Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday slammed as discriminatory and racist a bill passed by the French Senate making denial of the Armenian genocide a crime.

"The proposal adopted in

Middle East powerhouse Turkey on Wednesday warned against a sectarian Cold War in the region and said rising Sunni-Shi'ite tensions would be 'suicide' for the whole region.

"Let me openly say that th

Turkey warned Syria on Friday it would act to protect itself if a Syrian government crackdown on protesters threatened regional security and unleashed a tide of refugees on its borders.

At least 24 S

A lone hijacker claiming to have a bomb has hijacked a ferry off the western port city of Izmit with some 20 passengers on board on Saturday, an official said.

Ibrahim Karaosmanoglu, mayor for Izmit

A Kurdish rebel who hijacked a Turkish ferry with 24 people aboard was killed today and all his hostages brought to safety after an ordeal of more than 12 hours, authorities said. "Soon after the begi

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake killed five people in eastern Turkey late Wednesday, less than three weeks after a massive quake killed more than 600 in the same area, a government official said.

"Twenty

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake killed seven people in eastern Turkey late Wednesday, less than three weeks after a massive quake killed more than 600 in the same area, a government disaster management cen

The death toll in eastern Turkey's devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Sunday passed 600, the government's emergency unit said.

The number who lost their lives in the October 23 tremor stood at 6

The death toll in eastern Turkey's devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Sunday passed 600, the government's emergency unit said.

The number who lost their lives in the October 23 tremor stood at 6

The death toll in eastern Turkey's devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Sunday passed 600, the government's emergency unit said.

The number who lost their lives in the October 23 tremor stood at 6