Turkey's opposition candidate for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said Friday he was still winning by nearly 19,000 votes after the ruling AKP demanded a recount following Sunday's tight election race.

Turkey opposition says ahead in Istanbul election recount

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP on Tuesday appealed against results in Istanbul and Ankara following a weekend election after tallies showed the ruling party lost both key cities.

Erdogan party appeals Istanbul, Ankara results after Turkey vote

Recep Tayyip Erdogan loses control of Ankara in Turkish elections

Two German journalists on Sunday left Turkey after Ankara refused to renew their accreditation, a move condemned by Berlin as "unacceptable". Jorg Brase, Istanbul bureau chief for ZDF public television, and Thomas Seibert, who writes for the newspaper Tagesspiegel, had their applications for press cards rejected by the Turkish government for reasons both men said remained unknown.

Two German journalists forced to leave Turkey after accreditation row

Turkish police on Tuesday launched raids to detain over 300 people, including military personnel, suspected of ties to a group blamed for a 2016 coup bid, state media reported.

Turkey seeks to detain over 300 for alleged Gulen ties

China hit back on Monday at Turkish criticism over its treatment of Uighurs and denied Ankara's claim that a renowned poet from the Muslim minority had died in custody, calling it an "absurd lie".

China rejects Turkey's criticism on Uighurs, denies poet died

Syria said on Saturday it was ready to revive a landmark security deal with Turkey that normalized ties for two decades before the 2011 conflict if Ankara pulled its troops out of the war-torn country and stopped backing rebels.

Syria says Turkey must pull troops to revive security pact

Andrei Karlov, 62, was shot dead by an off-duty Turkish policeman at a photo exhibition in Ankara on December 19, 2016.

Turkey trial to open into Russian ambassador's 2016 killing

Ankara's purchase of US missiles worth $3.5 billion will not affect a deal to acquire rival S-400 missiles from Russia, the Turkish presidential spokesman said Monday.

US missile deal does not affect S-400 purchase from Russia: Turkey

Nearly 300,000 Syrians have returned to their country after Turkey's two cross-border operations in northern Syria, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted as saying on Saturday.

Turkey says nearly 300,000 Syrians return home after military operations

Seven people have died and 46 injured after a high-speed train in the Turkish capital crashed into a locomotive carrying out routine checks on the same track, the Ankara governor said on Thursday.

Video: At least 7 dead, 46 injured after train crash in Turkey

The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, the Washington Post reported on Friday, a finding that contradicts Saudi government assertions that he was not involved.

CIA has concluded Saudi crown prince ordered journalist's killing: Report

A Syrian rebel alliance has not pulled any heavy arms from the country's north, its spokesman told AFP Sunday, denying reports it had begun implementing a demilitarisation deal there.

Syria rebels deny pulling arms under Turkey-Russia deal

The capital Sarajevo was chosen for the event after countries such as Germany, Austria and the Netherlands have barred Turkish politicians from holding such rallies, stoking tensions between Ankara and Brussels

Erdogan arrives for controversial election rally in Bosnia

It was the third extradition request Greek courts have refused

Greek court rejects Turkey's request for extradition of eight soldiers

The foreign minister urged Turkey to remain committed to political measures to settle the Syrian crisis

Respect Syria's territorial integrity, Iran urges Turkey

'This is the devastating story of people who were branded criminals by the government - people who lost their livelihoods, and in some cases, their lives,' Trudeau said

Justin Trudeau delivers historic apology to Canada's LGBTQ community

The police also seized a large quantity of digital material related to the terror group during the raid.

Turkish police detain 110 suspected IS members in Ankara

Turkish police have detained 101 people over suspected links to Islamic State in Ankara and have arrest warrants for a total of 245 suspects in the capital, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Thursday

Turkey detains more than 100 Islamic State suspects

There is fear that distancing themselves from Turkey will push Ankara closer to Russia

Germany says will avoid escalation of Turkey row during troop pullout

Despite the strained relations, no EU leader has openly said that a "yes" vote would spell the end of Turkey's already-embattled bid to join the bloc

Erdogan wants quick EU decision on membership bid

The row marks another low point in relations between Turkey and Europe, further dimming Ankara's prospects of joining the bloc

Turkey may hit Netherlands with sanctions as 'Nazi' row escalates

Turkish artillery fire also hit 104 IS targets, including buildings and bombed vehicles

56 Islamic State militants killed in Syria, says Turkish military

Those held were mainly foreign nationals, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, without saying if they were linked to any suspected plot

Turkey detains 450 Islamic State suspects

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