Turkish

Turkey: Five suspected Islamic State militants killed by police in Konya, says governor's office

Ankara: Turkish police killed five suspected Islamic State group jihadists in the central Turkish province of Konya, the governor's office said. "During the operation, the five terrorists were neutralised after they resisted armed force, and four security forces were lightly injured," the governor's office said in a statement.

Turkey hits Kurdish militants in Iraq after twin attacks in Istanbul: Report

Turkey hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq less than 24 hours after twin attacks in Istanbul killed 38 that were claimed by a Kurdish splinter group, local media reported on Monday.

Trump tours flooded Louisiana, Obama to visit next week | Reuters

"amateur" messaging app 'ByLock' helped Turkish authorities crush the military coup

Turkish authorities were able to trace thousands of people they accuse of participating in an underground network linked to last month's failed military coup by cracking the weak security features of a little-known smartphone messaging app.

Istanbul airport bombers planned hostage-taking: report

The three suicide attackers who struck Istanbul's main international airport this week are believed to have been planning to take dozens of people hostage, a Turkish newspaper reported on Friday.

Blast at Turkish cultural centre in Stockholm: Police

An explosion damaged a Turkish cultural centre in a Stockholm suburb on Wednesday night, the police said, highlighting growing tensions with the local Kurdish community.

Turkish Internet servers under cyber attack; banks, services affected

Turkish Internet servers are suffering a powerful cyber attack, slowing banking services and fanning fears that it could be a politically motivated attack from abroad.

G20 Summit begins in Turkey amidst tight security after Paris attacks

Thousands of security personnel and high-tech surveillance systems dotted every nook and corner of this Turkish resort town as leaders of the world's 20 top economies, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, congregated here for the two-day G20 Summit beginning on Sunday.

Three scientists win Nobel chemistry award for work on DNA repair

Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, American Paul Modrich and US-Turkish scientist Aziz Sancar won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for "mechanistic studies of DNA repair."

Thailand says key bomb suspect in Turkey, 3 held in Malaysia | Reuters

BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR A key suspect in the plotting of last month's deadly bombing in Bangkok was last tracked via multiple flights to Turkey, Thai police said on Monday, and Malaysia announced it had made three arrests related to the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the Aug.