Ankara orders detention of 133 military personnel over suspected Gulen links – report Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 133 military personnel over suspected links to a network Ankara accuses of organizing an attempted coup in 2016, Anadolu news… Read more ›
Turkey will let refugees into Europe if EU doesn’t support Ankara – Erdogan Turkey will have to open the doors to Europe for Syrian refugees unless the EU provides Ankara with enough support, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.… Read more ›
Bomb kills 13 civilians, injures 20 in Syrian town on Turkish border – Ankara A car bomb detonated at a busy marketplace in the Syrian border town of Tal Abyad, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. There are dozens of casualties… Read more ›
Kurdish YPG still in border area as agreed deadline looms, Ankara says Kurdish YPG forces have still not fully withdrawn from a strip of land in northeast Syria from which Ankara says they must leave, according to Turkey’s defense minister.… Read more ›
Kurdish SDF says it will comply with Moscow-Ankara deal & withdraw from Turkish border The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed to withdraw from the Syria-Turkey border, in compliance with a deal brokered by Russia. The Kurdish group said it agreed… Read more ›
Ankara says ‘no need to start new Syria offensive’ after Erdogan-Putin talks Turkey will not be launching a new offensive against Kurdish militias in northern Syria, following a five-day pause in hostilities and high-level talks in Moscow, Ankara’s Defense Ministry… Read more ›
Friendship resumed? Turkey’s Erdogan promises ‘new page’ in Ankara-Washington relations through talks with Trump Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to turn over a “new page” in US-Turkish relations by talking with President Donald Trump, and called on Trump’s… Read more ›
Ankara confirms ‘pausing’ operation against Kurds in Syria, but says its goals stay unchanged Turkey has confirmed reaching an agreement with the US on temporarily halting its military operation against Kurdish-led militias in northern Syria but refused to call it… Read more ›