Syria

All countries should realize and fulfill their responsibilities with regards to the global refugee issue, Turkey's parliament speaker said on July 28. 

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A probe into the controversial remarks of Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan, who said he would propose to the northwestern province's municipal assembly a motion to charge a tenfold fee for the water bills and solid waste taxes of foreigners in reference to refugees who fled from Syria, has been launched.

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As nationwide concerns over a potential new influx of irregular migrants have grown in recent weeks, a Turkish mayor's controversial proposals and new statements over refugees have precipitated a fresh debate in the country.

A Turkish soldier has been killed in northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said late on July 26. 

"During a road patrol in the Hakurk region, one soldier was killed in an attack by the PKK terror group," the ministry said in a statement.

Turkey's national defense minister on July 26 carried out inspections at a military post where Turkish troops in northern Syria are dispatched.

At least two Turkish soldiers were killed and two injured when terrorists attacked an armored vehicle carrying troops in northern Syria, according to a statement late on July 24.

At least seven civilians, including children, were killed and three others were wounded in a regime attack on Syria's northwestern Idlib province early on July 22.

According to the Syria Civil Defense, or White Helmets, the regime and supporting terror groups conducted an attack on the Iblin village, south of Idlib, with ground-to-ground weapons.

Syrian women, who learned to make amigurumi toys at a workshop organized by a group of young volunteers in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, contribute to their family budgets.

In exchange for every toy sold, a child in their country gets a toy.

A refugee waits near the Pazarkule Border gate early morning at the Turkish-Greek border, in Edirne, Turkey, 04 March 2020. EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA

The Bulgarian state was ordered to pay the journalist 15,000 euros in damages.

The court in Strasbourg found that he was forced to leave Turkey amid a widespread crackdown in the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016.

Turkey condemned the meeting of French President Emmanuel Macron with members of "the so-called 'Syrian Democratic Council,' which is under the control of the PYD/YPG, the Syrian extension of the terrorist organization PKK," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç said in a written statement on July 20.