Anadolu Agency

A top EU enlargement official on May 17 lauded Turkey's work to educate over a half-million Syrian children, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

Istanbul police have detained 150 soldiers on May 11 over suspected links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

Turkish Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar on May 10 attended ongoing international military exercises in the Western Anatolian province of İzmir, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

The West "cannot bear" Turkey's position in the Balkans, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on May 7, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

At least 150 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants on Turkey's official "wanted" list have been killed in counterterrorism operations over the last 20 months, according to data compiled by state-run Anadolu Agency.

Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik on May 6 slammed a French manifesto proposing the removal of some verses from the Quran, saying those 300 prominent French figures demanding the changes were as "bigoted" as members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who infer violence from the holy book, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

A new 105-millimeter lightweight towed howitzer weapon system, which will raise largely due to the Turkish Armed Forces' logistical and tactical maneuverability, has been indigenously produced, Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli announced on May 5, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

A total of 72 people were detained early May 6 in the western province of İzmir for their alleged links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

Turkey's deputy prime minister on May 5 met ministers of seven countries on the sidelines of the 45th Session of Organization of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

A Turkish defense giant had received orders worth $7.5 billion from its customers as of this March, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency on May 4.