On the western fringe of Ankara, gouged into some 50ha of forest bequeathed to the Turkish republic by the nation's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, an extravagant presidential compound rises up.

Turkish voters delivered a dramatic blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice Development Party as results yesterday showed it losing its majority in Parliament.

There's a lot to see and comprehend in Turkey. Mike Osborne draws up a shortlist of seductive attractions.

The Prince of Wales and Prince Harry have met relatives of veterans of the Gallipoli Campaign who 100 years ago were on the eve of history.

Reporter Kurt Bayer sets the scene for those on home soil as the first centenary commemoration winds down, a world away.

The first of the Anzac commemorative services is well underway, as Kiwis start to rise to commemorate our fallen heroes here on home soil.

A tour of Gallipoli's battlefields has left Prime Minister John Key sad, sobered and immensely proud.

If a New Zealand commander had told his troops at Gallipoli, ‘I am not ordering you to fight, I am ordering you to die’, it’s unlikely that he’d be remembered by towering statues or commemorative coins.

On a sombre drive in Turkey, Wynne Gray shakes his head at the futility of the deaths of so, so many young men in a foreign land.

My great-great-uncle Francis Woodhouse was just 17 when he enlisted to go to war. I bet if he had the luxury of regrets, that would have been his biggest, writes Anna Leask.

Australia has sent special forces and intelligence agents to Turkey as part of security measures for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli.

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.

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

There were some unlikely “Charlies” on yesterday’s march for democracy and freedom.

Isis' vaunted exercise in state-building appears to be crumbling as living conditions deteriorate across the territories under its control.

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....