Erdoğan regime’s official mouthpiece AA targets exiled Turkish journalists over Afrin messages
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency (AA), which was managed by a former advisor of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Sunday targeted exiled...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 35 people over Afrin messages
Turkish public prosecutor’s offices on Sunday issued detention warrants for at least 35 people on accusations of disseminating the propaganda of the Kurdish Democratic...
Turkish military aims to control 10,000 km2 of Syria’s Afrin region
The Prime Ministry’s Office of Public Diplomacy has cited the reasons for Turkey’s military operation against Syria’s northern Afrin province in a 12-article note. The...
US urges Turkey’s Afrin operation to remain limited in scope
The US urged Turkish government to exercise restraint and ensure that its military operations remain limited in scope and duration, however, said it was...
Five soldiers killed in an avalanche in Turkey’s Bitlis province
Five Turkish soldiers were killed in an avalanche in eastern Bitlis province on Sunday, said provincial governor's office. In a statement the governor's office has...
Rockets kill 1, injure 46 in southern Turkey as Turkish ground forces advance in...
A Syrian national was killed and 46 civilians, including 16 Syrians, were injured in cross-border attacks by PYD/PKK terror group in southern Turkey, provincial...
Turkish journalist Kılıç in prison for 17 months like exactly told in quotes he...
“Would you tell me, if a president commits a secret crime, or a member of the army tortures, how would we know them? What...
Turkish ground forces move into Syria’s Afrin province with FSA
Turkish ground forces have started to move into Syria’s Afrin province with Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters on Sunday. Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency...
Turkish jets hit 108 Kurdish targets in Afrin, land forces’ involvement imminent
Turkish airstrikes struck 108 targets belonging to Kurdish militants, the army said in a statement on Saturday, hours after it launched an operation against...
Erdoğan says Turkey de facto launches Afrin operation, Manbij is next
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday that the Turkish military has de facto launched a ground operation in Syria's northwestern province...
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