Turkey

Recent comments by top Turkish officials promoting disregard for some laws has activists, opposition figures and journalists concerned that they alone will be the ones subject to restrictions and regulations, with AKP supporters given leeway. On Oct. 26, Turkish Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu gave a speech addressing Turkey’s female …

Turkish military reinforcements pour into the frontlines with the Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, as Turkish-backed FSA factions stand on alert ahead of an imminent battle. The Turkish army continues to send military reinforcements to the areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in northeastern Syria, amid ongoing Turkish threats against …

Turkey has ramped up military activity on the ground in Syria following a parliamentary extension of the government’s mandate to carry out cross-border operations. Yet, such an operation still seems unlikely without Washington and Moscow’s approval. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan might be counting on nationalism to sidestep Turkey’s deepening …

An SDC claimed that the Turkish threats against northeast Syria were taken into consideration, calling on Syrians to unite in the face of aggression, according to North Press. The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) takes Turkish threats against northeast Syria into consideration, SDC official spokesman, Amjad Othman, said on Monday. Media …

More than 8,500 foreign fighters have been deported from Turkey since the start of the Syrian civil war 10 years ago, the Turkish Interior Ministry said Saturday. Terror suspects from 102 countries were expelled, including 44 from the U.S. and 1,075 from EU states, according to a ministry statement. In …

Turkish military reinforcements pour into the frontlines with the Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, as Turkish-backed FSA factions stand on alert ahead of an imminent battle. The Turkish army continues to send military reinforcements to the areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in northeastern Syria, amid ongoing Turkish threats against …

All eyes are on next week’s Glasgow summit as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to talk F-35s and F-16s with US President Joe Biden. Pentagon officials met with representatives of Turkey’s Defense Ministry in Ankara Oct. 27 in a bid to resolve the two NATO allies’ dispute over Turkey’s …

The Turkish media may be abuzz with reports about the foiling of a Mossad-run spy ring, but Israel appears unimpressed, and observers see no further deterioration in the already frosty bilateral relations. Amid an ongoing quest for normalization with Israel, Turkey last week dropped a bombshell about busting a Mossad …

The Turkish-backed Syrian National Army in north Syria announced a series of mergers recently, derailing plans by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to seek rapprochement with some of the factions affiliated with the Syrian National Army. The Azm Operations Room, which consists of a number of Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions, …

Presidentti Erdoganin diplomaattinen uhittelu yrittää kääntää kansan huomion pois Turkin talouskaaoksesta – ja presidentin omasta epäsuosiosta. Turkin presidentti Recep Tayyip Erdogan uhkasi viikonloppuna maan julistavan kymmenen ulkomaan suurlähettiläät ei-toivotuiksi henkilöiksi. Uhkaus koski Suomen, Hollannin, Kanadan, Norjan, Ranskan, Ruotsin, Saksan, Tanskan, Uuden-Seelannin ja Yhdysvaltain suurlähettiläitä. Kyseessä oli Erdoganin ärtynyt vastaus suurlähettiläiden …