Turkey PM formally gives up on coalition as polls loomTurkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu informed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan he had failed to form a coalition government, paving the way for new general elections just months after June polls.
19 August 2015
Pro-IS video urges Turks to rise up against 'traitor' ErdoganA pro-Islamic State jihadist video has urged Turks to rise up against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing him of being a traitor who has sided with the United States and Kurdish militants.
19 August 2015
Turkey PM says all coalition options exhaustedTurkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he had exhausted all options to form a coalition government, leaving the country facing snap elections just months after the June 7 polls.
Turkish Kurd leader urges world to denounce 'unjust war'Turkey's Kurdish political leader Selahattin Demirtas urged the world to denounce Ankara's new "unjust war" on rebel Kurds and asked the EU to push clearly for a truce.
07 August 2015
Turkey's Erdogan ready for snap polls gambleBruised by one of the worst setbacks of his political career, Turkey's pugnacious President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ready to play the card of calling snap polls in a high-stakes gamble that could yet backfire.
PKK 'never respected' peace process: TurkeyTurkey's foreign minister said that Kurdish rebels "never respected" the peace process with Ankara, with a ceasefire now in tatters after a series of attacks and cross-border offensives.
28 July 2015
Suicide bomber kills 31 in Turkey attack blamed on ISA 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 July 2015
Turkish court annuls controversial Erdogan education lawTurkey'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.