A powerful bomb rocked the centre of Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring at least 15, the interior minister said, as immediate suspicion fell on Kurdish separatists.

Turkish air attacks on northern Iraq have killed between 90 and 100 Kurdish rebels and injured another 80, the army said on its website on Tuesday.

The toll was the first issued by the army since it

The number of Syrian refugees taking shelter in tent cities in Turkey has decreased to 10,757 after several hundred people turned back home, Turkish officials said on Tuesday.

Turkey may agree to hosting a Taliban office to help reconciliation efforts in conflict-torn Afghanistan, a senior Turkish diplomat said on Tuesday.

"We have always said that Turkey is ready to do an

The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan were to meet here under Turkish auspices Friday for talks aimed at bringing the troubled neighbours closer.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul was to host the meeting between his counterparts, Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, at an Ottoman palace on the banks of the Bosphorus.

Security cameras in Turkey have recorded the sight of a baby crawling onto a highway and startling drivers who waved frantically to other motorists to get out of the way. The 1-year-old toddler surviv

The US President, Mr Barack Obama, hailed the "vibrancy of Turkish democracy" after almost 80 per cent of voters turned out for a constitutional referendum.

The White House said yesterday Obama had

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