The proposal excluding the presence of Turkish troops in Cyprus is out of question, EU Minister Ömer Çelik said Tuesday, as he criticized Greek Cypriots for blocking 14 negotiation chapters in Turkey’s EU accession process. [ More … ]
Following a series of attacks by the US-backed PKK/PYD towards Turkish military stationed in Syria, the Turkish Armed Forces sent reinforcements and are on high alert, reported Turkish Yeni Safak newspaper. The attacks of the PKK’s [ More … ]
A second batch of Turkish troops arrived in Qatar’s Al-Udeid airbase on Thursday, joining a Turkish detachment already in place for training exercises launched earlier this week. A second batch of Turkish troops arrived in [ More … ]
Ankara to deploy extra troops to Qatar as Kuwait seeks to broker deal Turkey on Wednesday threw its weight behind its ally Qatar, fast-tracking plans to deploy extra Turkish troops to the Qatar as Arab [ More … ]
BY: İBRAHIM KALIN* Collective wisdom and virtue are the sole solutions to help the world recover from today’s crises, which are the root cause of an age of contagious chaos, affecting everything and everybody regardless of [ More … ]
Hopes for a peace deal in Cyprus stalled on Friday over a decades-old dispute, with the rival sides at loggerheads over the future of Turkish troops on the divided island. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan [ More … ]
As many as 19 Daesh terrorists were killed in the last 24 hours in Syria, as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, which was launched in late August 2016 to sweep the terrorist elements from northern [ More … ]
Turkish president praises soldiers’ courage, contributions for fight against Daesh Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a phone call to the Turkish troops in Iraq’s Bashiqa camp on Sunday, praising them for “standing against oppression”. [ More … ]
By: Aydın Ünal* One-hundred-and-two years ago today, on Dec. 26, 1914, it was understood that the Sarıkamış Operation would be unsuccessful, thus the course of the war was changed. Russian Commander Maslofski says, “The Turks nearly [ More … ]
A total of 16 Turkish soldiers were killed on Wednesday in an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack in the northern Syrian city of al-Bab, as Turkish troops and Ankara-backed Syrian rebels [ More … ]
BY: İLNUR ÇEVIK* Turkey is in Mosul only to secure its borders and Iraq from deadly terror threats, not for imperial purposes For weeks we have been hearing rhetoric from the Baghdad government led by [ More … ]
-Ankara fears that the participation of Shia militias in the Mosul offensive will stoke sectarian tension – The participation of Turkish forces in an anticipated offensive to recapture Iraq’s northern city of Mosul from Daesh [ More … ]
– Turkish forces in northern Iraq are largely based in Bashiqa, a training camp northeast of Mosul – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had a phone conversation on Sunday, [ More … ]
– Move comes days after Iraqi parliament describes Turkish troops deployed in northern Iraq as ‘occupiers’ – Iraq has formally called on the UN to convene an urgent meeting of the Security Council to discuss [ More … ]
-Turkey came at the request of local authorities to help rescue Mosul from Daesh occupation, says Numan Kurtulmus – The Iraqi parliament’s labeling Turkey’s military presence in the country “occupiers” is unacceptable, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus [ More … ]
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