Local police had to disperse a crowd of protesters in Soma as anger swept through the country over the coal mine disaster that has killed hundreds.
Officials have confirmed the deaths of at least 245 miners, saying about 120 are still feared trapped after an explosion and fire in the Soma mine.
An explosion and fire in a coal mine in western Turkey has killed at least four miners and trapped as many as 300 more.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has emerged even more belligerent towards his opponents before the nationwide municipal elections.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his armed forces shot down a Syrian military plane after it crosed into Turkish air space.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to "wipe out" the social media service, setting him against President Abdullah Gul and drawing public fury.
Riot police battled with demonstrators in several Turkish cities as mourners buried a teenager wounded in protests last summer.
Emerging markets have been hit, but not hard enough for the rest of the world to feel the burn, say analysts.
South African bonds have been pulled down by the depreciating rand.
Two ministers have resigned in Turkey after their sons were arrested in a graft probe that they have called an "ugly plot" against the government.
Turkey’s prime minister can’t seem to decide whether he wants to be a reformer or a tyrant.
One of the closest contests in Olympic history has gone down to the wire in Buenos Aires as the International Olympic Committee prepared to vote.
Turkish riot police have fired rubber bullets to block demonstrators from entering an Istanbul park, the birthplace of deadly unrest in June.
Turkish authorities have arrested more people over their alleged role in this month’s anti-government protests, a news report said.
Turkey’s deputy prime minister has given a nod of approval to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey.
Russia and Turkey have joined SA in expressing outrage over revelations that the UK and the US spied on foreign delegates at G20 meetings in 2009.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party on Saturday ruled out early elections demonstrators defied his call for an immediate end to protests.
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has delivered a fiery speech, calling for an immediate end to the protests that have swept the country.
Officials say a 22-year-old man has been shot during a demonstration in Antakya city, near the border with Syria, and later died in hospital.
Retailers in the city’s Beyogly district fear that a planned government clampdown on alcohol sales could threaten livelihoods and personal freedoms.
Turkey’s prime minister has rejected claims that he is a "dictator" as thousands have returned to Taksim Square to protest against the government.
Syrian authorities, battling an uprising in which at least 80 000 people have been killed, advised citizens against travel to Turkey.
Shopkeepers and municipal workers began cleaning up Istanbul and Ankara on Sunday after the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years.
Turkish forces have begun to withdraw from a main Istanbul square in an apparent move to end tensions from two days of anti-government protests.
Turkey’s police have fired tear gas at demonstrators occupying a park in Istanbul, injuring scores in a violent crackdown on anti-government protests.
The ruling party has condemned the Israeli government, saying that it "can only escalate hostilities in the Middle East".
Turkey returned fire after Syrian mortar bombs landed in a field in southern Turkey on Saturday.
More than half of the 60 migrants who died after their boat sank off Turkey’s west coast on Thursday were children, a district official told Reuters.
Nato states have expressed mounting anger over the downing of a Turkish fighter jet by Syria as they readied for an emergency meeting on the shooting.
A court in Turkey has begun a trial against Sarah Ferguson for allegedly taking part in the secret filming of orphanages in the country.
Turkcell’s internal strife has the potential to play into the hands of South African cellphone giant MTN, which is tied to its corruption case.
Standard Bank says it will reduce its stake in Turkish venture Standard Unlu, the latest move by the lender to scale back non-African operations.