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The article states that Turkish F-16 fighter jets shot down a Russian military jet on the Syrian border on November 24, 2015, a move that may have undermined efforts to form an international alliance to fight the militant group Islamic State. According to the article, the Russian government suspended military contacts and meetings with Turkey. The article states that the Turkish government accused Russia of repeatedly violating Turkish airspace from Syria. The article presents comments from Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The article states that Turkish political party the Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, regained control of the Turkish parliament following elections on November 1, 2015. According to the article, the victory would give Erdogan more leverage in his attempt to assume a larger role for Turkey in fighting the militant group Islamic State, preventing Middle Eastern refugees from attempting to enter Europe, and going forward with a military campaign against Kurdish separatists.

The article states that Kurdish fighters fighting the militant jihadist organization Islamic State (ISIS) from the U.S. government-allied Syrian group the People's Defense Units (YPG) accused Turkey of shelling their positions in Syria on July 27, 2015. According to the article, Turkey agreed to permit U.S. jets to utilize Turkish air bases to strike ISIS positions in Syria, and Turkey was also launching airstrikes against ISIS targets ahead of a scheduled July 29, 2015, meeting of the group the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The article states that the Turkish government agreed in late July 2015 to permit U.S. armed forces to utilize the Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey to send fighter jets and armed drone aircraft to attack fighters of the militant organization Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, based in Syria. According to the article, U.S. president Barack Obama and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to the broad parameters of the deal on July 22, 2015.

The article states that the Turkish government placed blame on the militant organization Islamic State for a suicide bombing that killed at least 31 people and wounded over 100 in the Kurdish border town of Suruc, Turkey, in mid-July 2015. According to the article, the target of the attack was a Suruc cultural center where about 300 members of socialist youth groups were meeting. The article presents comments from Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

The article discusses potential political uncertainty in Turkey following the failure of the ruling party the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to retain a majority in the Turkish parliament following the results of the June 7, 2015, parliamentary elections. According to the article, the results thwarted Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's plans to shift Turkey to a strong presidential system of government. The article examines the potential impact of relations with Turkey among allies such as the U.S. and partners such as the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

The article states that the Turkish political party the Justice and Development Party (AKP) fell short of maintaining its majority in the Turkish parliament in the June 7, 2015, election. According to the article, the result was detrimental to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's attempts to consolidate power, particularly his desire to shift Turkey from a parliamentary system to a presidential system of government, and would result in a coalition government. The article discusses electoral support for the pro-Kurdish political party the People's Democratic Party (HDP).

The article discusses Pope Francis' characterization of a 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Turks as genocide. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called the Pope's words historically inaccurate and unacceptable. Pope Francis, who has sought to encourage better relations between Christians and Muslim, made his remarks within the context of contemporary persecution of Christians by Muslims.

The article discusses Muslims Uighurs who flee China and concerns their exodus creates among Chinese officials. Many Uighurs leave China to escape discrimination. The Chinese government fears Uighurs who depart for Turkey and elsewhere could become radicalized abroad and then cause unrest upon their return to China. Chinese authorities claim hundreds of Uighurs are fighting alongside the Islamic State terrorist group in Iraq and Syria.

The article discusses the declining performance of Turkish bank Asya Katilim Bankasi AS. News media in Turkey have accused the bank of funding political opposition to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is embroiled in a dispute with expatriate cleric Fethullah Gülen. The bank has seen its deposit base shrink, stock price decline, and profits vanish. Paul Rawkins of ratings firm Fitch Ratings blames politics for the bank's ill fortune.

The article reports that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of northern Iraq exported one hundred million dollars worth of Kurdish crude oil to Turkey, an act which the Iraqi government, with U.S. support, has treated as a challenge to its sovereignty. Topics include Iraq's assertion that the Kurdish oil is stolen goods, the oil market in the Middle East, autonomy efforts by the KRG, and an oil shipment on the United Leadership tanker.

The article reports that U.S. Internet companies including Google Inc. claim telecommunications firms in Turkey have been effectively censoring them in late March 2014 by impersonating their servers, thus blocking users' access to them. Google's YouTube video Website and Twitter Inc.'s microblogging service, both of which have been used by political opponents of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were among Websites targeted during local elections in Turkey.

The article discusses media restrictions imposed by the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan days before key local elections in Turkey scheduled for March 30, 2014. Access to the Twitter microblogging service and YouTube Internet-video Website was blocked within the country. Further information is presented about political strife between Erdogan and followers of Fethullah Gulen, a cleric and one-time Erdogan ally who lives in the U.S.

The article discusses the impact of political and financial volatility in 2014 on Turkey's real-estate market. Rising interest rates have caused a decline in apartment sales. In January 2014 home sales fell 39% according to real-estate developer Emlak Konut GYO. A sharp decline in the lira against the U.S. dollar has prompted some landlord to reduce their tenants' rents.

The article discusses Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration changes within Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) as of December 2013. Topics include the corruption investigation involving Erdogan and his political and business allies, the effect of the cabinet changes on Turkey's financial market, and criticisms of Erdogan by cleric Fethullah Gulen.

The article discusses the political career of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with a particular emphasis on what some perceive as his increasingly authoritarian and Islamist policies that have elicited anti-government demonstrations in June 2013. Germany has sought to delay talks on Turkey's entry into the European Union.

