Anatolia

In Turkiye, a clandestine text emerges from ancient clay tablets dating back to the Hittite Empire in the second millennium BCE.

Turkish police today detained four suspected ISIS terrorists who were allegedly planning an attack on May Day celebrations in the capital Ankara, the state-run Anatolia news agency said.

Turkey has killed almost 900 alleged members of the ISIS since January through artillery fire and air raids, the state-run Anatolia news agency said Monday, citing military sources.

The Turkish military on Saturday hit targets of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Syrian regime in two separate incidents in response to incoming fire, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.

Turkish police have recovered an original painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso in an undercover operation in Istanbul, state-run Anatolia news agency reported today.

Twelve migrants drowned today when their boat sank off the Turkish coast as they were seeking to reach Greece, while around 25 others were rescued, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Turkish police on Tuesday used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse protestors in central Istanbul, detaining over a dozen people, an AFP photographer said.

Three Turkish soldiers and a police officer were killed Saturday in attacks blamed on members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey, as authorities carried out new raids to arrest suspected militants.

Turkey on Monday sought to reach out to Armenians ahead of the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of their ancestors in the Ottoman Empire, saying it shared their pain and wanted to heal the wounds of the past.

A British woman detained this week by Turkish police on suspicion of seeking to join Islamic State (IS) insurgents in Syria was sent to Istanbul today to be deported to Britain, Anatolia news agency reported.

Turkey today said an intelligence agent working for one of the states in the US-led coalition had been captured for helping three British teenage girls cross into Syria to join Islamic State (IS) jihadists.

Turkey's powerful intelligence chief, one of the most steadfast allies of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has resigned to stand for election as a lawmaker in upcoming elections, the official Anatolia news agency said Saturday.

At least four miners were killed and as many as 400 others remain trapped underground after a coal mine collapsed in the western Turkish province of Manisa on Tuesday, a lawmaker said.

An Armenian plane ordered to land in Turkey on Monday for security checks while en route to Syria's battered second city of Aleppo was allowed to resume its flight on Monday after nothing suspicious was found, Anatolia news agency said.

Turkish Airlines has stopped using Syrian airspace on their flights, a company executive told Anatolia news agency on Thursday, amid escalating tensions between Ankara and Damascus.

In Turkiye, a clandestine text emerges from ancient clay tablets dating back to the Hittite Empire in the second millennium BCE.

Turkish police today detained four suspected ISIS terrorists who were allegedly planning an attack on May Day celebrations in the capital Ankara, the state-run Anatolia news agency said.

Turkey has killed almost 900 alleged members of the ISIS since January through artillery fire and air raids, the state-run Anatolia news agency said Monday, citing military sources.

The Turkish military on Saturday hit targets of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Syrian regime in two separate incidents in response to incoming fire, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.

Turkish police have recovered an original painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso in an undercover operation in Istanbul, state-run Anatolia news agency reported today.

Twelve migrants drowned today when their boat sank off the Turkish coast as they were seeking to reach Greece, while around 25 others were rescued, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Turkish police on Tuesday used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse protestors in central Istanbul, detaining over a dozen people, an AFP photographer said.

Three Turkish soldiers and a police officer were killed Saturday in attacks blamed on members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey, as authorities carried out new raids to arrest suspected militants.

Turkey on Monday sought to reach out to Armenians ahead of the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of their ancestors in the Ottoman Empire, saying it shared their pain and wanted to heal the wounds of the past.

A British woman detained this week by Turkish police on suspicion of seeking to join Islamic State (IS) insurgents in Syria was sent to Istanbul today to be deported to Britain, Anatolia news agency reported.

Turkey today said an intelligence agent working for one of the states in the US-led coalition had been captured for helping three British teenage girls cross into Syria to join Islamic State (IS) jihadists.

Turkey's powerful intelligence chief, one of the most steadfast allies of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has resigned to stand for election as a lawmaker in upcoming elections, the official Anatolia news agency said Saturday.

At least four miners were killed and as many as 400 others remain trapped underground after a coal mine collapsed in the western Turkish province of Manisa on Tuesday, a lawmaker said.

An Armenian plane ordered to land in Turkey on Monday for security checks while en route to Syria's battered second city of Aleppo was allowed to resume its flight on Monday after nothing suspicious was found, Anatolia news agency said.

Turkish Airlines has stopped using Syrian airspace on their flights, a company executive told Anatolia news agency on Thursday, amid escalating tensions between Ankara and Damascus.