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Female ISIL member from Belgium arrested in Turkey after Syria escape
World
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
World
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
Turkey
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
World
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
World
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…
UEFA opens investigation into Turkish footballer for military salute in game
Sport
October 30, 2019
UEFA opens investigation into Turkish footballer for military salute in game
UEFA, Europe’s football governing body, has launched an investigation into a Turkish footballer for giving a military salute in support…
U.S., Turkish officials talk Syria amid visa row over Kurdish commander
World
October 29, 2019
U.S., Turkish officials talk Syria amid visa row over Kurdish commander
Turkish and U.S. officials discussed bilateral relations and developments in Syria on Monday, as enduring rifts over U.S. support for…
U.S. launches second raid in Turkish-controlled Syrian town after killing ISIS leader
World
October 29, 2019
U.S. launches second raid in Turkish-controlled Syrian town after killing ISIS leader
U.S. forces raided a Turkish-controlled border town in northern Syria and detained an Iraqi family on Monday, a day after…
A decoder of Erdoğan’s newspeak
Turkey
October 29, 2019
A decoder of Erdoğan’s newspeak
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turks’ beloved grand helmsman, the commander-in-chief of regional jihadists, the worshipped guardian of Muslims worldwide,…
Erdoğan says Syria’s Idlib province suitable only for Arabs because it’s a desert
World
October 28, 2019
Erdoğan says Syria’s Idlib province suitable only for Arabs because it’s a desert
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Syria’s Idlib province is only suitable for Arabs, not Kurds, because it’s a…