Thousands of military officers, soldiers and other suspects linked to a failed coup in Turkey have been arrested.

Investors will be cautious as they wait to see how larger markets react to growing global turmoil, says an analyst.

Kiwis are cancelling or changing plans to travel to Turkey as the Government continues to warn people to avoid unnecessary trips there.

COMMENT: If Erdogan was a maddening ally before for Europe and the US, the leader who has just overcome a coup will be capable of almost anything.

COMMENT: Journalist Erin Cunningham writes that a boom shook her building near Taksim Square during the attempted coup.

Pouring out into the streets, forces loyal to Turkey's president quashed a coup attempt. Now the President says those responsible "will pay a heavy price."

A New Zealand woman has told how she hid in an airport toilet cubicle fearing for her life during Turkey's failed military coup.

A Kiwi living in Istanbul says despite the roar of military jets, she is not afraid of the attempted coup in Turkey.

A brazen assault by three suicide bombers on Istanbul's Ataturk Airport has set the stage for a more violent conflict between Turkey and Isis.

Life 'normal' for Kiwi in Istanbul.

CCTV footage shows moment one of the men suspected of killing 41 people in airport attack walks calmly towards terminal alongside an unsuspecting pilot.

New Zealanders are being warned not to travel to Turkey after the bombing of Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport that killed at least 36 people.

WATCH: The death toll continues to rise in Turkey after terrorists bomb Istanbul's main airport.

In a case bordering the fantastical, a man in Turkey has been handed a suspended jail sentence for a picture comparing the president to Gollum

In the same way, people in 100 years will live with the consequences of the decisions we make now.

It is not often that international solutions work so well but when it happens, it deserves a tentative cheer.

Turkey, for all its woes, has a far more robust democratic system than Russia.

Kiwis travelling to Gallipoli for Anzac Day services are being warned to avoid Turkey's biggest cities.

Five people died, including the bomber, and more than 30 were injured in the blast near a Government building in a busy shopping area of the city.

A suicide attacker detonated a bomb on Istanbul's main pedestrian shopping street on Saturday, killing five people, the city's governor said.

Police hunt suspected terrorists after deadly attacks at two locations.

WARNING - GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: Car bomb explodes in the heart of Turkey's capital, killing at least 34 people and wounding around 125 others.

Next month hundreds of New Zealanders will face the pre-dawn chill on Gallipoli Peninsula to commemorate Anzac Day.

The European Union is facing increasing pressure to speak out against the erosion of media freedom in Turkey.

Twenty-eight people have been killed and dozens wounded in Ankara after a car laden with explosives detonated near the armed forces' headquarters.

The Turkish government, in league with Saudi Arabia, made a tentative decision to enter the war on the ground in Syria, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Ceasefire means little as rebels hold various factions at bay and children typically become the victims.

Up to 70,000 Syrians are heading for Turkey, threatening to send a new wave of refugees into Europe as Syria's civil war intensifies.

Ewan McDonald sails (not cruises) on a yacht (not a ship) across the Mediterranean from Rome to points east and south.