Turkey's government has submitted a bill to parliament to give the country's spy agency more sweeping powers, a parliamentary source says.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul may have set a new record on Twitter with losing some 80,000 followers in a single day.
Turkish MPs have had to go to hospital for the wounds they suffered after a parliament session turned to a brawl scene.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son has been questioned by prosecutors investigating allegations of bribery and corruption which reportedly involves an educational foundation of which the younger Erdogan is a board member.
A new report by a think tank says Turkey is the second country with the highest level of web censorship, standing after China.
Turkish riot police have used tear-gas grenades and water cannon to disperse more than 2,000 people demonstrating against new internet restrictions.
Turkey scrambled a jet fighter Friday to force down an airliner from Ukraine after a would-be hijacker on board brandishing a detonator ordered it to Sochi where the Winter Olympic opening ceremony was underway, Turkish officials said.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has called for cooperation between Tehran and Ankara to help end the nearly three years of unrest in Syria.
The Turkish armed forces have attacked a convoy of al-Qaeda-linked rebel vehicles in Syria in retaliation for cross-border fire, destroying three vehicles, Turkish media say.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says existing opportunities should be correctly used in Tehran-Ankara relations.