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Turkish tanks cross into Syria in anti-ISIL operation

Turkish tanks crossed the Syrian border in the early hours of Wednesday as part of a military operation against terrorist Islamic State in Iraq...

Turkey strikes ISIL targets in Jarabulus amid evacuation of town

The Turkish military on Tuesday launched artillery strikes against terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in the Syrian city of...

Biden to visit Turkey amid tension in relations

US Vice President Joe Biden will be the highest ranking US official to visit Turkey since a coup attempt took place on July 15,...

Critical YAŞ meeting sends 586 colonels into forced retirement

The Supreme Military Council (YAŞ), which convened at the Çankaya Palace on Tuesday, decided to send as many as 586 colonels into forced retirement,...

2 soldiers, 2 village guards killed in PKK attacks in Turkey’s Southeast

Two members of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and two village guards were killed in separate attacks by militants of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’...

US delegation to hold meetings in Turkey on Gülen extradition request

Following the Turkish government’s demands for the extradition of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, a delegation from the...

Court arrests 29 academics and university staff in İzmir over links to Gülen

As part of an ongoing witch-hunt against the faith-based Gülen movement, an İzmir court on Tuesday ruled to arrest 29 academics and staff members...

Three rockets fired from Syria hit Kilis, no casualties

Turkey’s southeastern province of Kilis was hit by three rocket projectiles fired from Syria in the early hours of Tuesday that caused no casualties...

2016’s second YAŞ meeting starts at Çankaya Palace

Turkey’s Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) meeting, where promotions, retirements and dismissals in the Turkish Armed Forces are decided, has begun for the second time...

24 teachers arrested over use of ‘suspected’ mobile app

Police in Turkey’s Central Anatolian province of Niğde on Sunday arrested 24 teachers who were found to be using ByLock, a smartphone messaging application, or what...

Turkey arrests two editors from pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem

Two journalists from the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem newspaper, which was closed temporarily by a court decision last week, were arrested on Monday over charges...

Turkey’s post-coup purge now targets multicultural language festival

Four Turkish ministries have moved to take measures to prevent the “Turkish Olympics” international language competition from being held as part of steps against...

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