The article examines the battle at the border between Syria and Turkey in October 2012. Topics include the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) statement demanding that the Syrian regime stop attacks against its ally Turkey, why Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims Turkey responded to attacks by Syrian border forces, and the possibility that the conflict will incite Iran to increase its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The article reports on the deadly attacks on a police complex in southern Turkey by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) that killed at least six people and wounded dozens other, reflecting the widening security challenges for Turkey.

The article focuses on a bomb explosion occurred at a Turkish airport in Istanbul in December 2015 that killed airport cleaning staff Zehra Yamac and Gamze Akkus Ilgezdi, a member of the opposition Republican People's Party, is seeking information about the explosion.

The article looks at the investigation of the explosion at the Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, that killed one person and highlighted security risks as the country fights a war against Kurdish insurgents and terrorist organization Islamic State.

The article reports on the assistance sought by Iraq from the United Nations Security Council aimed at evicting the Turkish forces, deployed near the stronghold of the extremist group the Islamic State, in the country.

The article focuses on the criticism by Russia's state-dominated media of Turkey since the Turkish air force shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border, calling the nation as a hotbed of terrorism and a sponsor of Islamic State.

The article offers information on the agreement of the European Union to fund the government of Turkey and help the country's bid in joining the European Union bloc by cutting the flow of migrant in Ankara into Europe.

The article reports on the conflict between Russia and Turkey which intensified as the Kremlin ignored the call of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for dialogue and demands Turkey to apologize after it struck a Russian Su-24 bomber.

The article reports that Kurdish militant organization Kurdistan Workers' Party warned the Turkish military forces of possible offensive military operations to obtain Kurdish autonomy.

The article reports that Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has demanded for a more power and vowed to destroy Kurdish separatists under his constitution.

The article reports that Johannes Hahn, the European Union's (EUs) enlargement chief has warned Turkey regarding the threats to media freedom such as intimidation of journalists to removal of the country's bid to join the EU.

The article reports that the victory of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's parliamentary allies, the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, in the early election has lifted the country's market.

The article reports on the victory of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey in 2015 and mentions his intention for a military campaign against Kurdish militants.

The article reports that the Turkish authorities have seized control of KanalTurk and Bugun television stations which have criticized the government ahead of an election in 2015.

The article reports on the killing of two Turkish police officers in an explosion during a raid on a suspected Islamic State safe house.

The article reports on the challenges to the economic growth goals of Turkey amid the rise of terror attacks and the prospect of prolonged political uncertainty ahead of the parliamentary elections in the country.

The article reports the move by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as of mid-October 2015 to convince leaders in Turkey to support the European Union's (EU) Migrant Plan to resolve the refugee issues due to the worsening civil war in Syria.

The article reports that tensions are rising after the Turkish government shoot down a drone aircraft from Syria after it entered its airspace, which marks the first assault after Russia decided to get involved in the Syrian civil war.

The article reports that Turkey blames Kurdish and Islamist groups for militant attack on the nation.

The article reports on the statement of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu that the terrorist group Islamic State is the prime suspect in the suicide bombing attack at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey on October 10, 2015.

The article reports on death of 97 people from a suicide bombings in Turkey as of October 2015 along with views of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a demonstration by mourners to denounce the country's government after an attack on a peace rally. INSET: After Blasts, Anger Unites Mourners..

The article reports on the violation of a Russian warplane and targeting radar on Turkish jet fighters to conduct bombing campaign in Syria.

The article reports on the choice of refugees to land route in Edirne, Turkey over crossing through boats in the Aegean Sea for safer passage to Greece or Bulgaria where mostly are Syrians who flees the civil war.

The article reports that a Turkish boat that was illegally ferrying migrants, including Syrian refugees, to Greece has sank in the Aegean Sea on September 15, 2015.

The article reports on the decline of Italian currency lira in Turkish market.

The article reports on the circulation of a video showing an unknown Iraqi militia claiming the September 2, 2015 kidnapping of 18 Turkish construction workers in Baghdad, Iraq.

The article reports that with the intensification of the long-running conflict between Turkey and its Kurdish insurgency, Turkish special-operations battalions crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of rebel forces and Kurdish rebels killed at least 14 policemen.

The article infroms that Turkish warplanes have targeted Kurdish rebel in southeastern Turkey on September 7, 2015 after the Insurgent s killed at at least 16 soldiers in the deadliest attack on government forces after collapse of the cease-fire.

The article reports on the growing concern of finance leaders from the Group of 20 countries over the impact of China's economic slowdown on the global economy, as they seek assurances from the Chinese government on its economic polices.

The article reports on the kidnapping of a group of Turkish workers by masked gunmen in pickup trucks in Baghdad, Iraq in September 2015.

The article reports on the recovery of dead bodies from an overturned boat off the Turkish coast amid the migrant crisis in Europe in 2015.

The article reports on the appointment by Turkey's interim Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu of members of the Cabinet to lead the country to a snap election in November 2015, which include pro-Kurdish members for the first time as well as a nationalist.

This section offers world news briefs as of August 26, 2015 on topics which include an agreement between Turkey and the U.S. wherein Turkey will join coalition airstrikes against the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the general election in Singapore on September 11 and the Guatemalan Supreme Court's approval of a request to impeach President Otto Perez.

The article reports on the call by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for early elections in 2015 amid national security threats and economic turmoil.