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Turkish forces kill nearly 200 ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq in retaliation for Istanbul bombing ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish land forces have fired nearly 500 times on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq, killing almost 200 militants in response to a suicide bombing in Istanbul which...

Iraq FM tells Turkey to pull out of north, threatens action BAGHDAD - The Associated Press Iraq's foreign minister has reiterated demands that Turkish troops pull out of northern Iraq, warning Ankara that Baghdad may otherwise have to consider military action. A Turkey-Iraq spat flared up in...

Syria: Russia’s shameful failure to acknowledge civilian killings | Amnesty International Syria: Russia’s shameful failure to acknowledge civilian killings 23 December 2015, 18:48 UTC Russian air strikes in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians and caused massive destruction in residential...

Greece is set to recognize the state of Palestine in a parliamentary vote to be attended by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a government source says. A solemn ceremony will accompany the vote on Tuesday as Greece joins dozens of other countries that accord recognition to...

I'm wondering what Turkish members here think about all these recent developments. Mind you, i'm interested in emotion-free, logical analysis. I personally think that it is a win-win situation for Turkey in every possible scenerio. I will elaborate as/if the discussion matures. If you are...

Five people were killed and at least 13 were wounded Oct. 3, when at least three Syrian shells hit the Akçakale district of in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa. An urgent meeting was immediately set up between Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Foreign Ministry...

Some 500 suspected members of outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) have been killed in one month by Turkish security forces in operations against the militants, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today, AFP has reported. "In operations held during the past month, some 500...

Turks have a favorable view of themselves but not of any other nation, and the world does not have a favorable opinion about Turks and Turkey, according to a recent survey. Transatlantic Trends, an annual survey of public opinion made public yesterday, revealed that 85 percent of Turks had a...

A car laden with explosives was detonated yesterday in the eastern province of Gaziantep, near the Syrian border, killing at least nine people and wounding 68. Assailants remotely detonated the explosives at 7:38 p.m. after leaving the car at a bus stop 30 meters from the Karşıyaka...

Turkish Parliament cannot meet regarding the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party’s (PKK) "raiding a place" and "killing a few soldiers," the ruling party's deputy chairman said yesterday. Members of the PKK kidnapped a deputy from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in the...

Suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have kidnapped a deputy from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) today. CHP Tunceli deputy Hüseyin Aygün was returning from a visit to Ovacık district of the southeastern province of Tunceli when PKK...