Latest News from Turkey
Frontex Doesn't Rule Out Migrant Route through Bulgaria
Bulgaria might be affected to a bigger extent by the migrant crisis after the Western Balkans route is closed, EU border agency Frontex's Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri has said.
Clashes in Constantinople, Turkey
Violent clashes broke out between Turkish police and protesters in Constantinople Friday, when demonstrators were marching to mark the 2 year anniversary of the death of a 15-year old boy in anti-government demonstrations.
Bulgaria FM Admits Relations with Turkey Soured
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov on Friday say his institution had done its best to prevent a diplomatic conflict with Turkey from spiralling.
Speaking before lawmakers as part of a regular Q&A session with ministers, however, he acknowledged ties between the two countries had been strained by some recent developments.
Academic warns of integration problems due to low-skilled Syrians in Turkey
While 70 percent of Syrians in Germany are university graduates, only two percent of Syrians in Turkey are skilled workers, a senior academic at Hacettepe University's Migration and Politics Research Center has said, warning over the difficulties of integrating Syrians in the country.
INTERVIEW: Local rivalry key to understanding Turkey's Kurdish question
Turkey's Kurdish issue is often framed simply as "Turkish military vs. Kurdish militants." Since the collapse of the peace process last summer, hundreds of soldiers, militants and innocent civilians have been killed and hundreds of thousands of locals displaced from their homes. Since 1980 tens of thousands have died and swathes of southeastern Anatolia have been militarized.
The Turkish visa ordeal
The fate of poor refugees has been offered in exchange for visa-free travel to Europe for Turkish citizens?
EU-Turkey deal 'may break migrant trafficking chain in 10 days'
The migrant trafficking chain into the EU between Turkey and Greece could be broken within "10 days at most" if a final deal can be reached between Ankara and Brussels, a ranking government official told the Hürriyet Daily News on March 11.
Davuto?lu on the eve of critical decisions under Erdo?an pressure
Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu spent almost all of March 11 at the headquarters of his Justice and Development Party (AKP), attending meetings with his senior aides and AKP executives to discuss a wide range of domestic political issues.
Saving Antalya
Antalya is Turkey's top holiday resort town, known for its sunny beaches, golf courses and all-inclusive hotels. However, the city faces an uncertain future after Turkey downed a Russian plane last year and Russian President Vladimir Putin promised revenge.
The rage against the Constitutional Court
When Turkey's Constitutional Court took a fateful decision on Feb. 25 to release imprisoned journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, the Western media hailed it. Here was the proof that at least some checks-and-balances still existed in Turkey, as there is some "independent judiciary" left.
Bulgaria Detains 66 Irregular Migrants at Border with Turkey in 24 Hours
Bulgarian border police have thwarted attempts of a total of 66 irregular migrants to cross the country's border with Turkey over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of the Interior announced in a statement on Friday.
Bulgaria Seeks Right to Send Back Migrants to Turkey to Back EU's Deal with Ankara
Bulgaria has tied its support for a final EU-Turkey agreement on curbing the migrant inflow into Europe to the opportunity to send illegal migrants back to Turkey, public TV broadcaster BNT reported on Friday.
Two Merkel ministers back Turkey's EU bid
Two ministers from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government have voiced support for Turkey's European Union bid, two days before elections in three federal states will prove if Merkel has lost ground or not due to her open-door migrant policy that came under criticisim especially from nationalist parties.
Iraqi forces advance against ISIL in Anbar
Iraqi forces retook a town from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Anbar province on March 10 and evacuated 10,000 civilians as they advanced up the Euphrates valley, a security spokesman said.
Lavrov urges UN envoy to include Kurds in Syria talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on March 11 urged the U.N.'s special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura to include Kurds in upcoming talks that aim to resolve the five-year Syrian civil war, while also lashing out at Turkey for blocking the Syrian Kurds from being involved in the talks.