Washington Post | As its proxies advance in Syria, Turkey warns Kurds to pull back Washington Post GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Syrian rebels, backed by Turkey and the United States, pushed deeper toward U.S.-backed Kurdish positions in northern Syria on Monday, as Turkey's foreign minister warned the Kurds to “immediately” pull back east of the Euphrates ... The Latest: US Asks Turkey to Focus on Fight Against IS ERDOGAN'S WATERLOO: TURKEY INVADES AND OCCUPIES SYRIA Turkey threaten further action against Kurdish militia in Syria as US warn over 'unacceptable' clashes |
Study: US Needs A Contingency Plan To Move Bases Out Of Turkey Daily Caller Despite Turkey's strategic role in U.S. defense policy, the military needs to have a contingency plan to move its bases out of the country, according to a recent study by a Washington, D.C. think tank. “Although I join most observers in continuing to ... |
Wall Street Journal | Keeping Turkey in the US Orbit Wall Street Journal Ankara. Turkey is living through a 24/7 state of emergency. The latest alarm came Thursday with an assassination attempt on the leader of the secular opposition. Kemal Kilicdaroglu was traveling the country's northeast when his convoy came under fire. Rockets Fired At Airport In Turkey 1 Turkish Soldier Killed, 8 Wounded in Southeastern Turkey Suspected Kurdish militants fire rockets at Turkey's Diyarbakir airport: m... |
CNN | Turkey flexes muscle in northern Syria CNN Gaziantep, Turkey (CNN) Turkey flexed its military muscle across the border in war-torn Syria this week by helping rebels retake the border town of Jarablus from ISIS, marking a decisive win for the Free Syrian Army. On Saturday, the air force pounded ... Turkey accused of 'expanding occupation of Syria' while fighting ISIS Turkey's campaign against Kurds muddles war on ISIL Turkey-Backed Rebels Expel Kurdish Forces From Syrian Towns |
Hurriyet Daily News | Che was a bandit or a hero, Turkey debates Hurriyet Daily News These kinds of declarations do not reflect friendship between Cuba and Turkey,” Casals stated. “That's why we are really surprised [by] these kinds of declarations. We don't request sharing the same ideas. We request only respect to our symbols, our ... |
Deutsche Welle | Turkey sets conditions for German access to Incirlik Deutsche Welle But his comments, following a meeting with his Dutch counterpart Bert Koenders in Ankara Monday, didn't specify what concrete steps Turkey would want taken. Cavusoglu added that those who try to "manipulate" Turkish history "in an unfair manner," would ... Turkey Will Permit German MPs at Incirlik if They Stop 'Manipulating' History |
PBS NewsHour | News Wrap: U.S. tells Turkey to focus attacks on ISIS, not Kurds, in Syria PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Monday, top American officials accused Turkey of focusing on Kurdish groups in their military campaign against Syria, instead of on ISIS. Also, in Yemen, a suicide truck bomb tore into a gathering of military recruits, leaving at least ... |
STRATFOR | A Rare Display of Political Unity in Turkey STRATFOR Since the Republic of Turkey became a multiparty constitutional democracy in 1946, its governmental institutions have been used as tools of patronage in a highly polarized political system. The arduous process of rewriting the Turkish Constitution ... |
Obama to meet with Turkey's Erdogan on Asia trip Fox News WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will meet with the president of Turkey next week when he travels to Asia for meetings with world leaders. The White House says Obama and Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Sunday on the sidelines of a major ... |
Reuters | German vice chancellor says can't see Turkey in EU anytime soon Reuters Many EU countries are wary about the possibility of the large, mainly Muslim country becoming a member of the bloc and Europe has long worried that Turkey's anti-terrorism laws are used to quash dissent. A crackdown since a failed July 15 coup in ... |