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Channel NewsAsia
April 26, 2018
"SERIOUS BLOW" TO PRESS FREEDOM. Among those convicted are some of the biggest names in Turkish journalism including investigative reporter Ahmet Sik. Sik is seen as one of Turkey's most incisive critics of the Gulen movement and in 2011 wrote an explosive book "The Imam's Army" exposing theÃâà...
NRT
April 26, 2018
On April 20, the HGP Press Center said the group's fighters carried out two separate attacks against the Turkish army in the Kurdistan Region, killing ... cease-fire and settlement process, plunging Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast back into open conflict between Turkish security forces and the PKK.
Colorado Springs Gazette
April 26, 2018
Reddy attended the commemorations on April 25, marking the World War I landing of the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) in the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, on April 25, 1915. (Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool). View Comments. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right,Ãâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
April 26, 2018
The families from Eastern Qalamoun are being provided shelter in the tent city established in Mahmoudiya, Afrin,” a post read. The Turkish military has been protecting the area surrounding the tent city, photos showed. The Turkish military and the allied Free Syrian Army (FSA) have taken the northwesternÃâà...
Al-Monitor
April 25, 2018
Turkey and its allied Free Syrian Army (FSA), a Turkish-backed coalition of rebels that opposes the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian civil war, were able to seize Afrin city March 18 as part of Turkey's Operation Olive Branch. The Turkish Armed Forces launched that operation Jan. 20 to fightÃâà...
Thegardenisland.com
April 25, 2018
People look at a Gallipoli monument of WWI Turkish soldiers at the coastal town of Eceabat in Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. The annual Anzac Day ceremony on April 25 remembers the forces of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps under British command in World War I whoÃâà...
Ahval
April 24, 2018
Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Turkey's evolving approach towards the conflict has had a significant effect on the political life of Turkish ... in Turkey and have families that have fled to or originate from territory in Idlib, Afrin and north Aleppo that are now under the control of the Turkish army.
Al-Monitor
April 24, 2018
The first objective is to eliminate the PKK's setup at Sidekan that allow its fighters to infiltrate Turkey. The other goal is to ensure 24/7 domination of this area by using the temporary military bases until fall. This is how the Turkish army is filling the empty region between its units nearby in Turkey, on northernÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
April 24, 2018
Thousands gathered to remember the fallen Anzac and Turkish troops of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 at a memorial service on April 24. The event marks the 103rd anniversary of the first landing by Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) troops on the Gallipoli (Gelibolu in Turkish) peninsula.
Northeast Valley News
April 24, 2018
The Turkish army had vowed to destroy the Syrian Kurdish militia called the People's Protection Units (YPG), which they see as an extension of the banned Kurdish PKK movement. Turkey was angered and threatened by the YPG's expansion in the region. The military strike brought the President of Turkey,Ãâà...
Anadolu Agency
April 24, 2018
Britain's Minister for Europe and the Americas Alan Duncan spoke at a ceremony held at the Canakkale Martyrs' Memorial in the northwestern Turkish province ... "I stand before you as the son of a Royal Air force officer who just saw the end of the 2nd World War and the grandson of an army corporal fromÃâà...
africanews
April 24, 2018
The UAE has trained hundreds of troops since 2014 as part of an effort boosted by an African Union military mission to defeat an Islamist insurgency and secure the country for the government backed by Western countries, Turkey and the United Nations. The Gulf nation ended its programme in Somalia thisÃâà...
Socialist Project
April 24, 2018
There has always been a tension between the police and the army in Turkey. Most of the underlying reasons have already been eliminated in favour of the government. Definitely, the main reasons were accepted as the relatively autonomous administration and resource management of the army inÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
April 6, 2018
In a separate statement issued on April 6, the Turkish army stated that a total of 59 PKK militants had been “neutralized” in three airstrikes in northern Iraq's ... Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry stated on April 2 that at least 61 PKK militants were “neutralized” during counter-terrorism operations across TurkeyÃâà...
Xinhua
March 1, 2018
ANKARA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- As Turkey continues its military operation in Syria's Afrin, a debate is heating up among Turks whether the Syrian refugees ... of Syrian families, Nassim Tassar, a Syrian refugee, also told Xinhua that he was ready to join the Turkish army or a special unit if Turkey allows this.
Hurriyet Daily News
March 1, 2018
20 alongside elements of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to clear Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militants from Afrin and to establish security and stability along Turkey's borders and in the region. The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) announced on Feb. 24 that 32 Turkish soldiers have been killedÃâà...
CNN
March 1, 2018
Washington (CNN) Turkey's military incursion against Kurdish groups in Afrin, Syria, has helped bring US-backed ground offensives targeting ISIS to a near halt, multiple US officials tell CNN, putting the military campaign against the terror group at risk, an effort seen as one of the Trump administration'sÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 28, 2018
In his morning show on national Akit TV, Ahmet Keser said he would start in the predominantly secular neighbourhoods of Istanbul and the Turkish parliament if he intended to kill what he called civilian "traitors". "[Claim is that] the army of Republic of Turkey is killing civilians … Why would it? Why wouldÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 28, 2018
Turkey's army and officials have repeatedly denied that civilians have been killed in the operation in Afrin, which was launched in January against the Kurdish fighters, whom Turkey sees as "terrorists". Istanbul prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into the comments made by Keser, the TurkishÃâà...
Ahval
February 27, 2018
Turkey's Constitutional Court upheld a ruling that will allow the dismissal of members Turkey's armed forces on the grounds of “unnatural intimacy”, human rights group kaos.gl said. The decision, reached by majority verdict, will allow gay members of Turkish armed forces to be dismissed. Acting president ofÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
February 27, 2018
Turkey's army chief on Feb. 27 vowed to defeat all militants in Afrin, northwestern Syria, as the Turkish-led operation there entered its 37th day. “The terrorists in Afrin, and those brought there from outside regardless of their origins, along with the external forces who back them, will be completely routed,”Ãâà...
Anadolu Agency
December 31, 1999
"The Turkish Republic is backing us. This gives us confidence," Bedran added. Turkey on Jan. 20 launched Operation Olive Branch to remove YPG/PKK and Daesh terrorists from Syria's northwestern Afrin. On March 18, Turkish troops and Free Syrian Army liberated the Afrin district center.
