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A suspected Islamic State suicide bomber killed at least 31 people in an attack on a Turkish cultural centre where activists had gathered to prepare for an aid mission in the nearby Syrian town of Kobane.

• 21 июля 2015, 10:25

Turkey's constitutional court has annulled a controversial law closing private tutoring centres, many of which are run by the movement of US-exiled imam Fethullah Gulen, the nemesis of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

• 14 июля 2015, 12:35

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to form the next government, over a month after elections where the ruling party lost its overall majority.

• 10 июля 2015, 10:14

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will never allow the establishment of a Kurdish state in Syria after major gains by Kurdish fighters

• 27 июня 2015, 17:15

A prominent Turkish sculptor risks over four years in prison on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after being locked in a dispute with the Turkish strongman over one of his works.

• 24 июня 2015, 14:16

Turkey's former president and prime minister Suleyman Demirel, a giant figure in the country's politics for over half a century, died Wednesday.

• 17 июня 2015, 16:42

Turkey is preparing for a return to coalition government after 13 years of one-party rule by the Justice and Development Party (AKP).

• 15 июня 2015, 12:42

Turkey's ruling party will talk to the opposition on forming a coalition government after it lost its overall parliamentary majority in legislative elections.

• 11 июня 2015, 11:36

The contemporary ethnic music festival The Spirit of Tengri aims to present yet unknown Kazakhstani ethnic musicians internationally.

• 10 июня 2015, 18:30

Turkey's usually highly loquacious President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made no spoken comment since his party lost its parliamentary majority.

• 10 июня 2015, 11:01

Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party is on course to win general election but with a reduced share of the vote and is set to lose its parliamentary majority.

• 08 июня 2015, 16:26

The 3rd edition of The Spirit of Tengri will turn the Abay square into an ethnic and cultural fairground

• 06 июня 2015, 12:15

International contemporary ethnic music festival The Spirit of Tengri extends its geographic repertoire this year.

• 06 июня 2015, 10:06

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the New York Times of meddling in Turkey's affairs with a critical editorial, angrily telling the US daily to "know your place.''

• 26 мая 2015, 12:12

A Turkish court fined a leading newspaper for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan while a top model went on trial on similar charges.

• 22 мая 2015, 14:17

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Sunday hosted the biggest rally yet of Turkey's legislative election campaign.

• 18 мая 2015, 10:23

Turkey called for determined action from NATO member states against the "significant" threat posed by Islamic State jihadists.

• 13 мая 2015, 10:29

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallied thousands of supporters in Germany, weeks before his Islamic-rooted party will contest June parliamentary elections.

• 11 мая 2015, 12:47

Foreign leaders have congratulated the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on his victory in the presidential elections.

• 29 апреля 2015, 22:00

Mustafa Akinci, who won a run-off for the Turkish Cypriot leadership, is a veteran politician seen as best placed to revive peace talks with the Republic of Cyprus.

• 27 апреля 2015, 12:59