A strong earthquake hit eastern Turkey today, killing at least 57 people and knocking down houses in three small villages, the government said.

Some 38 people have been killed after a strong earthquake hit Turkey this morning.

At least 17 girl students were killed and another 27 injured when their three-storey dormitory collapsed in central Turkey today.

Turkish forces pressed ahead with ground operations against Kurdish rebels in Iraq today after the military reported that five troops and several dozen rebels had been killed in the cross-border fighting.

Turkish helicopters attacked Kurdish rebel positions in mountains near the Iraq border today as troops kept up pressure on the guerrillas.

Turkey’s military and civilian leaders held an emergency meeting today to discuss escalating attacks by Kurdish guerrillas.

Kurdish rebels are believed to have kidnapped the mayor of Yayladere in south-east Turkey’s Bingol province, relatives and officials from the mayor’s office said today.

TURKISH troops, backed by helicopter gunships, killed five Kurdish rebels in an overnight clash in south-eastern Turkey.

Turkish troops, backed by helicopter gunships, killed five Kurdish rebels in an overnight clash in south-eastern Turkey.

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 shook south-eastern Turkey today, injuring at least 54 people and demolishing homes.

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7, shook south-eastern Turkey today, injuring at least nine people.

A strong earthquake shook eastern Turkey today, damaging buildings and injuring five people, two days after another quake in the region.

Police investigating a string of deadly suicide bombings in Istanbul have arrested a man suspected of ordering an attack on the Beth Israel synagogue, police said today.

A Turkish court charged three more alleged accomplices in the Istanbul suicide bombings with membership in an illegal organisation and aiding an illegal organisation.

A Turkish court today charged three more alleged accomplices in the Istanbul suicide bombings with membership in an illegal organisation and aiding an illegal organisation.

More terrorist attacks may be “imminent” in the Turkish cities of Istanbul and Ankara, the Foreign Office warned today.

Public prosecutors today began their interrogation of 15 alleged accomplices of last week’s Istanbul suicide bombers, amid signs of progress in the investigation into a suspected Islamic terror cell.

Police took 18 alleged accomplices of the Istanbul suicide bombers to a state security court for questioning by prosecutors today.

Rescuers today pulled out the bodies of the last of 83 schoolchildren killed when a dormitory collapsed in an earthquake in eastern Turkey, and officials called off the search for any more survivors.

TURKISH police fired into the air yesterday and fought running battles with earthquake victims demanding more government help as hope faded for scores of boys buried under a dormitory flattened by the quake.

Rescue workers, searching for dozens of children in the rubble of a Turkish school dormitory that collapsed during an earthquake, all but gave up hope of finding any more survivors this afternoon.

Rescue equipment fell silent as searchers listened today for any sign of life under a flattened school dormitory where about 70 children remained trapped since a strong earthquake rocked eastern Turkey.

RESCUERS dug frantically in the rubble of a school dormitory yesterday, hunting for 135 children believed trapped after a powerful earthquake rumbled through southeastern Turkey. Reports say up to 100 people were killed and 390 injured.

Today's powerful earthquake in Turkey killed up to 150 people and injured 390 others.

A strong earthquake today killed at least 30 people in south-eastern Turkey and toppled a school dormitory, trapping up to 200 students under debris, officials said.