Turkey has caught 2,554 fugitives since Ankara bomb attack, minister says
Ankara, TurkeyReuters Turkish authorities have captured 2,554 fugitives as part of a nationwide counter-terrorism operation launched after Kurdish militants detonated a bomb near government buildings in Ankara a week ago, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Sunday. Turkey said this week all targets belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia and the Syrian […]
Turkey steps up strikes on militants as conflict escalates in Syria
Istanbul, TurkeyReuters Turkish security forces attacked Kurdish militants in northern Syria and eastern Turkey, and Ankara said it will continue to destroy their capabilities across the region as conflict escalated on Friday nearly a week after a bomb attack in Ankara. After US forces shot down a Turkish drone in northern Syria on Thursday, Turkey […]
Cross-border incursions: Turkey’s push into Iraq risks deeper conflict
AMINA ISMAIL of Reuters, reports from Sararo village in northern Iraq…
Turkish air strikes target Kurdish militants in Syria, Iraq after bomb attack
Istanbul, TurkeyReuters Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes on Kurdish militant bases in northern Syria and northern Iraq on Sunday, destroying 89 targets, Turkey’s defence ministry said, in retaliation for a bomb attack in Istanbul that killed six people one week ago. The strikes targeted bases of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the […]
Turkey blames deadly bomb on Kurdish militants; PKK denies involvement
Istanbul, TurkeyReuters Turkey blamed Kurdish militants on Monday for an explosion that killed six people in Istanbul and police detained 47 people including a Syrian woman suspected of planting the bomb. No group has claimed responsibility so far for Sunday’s blast on the busy pedestrian Istiklal Avenue, and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Kurdish-led […]
Hundreds protest in Baghdad after deadly attack on tourist resort
Baghdad, IraqReuters Hundreds of people protested in Baghdad on Thursday after an attack in northern Iraq killed nine people including a newly wed husband and a one-year-old, a strike that Iraq blamed on Turkish forces but which Ankara denied carrying out. The incident took place on Wednesday at a summer resort near the northern Iraqi […]
Andrew Brunson’s legal appeal sent to Turkey’s highest court
World Watch Monitor Jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson’s lawyer has filed a formal appeal before the Turkish Constitutional Court to overturn two lower court refusals to release his client from house arrest. The 10 page petition studied by World Watch Monitor called for “urgent” and “corrective” action by Turkey’s highest court to set free the […]
Turkey replaces prosecutor who indicted US pastor Brunson
World Watch Monitor At the outset last week of Turkey’s new judicial year, the Izmir prosecutor who prepared the controversial indictment accusing US pastor Andrew Brunson of terrorism and espionage was reassigned to another bureau. Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul dismissed the transfer simply as a “routine procedure”with no particular significance, referring to Turkey’s common practice of […]
In depth – Hidden agendas cloak Turkish-US feud over jailed pastor
World Watch Monitor On the eve of the week-long Muslim festival of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has accused US President Donald Trump of not wanting to solve his country’s disagreements with the United States over jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson. “It seems that they do not want to solve these problems, […]
Could Brunson’s release ease Turkey’s diplomatic standoff with the US?
World Watch Monitor After the slipping Turkish lira nosedived dramatically on Monday, losing a record five per cent of its value in one day, unnamed Turkish diplomatic sources confirmed to CNNTURK on Tuesday that a government delegation from Ankara is heading to Washington within two days to discuss escalating tensions between Turkey and the United […]