The attacks came hours after Turkey agreed to allow the U.S.-led coalition to launch aerial attacks from its. Terrorist attack on Monday caused 32 deaths.

Hundreds of young Kurdish activists had gathered in the cultural centre. They planned to go to the Syrian city of Kobane, which is only 10 km away. 

After four elections, AKP has failed to maintain its majority. The pro-Kurdish HDP secured seats in parliament for the first time.

WEA’s Efraim Tendero argues stories of 1.5 million people must be told. Dr Schirrmacher says “politicians cannot refute academic research”.

A Turkish court banned access to Twitter and YouTube for failing to remove content related to a deadly hostage crisis last week.

First prize goes to a photo supporting the LGBT movement in Russia. Immigration, Ebola and European demonstrations were also highlighted by the jury. 

Bible publishers Tilman Geske, Ugur Yüksel and Necati Aydin, who all worked at the Zirve Publishing House in Malatya, were brutally killed on April 18, 2007. Families ask Christians pray that political manoeuvres will not affect the judicial process.

For the first time in the Republic of Turkey, there were many activities to celebrate Christmas, organized by the evangelical church and supported by the local authorities.