Turkey has forced a Syrian passenger plane to land at Ankara airport, - Turkish state-run TV station TRT ha reported.

Turkish artillery has fired on Syrian targets for a second day, Turkey’s state-run media said, in retaliation for shelling from Syria that struck a border village, killing five civilians.

A Turkish court has convicted 330 military officers – including the former air force and navy chiefs – of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamic-based government in 2003.

Dozens of people have drowned after a fishing boat carrying migrants that smugglers had promised refuge in Europe sank after hitting rocks off the coast of western Turkey.

Turkey has deployed anti-aircraft guns and other weapons alongside its border with Syria, reports say, days after the downing of a Turkish military jet by Syrian forces.

Turkey is deploying anti-aircraft weapons along the Syrian border, state television said today, days after a Turkish military jet was shot down by Syrian forces.

Nato’s governing body will meet tomorrow to discuss the Syrian downing of a Turkish plane.

Turkey’s foreign minister said a Turkish jet was downed in international airspace after it mistakenly entered Syria, but the plane was not on a spying mission.

Syrian forces opened fire across two tense borders, killing a TV journalist in Lebanon and at least two people in a refugee camp in Turkey on the eve of a deadline for a ceasefire plan that seems all but certain to fail.

Two Syrian generals and a colonel have defected to Turkey, the country’s state-run television reported today.

Turkish security forces have shot dead a Kurdish rebel hijacker after he commandeered a ferry with 18 passengers on board, authorities said.

The death toll in a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey has risen to at least 217, the country’s interior minister said.

AT least 85 people have been killed with hundreds more feared dead after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey.

A solid majority of Turkish voters approved sweeping changes to their military-era constitution – a referendum hailed by the government as a leap towards full democracy in line with its troubled bid to join the European Union.

TWO senior officials with Thailand’s Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party were found guilty of election fraud yesterday in a ruling that could doom the political powerhouse founded by ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

A magnitude-6 earthquake has toppled dozens of buildings in central Turkey killing at least 23 people.

Turkey's prime minister has called on Saddam Hussein to allow UN weapons inspectors into Iraq, and warned refusal could bring massive US retaliation.