The Turkish political party representing the country's Kurdish minority blamed the Turkish government and its support for the Islamic State for the group's renewed offensive against the town of Kobane, which was secured after months by Kurdish militias after months of fighting.
Bombs exploded at an opposition party's political rally in Turkey, just two days before national parliamentary elections that could determine the country's future.
A man running for parliament in Turkey is the country's first openly gay person to try and seek such a public position in a country where homosexuality is largely frowned upon.
As the Turkish economy stalls, new polling suggests that the ruling AKP party may not be able to gain a majority in parliament, all but decimating the hopes of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to establish a new constitution and presidential system with him at the center.
