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Prakash will remain in custody in Darwin before Australian federal police escort him to Melbourne to be charged with a range of offences Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAccused Islamic State jihadist Neil Prakash – once considered the country’s most wanted […]

The film, Smyrna, depicts the 1922 catastrophe at the end of the Greco-Turkish war that destroyed much of the city of Smyrna (now Izmir). See how the Guardian reported events at the timeSmyrna review – raw, shocking violence in epic take on Greek-Turkish conflictSmyrna was occupied by Greek forces in May 1919 and recaptured by Turkish forces under Kemal […]

Grigoris Karantinakis’s bustling ensemble drama recreates the buildup to a 1922 massacre in what is now İzmir, even if some characters are just walking Wikipedia entriesThis epic historical drama could have been called Once Upon a Time in Asia Minor or Once Upon a Time in Turkey, depending on which side of the Greek-Turkish divide you sit. That thorny […]

Derby between Goztepe and Altay called off after 25 minutesSix red cards in Zenit St Petersburg v Spartak Moscow cup tieA derby in Turkey was abandoned after a pitch invader violently attacked the visiting goalkeeper with a corner flag.The second-tier match between the Anatolian rivals Goztepe and Altay was called off 25 minutes into the first half. Play […]

Home Office argues people trafficked to Syria were exposed to extreme violence which poses ‘almighty problem’People trafficked to Syria and radicalised remain threats to national security as they may be desensitised after exposure to extreme violence, the Home Office has argued, in contesting Shamima Begum’s appeal against the removal of her British […]

A magnitude-5.9 earthquake hit a town in north-west Turkey early on Wednesday, causing damage to buildings and widespread panic. Footage released by Turkish private broadcaster TGRT shows how night-time anchor Ersel Hoşkara continued presenting as the quake was felt in Istanbul and his studio, while the caption underneath him read: 'Breaking news: moment […]

Regional interests remain very much at stake in conflict neither isolated, nor solely Syrian – though often forgottenOver the plains of northern Syria, an approaching warplane usually makes a distinctive roar, allowing those on the ground to determine who it belongs to and whether there’s a need to hide.But the past few days have been more onerous than […]

Strikes launched in retaliation for Istanbul bombing target ‘terrorist bases’, but civilian deaths reported by Kurdish officialsTurkey launched deadly airstrikes over northern regions of Syria and Iraq, the Turkish defence ministry said on Sunday, targeting Kurdish groups that Ankara holds responsible for last week’s bomb attack in Istanbul.Warplanes […]

Airstrikes reported against towns including Kobane, held by Kurdish militia opposed by TurkeyTurkish airstrikes hit several towns across northern Syria, including the city of Kobane late on Saturday, Kurdish-led forces and a Britain-based monitoring group have said.The attacks come days after Ankara blamed the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) for last […]

Turkish president raises hopes over pact to allow exports via Black Sea, bringing relief to world’s poorest countriesRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesA vital deal allowing Russian and Ukrainian wheat and fertilisers to be exported through the Black Sea is expected to continue, according to the Turkish president, bringing relief to some of the […]

Armed wing of PKK party says it would not target civilians after bomb leaves six dead and 81 injuredThe armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) has denied any role in an attack on a main Istanbul shopping street, shortly after Turkish officials blamed Kurdish militants for the deadly blast.Six people died and 81 were injured when a bomb struck […]

Six people died and 81 were injured when Istanbul’s popular pedestrian thoroughfare İstiklal Avenue was hit by a bomb attackTurkey’s interior minister has accused Kurdish militants in northern Syria of responsibility for a bombing in a busy Istanbul shopping thoroughfare that killed six people, and said that a suspect had been arrested.Six people died […]

Turkish president condemns ‘treacherous attack’ on İstiklal Avenue that also injured 81 peopleSix people have been killed and 81 injured after an explosion on Istanbul’s popular pedestrian thoroughfare İstiklal Avenue, in a bomb attack that Turkey’s president described as an act of terrorism.Speaking shortly before departing for Tuesday’s G20 […]

An explosion on Istanbul’s popular pedestrian thoroughfare İstiklal Avenue has left at least six people dead and 53 others injured, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said. Istanbul's governor, Ali Yerlikaya, tweeted to say the explosion happened at 4.20pm local time. CCTV footage released on social media shows the moment of the explosion, […]

An explosion on Istanbul's popular İstiklal Avenue has left multiple people dead and others injured, according to senior officials. The governor of the Turkish city, Ali Yerlikaya, tweeted to say the explosion had occurred at 4.20pm local time on Sunday. It is unclear how many people have died, or what caused the explosion. Footage circulating on social […]

The bus company said it was ‘respectful of all beliefs’ after the passenger complained on TwitterA long-distance bus driver’s unwillingness to stop so that a passenger could pray in Turkey has helped ignite a fresh debate over secularism in the predominantly Muslim country.Following the driver’s refusal at the weekend, the passenger complained on […]

Photographer Olgaç Bozalp talks through a selection of images from his project Leaving One for Another, published by Void. Combining documentary style with constructed imagery he explores the journeys and disparate causes of migration, drawing on his own experience.‘People’s desire to move from one place to another has always fascinated me, both on a […]

Russian leader has backed down in face of defiance, and move also shows Turkey’s growing influenceIn the end, Vladimir Putin backed down. Faced with blocking ships carrying grain from Ukraine or tacitly admitting that his threats to do so had been a bluff, the Kremlin leader opted not to rekindle a global food crisis.Russia’s exit from the deal that […]

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said his country would not impede the future export of grain through a deal mediated by the UN and Turkey with Ukraine, but that it reserved the right to withdraw if necessary. 'We demanded assurances and guarantees from the Ukrainian side that nothing like this would happen again, that the humanitarian corridors would […]

Erdoğan demands action against ‘terrorist’ Kurdish militants as Nordic pair maintain united frontThe prime ministers of Finland and Sweden have urged Hungary and Turkey to approve their countries’ applications to join Nato, but Ankara insisted it would not lift its objections without further extraditions of suspects it considers terrorists.The two […]