Turkey

The Turkish military and aligned Syrian rebels have seized the city's "areas of critical importance" — a move that marks a new phase in Turkey's weekslong campaign against Kurdish fighters in Syria.

The Turkish have increased trade and aid to the continent, as well as building a major military base. Africa has natural resources that Turkey needs, including oil and gas.

The White House released a readout of a call between the two leaders, but a Turkish source disputes the administration's account of the conversation.

The U.S. partners with both Turkey and the Syrian Kurdish group that the Turkish are attacking.

The U.S. views the Kurdish group as crucial to battling ISIS, but Turkey considers them allies of another Kurdish group it classifies as terrorists.

The Pegasus Airlines flight was derailed off the tarmac as it landed and went hurtling over a cliff, leaving the aircraft dangling over the Black Sea nose first.

A federal court in New York City convicted Mehmet Hakan Atilla of participating in a plot to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran — but Turkish leaders are decrying the decision as "unjust and unfortunate."

This Thanksgiving, George Mwinnyaa thinks back to his boyhood in Ghana — when a failure to give thanks was thought to have dire consequences.

Turkish linguist Sevan Nisanyan was jailed for breaking zoning laws. His supporters say he was punished for his writings. He escaped and fled to Greece. "I feel relieved and liberated," he tells NPR.