Turkey plans to offer Syrian refugees work permits in order to ease the pressure on them to migrate, Volkan Bozkir, Turkey's minister for European Affairs, said on Monday.
Iraq on Saturday denied claims made by Ankara that its soldiers on a controversial base near the northern city of Mosul killed 18 jihadists after coming under attack.
US authorities said two people with ties to the Islamic State group are due in court in California and Texas, including a refugee from Syria accused of returning there to fight alongside IS.
A Vice News reporter held on terrorism charges was released on bail in Turkey after spending more than four months in prison, the news magazine said on Tuesday.
Turkish authorities on Tuesday found the bodies of at least 36 migrants, including several children, washed up on beaches and floating off its western coast after their boats sank while crossing the Aegean Sea to EU member Greece.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who is pushing for executive powers, cites Hitler's Germany as an example of an effective presidential system.
Hundreds of flights were cancelled from Istanbul's two main airports after the city was hit by a picturesque but troublesome snowfall on the last day of the year.
Turkish police on Wednesday detained two Islamic State suspects accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack on New Year's Eve celebrations in the capital Ankara.
A second-half Karim Benzema header gave a below-par Real Madrid a 1-0 La Liga victory over Granada, who squandered several good chances yesterday.
