Reinstating the death penalty in Turkey would end EU accession talks, a German government spokesman has stated. Meanwhile, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini also warned that no country can become an EU member that has capital punishment.

After strongly supporting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when it seemed his government might topple and then opening the door to sending home the cleric, a stung Obama administration fired back at its NATO ally.

Tensions rise in U.S.-Turkish relations as Erdogan targets Fethullah Gülen, a cleric who lives in Pennsylvania.

TURKEY’S coup has been squashed and government reprisal promises to be merciless.

Background to coup includes various terror attacks and the Islamist president’s increasingly authoritarian views

THE Turkish military on Friday said that it had assumed power over Turkey, in what the prime minister has termed an illegal act.

International condemnation was swift.

President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree which partially lifts restrictions on Russians’ travel to Turkey, the Kremlin said.

Peskov also quoted Erdogan as saying he was willing and ready to cooperate with Russia in fighting terrorism and resolving regional crises.

AT least 10 people have died in a horrific suicide attack at the international terminal of Istanbul’s Ataturk airport.

Israel and Turkey have reached an agreement to normalize ties, a senior Israeli official told reporters, according to Reuters. This will end bitter rift over the Israeli Navy’s killing of nine Turkish citizens during a Gaza flotilla raid in 2010.