It had been planned for weeks but in the end, even the coup plotters were taken by surprise.

Having summoned democracy to his side, the Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may need to be more willing to honour it.

Arrests and sackings of those allegedly linked to a failed coup plot in Turkey intensified today as authorities fired 8000 police officers

His 15-year rule has been dogged with controversy. This is the story of Mr Erdogan's chequered reign.

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.

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.

LIVE UPDATES: Reports are surfacing Turkish parliament is back under government control

The three suicide bombers who attacked Istanbul's Ataturk Airport have been identified as nationals from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

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.

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 attending Anzac Day memorials at Gallipoli will have to revert to old-school measures to get their photos, as selfie sticks are banned on Peninsula.

Nearly 250 people have been sent back from the Greek islands under the new accord.

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.