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The agreed peace between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) based in northern Iraq could have been jeopardized by the Turkish airstrikes which hit the group although the targets where described as “terrorist threats” by the authorities. Turkey and PKK sealed a Read more
Turkey has deployed members of its Special Forces Command along the Syrian border controlled by the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the pro-Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD). The Special Forces are positioned in Read more
Militants of the Islamic State in the Syrian border town of Jarablus are preparing themselves militarily for a possible Turkish intervention after several reports claimed that Ankara is on the verge of launching an attack. Shazza Khalil, an activist living Read more
Iraqi Foreign Minister Tuesday expressed his government’s desire to see Turkey supporting Iraqi forces in the fight against the ISIL stressing that the terror group’s threat does not stop in Iraq but threatens neighbours too. In a press conference during Read more
Turkish acting Prime Minister and leader of the AK Party led preliminary talks with main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in an attempt to test water for the forming of a coalition government since the June 7 elections which left Read more
The 45-day deadline for Turkey to have a new government started ticking on Thursday after President Erdoğan officially tasked incumbent Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to form a new cabinet during a “State Day” meeting regularly held every Thursday. Critics alleged that the president Read more
Tension is rising between AK Party leader Ahmet Davutoğlu and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over the leadership of the AK Party following the June 7 elections non-victory of the AK Party. Erdogan imputes the setback to the Prime Read more
Speculations of possible crackdown by the Turkish military on the militants of the Islamic State has been renewed after Hurriyet reported that a meeting of the troop commanders positioned along the border with Syria has been scheduled for next week Read more
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu presented Turkey’s position regarding the ongoing chaos in the Middle East amid speculations that it would intervene in Syria, making it clear that Ankara will not take any decisions likely to “put the country at risk” but Read more
Turkey has been singled out by American authorities in their annual Human Rights report for impunity and weak administration of justice, interference with freedom of expression and not doing enough to protect minorities. The report is very critical with Ankara Read more