' Democratic Party HDP co-leaders Yuksekdag and Demirtas detained

Turkish Kurds appeal to EU court over leaders’ arrest

Pro-Kurdish HDP files application at European Court of Human Rights over arrest of its leaders, Demirtas and Yuksekdag.

File photo of co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish HDP, Demirtas and Yuksekdag, celebrating election results during a news conference in Istanbul

CIA chief in Ankara: A security partnership?

Discussions on Syria, ISIL, Kurds and Gulen are expected to be the focus of CIA chief Mike Pompeo’s visit to Ankara.

Pompeo waits to be sworn in as director of the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington

Turkey’s constitutional reform: All you need to know

Supporters say the constitutional reform will bring stability, but critics believe it may ‘lead to a one-man rule’.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim poses with MPs as he votes during a debate on the proposed constitutional changes at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara

Bhopal jailbreak: Questions raised over police killings

Lawyer of prisoners killed by police in India’s Bhopal says the killings were “pre-planned murder”.

Fugitives killed in India