Preliminary tests showed that at least 14 Turks, two of whom have died, tested positive for a deadly strain of bird flu, officials warned today as the number of patients with symptoms climbed to about 70.

A passenger bus slammed into a wall at the entrance of a tunnel in eastern Turkey today, killing 27 people and injuring 33, media reports said.

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.

A strong earthquake shook a mountainous area in eastern Turkey today, damaging several buildings and injuring at least five people.

Eight people were killed and 34 injured today when three lorries and two buses crashed in northern Turkey.

Four Turks have been killed and three others injured after their gas-powered car flipped over and burst into flames.