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Turkey turmoil won't panic market
Investors will be cautious as they wait to see how larger markets react to growing global turmoil, says an analyst.

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

You thought Erdogan was bad before?
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.

My night of terrifying chaos in Istanbul
COMMENT: Journalist Erin Cunningham writes that a boom shook her building near Taksim Square during the attempted coup.

Purge begins in Turkey following 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."

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

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

Turkey coup attempt: Some military surrender
LIVE UPDATES: Reports are surfacing Turkish parliament is back under government control

The chilling face of Istanbul's terror
CCTV footage shows moment one of the men suspected of killing 41 people in airport attack walks calmly towards terminal alongside an unsuspecting pilot.

Turkey to be avoided, Kiwis warned
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.

NZH Focus: Airport bombing terror
WATCH: The death toll continues to rise in Turkey after terrorists bomb Istanbul's main airport.

Suspended jail sentence for comparing Turkish president to Gollum
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

Border decisions condemn countries to conflict
In the same way, people in 100 years will live with the consequences of the decisions we make now.

Editorial: EU refugee solution earns a cheer
It is not often that international solutions work so well but when it happens, it deserves a tentative cheer.

Erdogan tightens grip on power
Turkey, for all its woes, has a far more robust democratic system than Russia.

Turks stick it to selfies
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.

No Kiwis killed, injured in Istanbul attack
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.

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

Q&A: Terror attacks in Turkey, Ivory Coast
Police hunt suspected terrorists after deadly attacks at two locations.

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

Editorial: Turkey again facing a turbulent crossroad
Next month hundreds of New Zealanders will face the pre-dawn chill on Gallipoli Peninsula to commemorate Anzac Day.

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

Car bomb in Turkey's capital kills 28 people
Twenty-eight people have been killed and dozens wounded in Ankara after a car laden with explosives detonated near the armed forces' headquarters.

Gwynne Dyer: Turks and Saudis know any Russia fight will be lonely one
The Turkish government, in league with Saudi Arabia, made a tentative decision to enter the war on the ground in Syria, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Aleppo under fire from all sides
Ceasefire means little as rebels hold various factions at bay and children typically become the victims.

Up to 70,000 heading to border ground zero
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.

Cruising: Dreaming of the luxury life
Ewan McDonald sails (not cruises) on a yacht (not a ship) across the Mediterranean from Rome to points east and south.

Why Turkey wanted to shoot a plane
The Turkish leader has two goals: to ensure the destruction of Assad's regime, and to prevent the creation of a new Kurdish state in Syria, writes Gwynne Dyer.