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.

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.

Justine Tyerman takes a 'virtual' hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia.

Herald editorial cartoonist Rod Emmerson travels the Greek Isles and Turkish coast on a seven-night cruise aboard the luxurious Azamara Journey.

A surf boat crew will stage a symbolic row down Auckland's North Shore tomorrow, as they prepare for a commemorative international race in Turkey next year.

The Syrian conflict encroached threateningly on Nato's eastern frontiers yesterday when Turkey shot down an Assad regime fighter jet it said had crossed into its territory.

Justine Tyerman meets some magicians in Turkey...

Built as a sanctuary to honour Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing whose trademark snake and staff are the well-known international symbols of modern medicine today, the Asklepion's magnificent ruins are near the present-day Turkish city of Bergama.

Peace descends on a boisterous busload after a trip to an ancient healing centre in Turkey, writes Justine Tyerman.

Andrew Potter uses a holiday to Turkey to take an app-y break from his smartphone and other electronic devices.

Horst Heinz Grimm explores a watery underground cathedral in Istanbul.

A wave of luxury hotels is transforming this dramatic stretch of Aegean coast. Chris Leadbeater takes in the view from his veranda at Amanruya.

The average Turkish bartender's concept of a G&T is - take one beer glass. Fill with cheap Serbian gin. Add slice of lemon. Cut with finger of tonic - unless it's already overflowing the beer glass.

Ewan McDonald went on a family holiday. The riot police came along too.

Fiction becomes fact in Istanbul - a worldwide bestseller is turned into one of the world’s strangest literary museums.

The demonstrations in Brazil began after a small rise in bus fares triggered mass protests.

More than half a million people fled Syria's civil war last year, and the UN says that number could double by the end of 2013.

By vilifying young protesters as extremists, looters and terrorists and seeking to crush their challenge to his 10-year rule, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is gambling with his political future and his country's relations with Europe.

Thousands of protesters march through the streets of major cities of a European nation. They complain about the apparently autocratic style of their democratically elected leader who ignores what they claim are their concerns.