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Residents battle a wildfire in the area of Limni in Evia island, eastern coast of Central Greece yesterday

Turkey and Greece reel from wildfires during heatwave

Turkish coastguards have evacuated hundreds of villagers from a burning power plant and Greek firefighters battled a major blaze near the ancient Olympic site as a record heatwave wrecked havoc across Europe's southeast.

World • 05 Aug 21

Helicopters battle forest fires in Turkey

EU sends help to Turkey as wildfire toll reaches eight

The European Union has sent help to Turkey and volunteers joined firefighters in battling a week of violent blazes that have killed eight people and put pressure on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Climate Change • 02 Aug 21

A plane drops water on flames around the town of Labiri, near Patras in Greece

Greece and Turkey in battle to extinguish wildfires

Nearly 300 firefighters, two water bomber planes and five helicopters are battling to put out a forest fire in Greece while in Turkey firefighters are battling to control wildfires still raging in the resort towns of Manavgat and Marmaris.

World • 01 Aug 21

The wildfires broke out on Wednesday and have since injured more than 300

Death toll at six as Turkey battles forest fires

Fire crews tackled blazes for a fourth day as the number of people killed in forest fires sweeping through southern Turkey rose to six, state media reported.

World • 31 Jul 21

A firefighter applied a special ointment to sooth the cat's burns

Firefighters help cat injured in forest fire in Turkey

A cat suffering from thermal burns after being caught in raging wildfires that engulfed Turkey's southern town of Manavgat has been rescued and treated by firefighters.

News Lens • 30 Jul 21

Crews battle fire in the Aydincik and Bozyazi districts of Turkey's Mersin

Forest fire near Turkish resort kills three

Three people were reported dead and more than 100 injured as firefighters battled blazes engulfing a Mediterranean resort region on Turkey's southern coast.

World • 29 Jul 21

Bitcoin was off nearly 3% at $61,490 against the dollar after news of the Turkish ban

Turkey bans crypto payments citing risks

Turkey's central bank has banned the use of cryptocurrencies and crypto assets to purchase goods and services.

Business • 16 Apr 21

Charles Michel, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ursula von der Leyen in Ankara yesterday

Von der Leyen snubbed at EU-Erdogan talks

A diplomatic faux pas that left European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen without a chair as male counterparts took their seats at a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stirred controversy in Brussels.

World • 07 Apr 21

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's sacked the country's central bank governor over the weekend

Turkish lira plunges as Erdogan sacks central bank boss

Turkey's lira plunged 15% to near its all-time low after markets opened following President Tayyip Erdogan's shock weekend decision to sack the central bank governor and install a like-minded critic of high interest rates.

Business • 22 Mar 21

Boncuk waited patiently outside the hospital while her owner was getting treatment in Trabzon, Turkey

Loyal dog waits six days at hospital for sick owner

A faithful dog waited for her owner outside a hospital in Turkey for almost a week until he was discharged after undergoing treatment for a brain condition.

World • 22 Jan 21

Adnan Oktar was jailed for crimes including sexual assault

Turkish preacher jailed for 1,000 years over sex crimes

A Turkish Muslim televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily-clad women on television has been jailed for more than 1,000 years for sex crimes, local media reported.

World • 11 Jan 21

Turkey says EU sanctions plan 'biased, unlawful'

Turkey has dismissed as "biased" and "unlawful" an EU move to draw up a list of Turkish targets for sanctions in response to Ankara's drilling activities in the Mediterranean.

World • 11 Dec 20

Turkish police officers stand guard outside a Turkish court in Ankara

Turkish court jails 337 for life over 2016 coup attempt

A Turkish court has jailed 337 former pilots and other suspects for life over a failed bid to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

World • 26 Nov 20

Ayda Gezgin, 3, is pulled alive out of the rubble in Izmir, Turkey

Three-year-old girl rescued 91 hours after Turkey quake

A three-year-old girl has been pulled alive from the rubble 91 hours after a powerful earthquake hit western Turkey.

World • 03 Nov 20

Nearly 6,000 rescuers have been working all day and all night since Friday

Survivor search continues as Turkey quake toll hits 58

Rescue workers are continuing to search eight buildings in Izmir in Turkey, despite dwindling hope for survivors, as the death toll of a powerful earthquake which hit western Turkey rose to 58.

World • 01 Nov 20

At least 20 buildings in the city of Izmir were destroyed

Rescue efforts continue as Turkey quake toll reaches 27

Turkish rescue workers are continuing to search through rubble for survivors as the death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit the Aegean Sea yesterday afternoon rose to 27.

World • 31 Oct 20

Rescuers search for survivors at a collapsed building in Izmir

Earthquake kills 22 people in Turkey and Greek islands

Rescuers dug through heavy blocks of concrete with their bare hands today in a desperate search for survivors from a powerful earthquake that levelled buildings across Greece and Turkey, killing at least 22 people.

World • 30 Oct 20

Three US diplomats were accused of effectively engaging in terrorist acts against Iran

Iran imposes sanctions on US ambassador to Iraq

Iran imposed sanctions on the US ambassador to Iraq, citing "terrorist" acts against its interests, in response to officials in Washington blacklisting Tehran's Baghdad envoy.

World • 23 Oct 20

The National Sovereignty Monument in the northern part of Nicosia in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus: breakaway state backed by Turkey

The breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is recognised only by Turkey, holds a presidential election Sunday amid rising tensions on the island over gas exploration and the ghost town of Varosha.

World • 09 Oct 20

Varosha has been closed to the general public since the conflict of the mid-1970s

Anger as Turkish army reopens Cyprus resort

Turkish troops reopened parts of a Cyprus seaside resort that became a ghost town amid war in 1974, sparking controversy days ahead of an election in the breakaway Turkish north.

World • 09 Oct 20

Turkey has angered its neighbours by drilling in the Mediterranean

Greece, Cyprus welcome EU tough talk on Turkey

Greece and Cyprus have welcomed an EU summit statement threatening Turkey with sanctions if it continues to drill for gas in disputed Mediterranean waters.

World • 02 Oct 20

Alexander Lukashenko (L) has been left off the EU's sanctions list

EU sanctions on Belarus draw strong Russian response

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will outline Ireland's concerns over the impact of Brexit on the second day of a summit of European Union leaders.

World • 02 Oct 20

The EU has decried violence against protesters in Belarus

EU takes first step to impose new sanctions on Belarus

The EU has taken the first step to impose new sanctions on Belarus over a disputed election last Sunday and a crackdown on protests that followed, instructing its foreign policy arm to prepare a blacklist of responsible individuals.

World • 14 Aug 20

The legislation targets social networks with more than a million unique visits every day and says servers with Turkish users' data must be stored locally

Turkey tightens grip on social media with new law

Turkey's parliament has passed a controversial bill giving the government greater control of social media and criticised by human rights advocates as an attempt to increase online censorship.

World • 29 Jul 20

People gather outside the Hagia Sophia for Friday prayers

First Islamic prayers held in Turkey's Hagia Sophia

Several thousand people including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have participated in the first Muslim prayers at Hagia Sophia since the controversial reconversion of the former cathedral into a mosque.

World • 24 Jul 20