BY: Akif Emre* Turkey, due to its regional role, history and geostrategic location along with its importance in many areas that can be added to these, is not a country that can be left aside. We [ More … ]
By: Hasan Öztürk* We said, “The western part of the Euphrates is our red line.” It was the People’s Protection Units (YPG) terror organization that crossed the red line and moved toward the west along our [ More … ]
– Presidential spokesman: ‘We have a problem with the PKK; we have a ‘terrorist organizations’ problem’ – Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has strongly condemned accusations that Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield is against Kurds in Syria [ More … ]
By: İLNUR ÇEVIK* Biden came to Ankara, listened to us with great ‘sympathy’ and then told us what would not happen and flew home This columnist watched on the sidelines as U.S. Vice President Joe [ More … ]
– The Turkish Army is responding to PYD attacks with artillery fire as it tries to gain new ground, despite U.S. assurances that PYD units were moving to the east bank of the Euphrates River, reported Anadolu [ More … ]
By: Khourshid Delly* When the Syrian Democratic Forces announced some time ago that they were launching a battle north of Raqqa, it was clear that the goal was not Raqqa, the stronghold of Daesh (ISIS), [ More … ]
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