Consulate employee among two dead after gunman opens fire at restaurant in Irbil

Defendants were accused of terrorist propaganda after guest-editing a newspaper on Kurdish issues

Crackdown on Kurdish politicians in south east unlikely to deter voters this weekend

Civilians pour out of terror group’s last enclave in eastern Syria as US-backed forces close in

US president prepares to claim the end of the caliphate in northwest Syria

Ankara hits back after US president’s warning over withdrawal of troops from Syria

Turkish president accuses Trump administration of issuing mixed messages on Syria

Turkish president makes scathing speech to parliament as US adviser still in Ankara

Move increases likelihood of Turkish invasion of the border zone ruled by Kurds

Erdogan unlikely to halt tough rhetoric while resolving impasse not a key issue for Trump

At least three Irish men are fighting with Kurds in Syria, part of an international battalion of ‘villagers, students, sons of butchers, socialists and anarchists’

Kurdish militia YPG evacuates civilians due to ‘massacres’ in border region

Militia’s arrival in northern region on side of Kurds raises stakes in Syria conflict

Ties between Nato allies strained ahead of visit to Ankara by US secretary of state Rex Tillerson

Kurdish group YPG is now facing an escalating battle with Turkish forces in northwestern Syria

Continued offensive by Turkish forces in Syria could bring them into conflict with US soldiers

Turkey challenging Nato partners and ramping up regional tensions with neighbours

Erdogan says operation to crush US-backed Kurdish forces will continue for as long as necessary

Turkish president Erdogan an awkward guest for the French president

Ankara urges Washington to end restrictions amid tensions over consular employee’s arrest

Erdogan continues clampdown on Turkey’s Kurds, who comprise one-fifth of the population

Ties between Ankara and West eroding as Turkey moves closer to dictatorship

White House suggested Assad was preparing move and would pay ‘heavy price’ for any strike

Educators and journalists among those held in ‘professional annihilation’ by Ankara

Ankara orders bombing of US-backed forces in Sinjar that are battling Islamic State

Opposition parties voice objections as results show 51.2% of voters back change

Identity and alleged human rights abuses make Cizre’s people opposed to Ankara

Recep Tayyip Erdogan moves to build Syrian military co-operation with Vladimir Putin

Iraqi forces report capture of another district as fight against Isis pushes towards city centre

Hundreds of academics included in fresh round of purges since attempted coup

Threat from offshoot of the PKK has taken government and urban dwellers by surprise

The Reina nightclub attack has only added to the country’s sense of insecurity. As its president turns towards Russia, many fear an even steeper slide into authoritarianism

Turkish authorities blame Kurdish separatists the PKK after car bomb and shootout

Latest violent attack, which killed at least 44, will further strengthen Erdogan’s iron grip

Many of those detained in nationwide raids are from pro-Kurdish opposition

Turkey declares day of mourning as it begins to bury its 38 dead, while 155 are wounded

Turkish president says Europe is ‘abetting’ terrorism by supporting Kurdish militants

Car bomb kills nine and injures more than 100 after arrests of parliamentarians

Ankara’s crackdown on Diyarbakir’s residents has intensified since July’s failed coup

Continued crackdown since failed coup in July alarms western allies and rights groups