A car bomb killed nine people and wounded 64 in the south eastern town of Gaziantep near the Syrian border on Monday. The terrorist organisation PKK said it was not responsible for the attack. However, Samil Tayyar, a former journalist and now an MP from the ruling AKP for Gaziantep, claimed that the bomb attack was carried out together by the PKK and Syrian intelligence. Foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu said possible Syrian link was being investigated. |
The jailed leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, called for a ceasefire on Thursday, ordering armed PKK militants to withdraw from Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the city of ... more
The Syrian government said the rebel groups foreign supporters, Turkey and Qatar, were responsible for a chemical attack in Aleppo. The countries that back and support the rebels, including ... more
US secretary of state John Kerry was in Ankara on Friday for talks with the Turkish leaders, including PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, focused on the crisis in Syria, ... more