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Was Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria inevitable?
November 30, 2019
Was Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria inevitable?
Officials in Iraqi Kurdistan have recently argued that Turkey might not have launched its attack against Kurdish-led forces in northeast…
What the Kurds want in Turkey and Syria
November 30, 2019
What the Kurds want in Turkey and Syria
After playing a key role in the fight against the Islamic State, Kurdish organisations from Syria and Turkey have gained…
Turkish jets bomb N. Iraq village, force locals to flee, in fight against PKK
November 29, 2019
Turkish jets bomb N. Iraq village, force locals to flee, in fight against PKK
In its fight against a Kurdish terrorist group in northern Iraq, Turkish warplanes bombed a village north of Sulaimani on…
Turkish court arrests 2 Kurdish news outlet reporters on terrorism charges
November 18, 2019
Turkish court arrests 2 Kurdish news outlet reporters on terrorism charges
A Turkish court in İzmir province on Saturday arrested two journalists from the Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency on terrorism charges,…
Turkey arrests two more Kurdish mayors
November 12, 2019
Turkey arrests two more Kurdish mayors
As part of a widening government crackdown on the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the co-mayors of İpekyolu in the…
Female ISIL member from Belgium arrested in Turkey after Syria escape
November 7, 2019
Female ISIL member from Belgium arrested in Turkey after Syria escape
Fatima Benmezian (24), a Belgian national and member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), was arrested…
Ankara wants Berlin to repatriate 20 German ISIL terrorists held in Turkey
November 5, 2019
Ankara wants Berlin to repatriate 20 German ISIL terrorists held in Turkey
Turkey has demanded that 20 captured German members of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) be repatriated, according…
Turkish ministry removes 15th Kurdish mayor from office since local elections
November 4, 2019
Turkish ministry removes 15th Kurdish mayor from office since local elections
Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz, the mayor of a district in Turkey’s Mardin province, has become the 15th Kurdish mayor to be…
Boom Times for Turkey’s Lobbyists in Trump’s Washington
November 1, 2019
Boom Times for Turkey’s Lobbyists in Trump’s Washington
Some five years ago, Turkey’s soft power suddenly swelled in the United States as the country’s lobbyists and pro-government charities…
Erdoğan insisted ISIL attack Kurdish territory in 2014, terrorist commander alleges
October 31, 2019
Erdoğan insisted ISIL attack Kurdish territory in 2014, terrorist commander alleges
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered a deadly 2014 jihadist attack on Kobane in northern Syria, a high-ranking militant from…