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Among the 36 people killed by the attack on the Ataturk airport in Istanbul are in any case a person from Ukraine and one from Iran. Which have had officials from both countries know.

Air traffic to and from Turkey's Ataturk airport in Istanbul Wednesday morning started again after the attack. Many of the flights have been canceled or delayed.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly condemned the attack on Tuesday at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul. He called on the rest of the world to act decisively against terrorist threats. World leaders reacted with horror.

Video: On Twitter, his shocking images surfaced showing that a terrorist with a Kalashnikov is shot at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul.

After the explosions at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, the KLM flight KL1617, en route from Amsterdam to Istanbul, returned, KLM reports.

Airplanes on their way to get the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul no permission to land there again.

Minister Bert Koenders (Foreign Affairs) Tuesday conveyed condolences to his Tukse colleague, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu.

At Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on Tuesday evening two explosions occurred.

Not rainbow flags but black police uniforms dominate the streets Sunday in Istanbul. Police are flocking to the leg in the Turkish metropolis to maintain the ban on the annual Gay Pride parade. The governor of Istanbul banned the march, because according to him, the security can not be guaranteed.

The riot police Sunday in Istanbul dispersed about fifty people a banned march for transgender rights would continue anyway. The protesters were heading to Taksim Square, but encountered a preponderance of officers. Which availed themselves of tear gas to end the so-called trans pride, Turkish media report.

Three years after the violent protests against the project in the Gezipark in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will still continue the construction plans. He announced it on Saturday.

Three hundred people sat in the Turkish city of Istanbul took to the streets to protest against an attack on fans of the band Radiohead. The police used the newspaper Hürriyet tear gas and water cannons to disperse the demonstrators.

The Istanbul governor this year Gay Pride banned in his city. The gay parade was scheduled for next Sunday, but the governor refused to issue a permit. He can not guarantee the safety of participants and the protection of public order. The march this year was threatened by a far-right nationalist group.

The Turkish police with a jeweled dagger of ivory seized. The weapon was the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has fiercely the funeral of boxing legend Muhammad Ali is to go by. Erdogan was special for the funeral flown to Louisville, but when he did not get permission from the family of Ali to read from the Koran during the service, kindled the Turkish President in anger.

The militant Kurdish movement TAK has claimed responsibility for the bloody attack Tuesday in Istanbul making sure twelve people were killed. The group did so via a website.

The banned Kurdish militant PKK has claimed responsibility for the bomb attack on Wednesday in the town of Midyat, where surely killing six. The PKK announced this through a website.

A new bomb attack in Turkey Wednesday several people injured. The car bomb exploded at a police station in the town of Midyat, in the mainly Kurdish-populated southeast of Turkey.

The Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested four suspects after a bomb attack in the center of Istanbul where twelve people were killed.

A bomb attack in the center of Istanbul on Tuesday morning injured several people. The target of the perpetrators was allegedly a police van, reports CNN Türk.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out Sunday night hard again to Germany, following the Armenia-resolution adopted last week by the Bundestag.

A Turkish court has a former beauty queen Tuesday sentenced to a suspended sentence of 14.5 months for defaming President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The model Merve Büyüksarac had the president with a poem offended, the court ruled in Istanbul.

Muslims must not do birth control or family planning, said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan Monday.

EU visa exemption for Turks can enter according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel probably not go as planned on 1 July. Merkel said Monday after a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that some conditions for a visa-free regime by July 1,, are not yet fulfilled. '

The Turkish police have issued a nationwide alert for possible terrorist attacks by the Islamic State group around a Turkish national holiday on Thursday.

The Turkish journalist Can Dündar on Friday survived an attack in front of the court in Istanbul. He was unharmed when he was shot. The perpetrator was arrested, according to Turkish media.

A man who Sunday near Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey was hit by a police car with water cannon deceased from his injuries. The 57-year-old man was hit when he crossed a street in the Beyoğlu district, reported the Turkish newspaper.

Agents of the Turkish anti-terrorism department have detained the Turkish journalist Hamza Aktan. His lawyer said Saturday against the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet that his client was arrested for tweets that he has spread.

A 23-year-old Briton was Thursday sentenced to five years in prison because he did about 8,000 tweets in which he recorded for the Islamic State. He did so in sixteen different accounts. Mohammed Ameen Moshin from Dagenham also shared a link to an English-language propaganda video of the extremists.

A Turkish bank robber Wednesday in Istanbul loot strewn balconies.