Kiwis attending the Gallipoli centenary should be prepared for a long and arduous day before the official commemorations kick off.

Three teenagers have returned to UK after being detained in Turkey suspected of travelling to join Isis

Tanks, drones and planes joined hundreds of Turkish soldiers in a night raid into Isis-occupied Syria to evacuate the tomb of a revered Ottoman figure.

Turkey's largest city is a place of grandeur and contradiction, writes Nicola Lamb.

Rising Hollywood star Kodi Smit-McPhee hates war.

Modern history is a presence in Turkey that confronts visitors, writes Brett Atkinson. For Kiwis, though, the welcome is always warm.

One hundred years after a Tauranga mill-hand was cut down by machine-gun fire high on Gallipoli Peninsula, his war medals have been reunited with his descendants.

New video footage has emerged which is believed to show the fugitive widow of one of the French gunmen at Istanbul Airport.

Friends of Scot Young, the tycoon who died in a fall from his fourth-storey London flat, have claimed that he owed millions of pounds to the Russian and Turkish mafia.

This ancient city teems with magnificent architectural history, writes Nicola Lamb.

Pope Francis faces a diplomatic quandary when he visits Turkey, after Turkish architects urged him not to set foot in a 1000-room palace built by the President.

Turkey's Foreign Minister says Ankara has no hard feelings towards New Zealand after its defeat in its bid to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Turkish cave hotels will bring out the deep childish delight of your inner hobbit, writes Nicola Lamb.

Would-be jihadi fighters are increasingly booking tickets on cruise ships to join extremists in battle zones in Syria and Iraq, hoping to bypass efforts to thwart them in neighbouring Turkey, said Interpol officials.

The Cricket World Cup and the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings are being treated as potential terror targets by New Zealand and Australian Governments.

John Key says he wants anti-terror law changes to be in place before the Cricket World Cup as Australia issues Gallipoli travel warning.

The US was struggling to put aside misunderstandings between itself and Turkey, after officials in Ankara contradicted a claim by top officials that the two countries had reached a deal to give the....

Kurdish protesters clashed with police in Turkey, leaving at least 14 people dead and scores injured, as demonstrators in Brussels forced their way into the European Parliament, part of Europe-wide....

Isis is close to capturing the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, just a short distance from the Turkish border, after a three-week siege in which US air strikes turned out to be ineffective in preventing the militants from winning an important victory.

Eastern Turkey is a whole new journey. By Brett Atkinson.

In Turkey, those who do not want to remember the past are choosing to concrete over it, writes Ewan McDonald.

A new walking route shows Aaron Millar another side of the country that tourists seldom see.

Leave modesty at the door to get the best treatment at a Turkish bathhouse, writes Megan Singleton.

Travel back in time from the war cemeteries of Gallipoli to the ancient wonders of Istanbul.

The Turkish prime minister's aide Yusef Yerkel has allegedly been given sick leave after being diagnosed with soft tissue trauma in his right leg - the same leg used to kick a protester.

Turkeys Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan punched a man in a supermarket.

Young New Zealanders have been urged by Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae to visit the battlefields and cemeteries of Europe, not just Gallipoli.

A shocking image has emerged showing the moment an adviser to the Turkish PM kicked a protester being held after the coal mine disaster that killed 282.