Turkey
Carter visits Turkey's ?ncirlik Base in bid to strengthen anti-ISIL fight
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter traveled to Turkey on Dec. 15, looking for new ways the U.S.-led coalition can strengthen its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in Iraq and Syria.
"We want Turkish forces to join in the air and on the ground as appropriate," Carter told reporters on Dec. 15.
Turkey joins Sunni 'anti-terrorist' military coalition
Turkey has joined a 34-state Islamic military alliance that consists solely of Sunni states to fight terrorism amid a continuing war on jihadists in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Turkey joins 34-state Islamic military alliance against terrorism announced by Saudi Arabia
Turkey has joined a 34-state Islamic military alliance against terrorism whose formation was announced by Saudi Arabia on Dec. 14, according to a joint statement published by state news agency SPA.
Turkish PM Expected to Arrive on Working Visit to Bulgaria
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is expected to arrive on a working visit to Bulgaria on Tuesday.
During his visit, Davutoglu is scheduled to meet with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and President Rosen Plevneliev.
Terror halts education in southeast Turkey
Education services have ground to a halt in a number of southeastern Turkish towns during curfews imposed to conduct casualty-free military operations against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, daily Hürriyet has reported.
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Group launches campaign to write letters to 32 journalists jailed in Turkey
Members of the G-9 Journalists Platform have started a campaign to send letters to 32 journalists jailed in Turkey, including daily Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar and Ankara Bureau Chief Erdem Gül.
Is Turkey's revived EU interest genuine or tactical?
Hürriyet Daily News' Dec. 15 front page could come as an oxymoron in terms of Turkey's relations with the European Union.
As can be expected the main story is on the reactivation of Turkey's accession talks with the EU, as negotiations on Chapter 17 on Economic and Monetary Policy officially opened yesterday after a five-year standstill in the membership process.
Government has turned Turkey's rivals into foes: CHP
Turkey's ongoing crisis with Russia and Iraq has proven that the government's long-standing and wrongheaded foreign policy has turned Turkey's regional adversaries into foes and united them into an anti-Turkish bloc, the leader of the main opposition party has said.
Where does Turkey stand in the New Silk Road?
The Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜS?AD) was one of the first pioneering institutions that started closely monitoring China. During the presidency of Arzuhan Do?an Yalç?nda? in 2007, when TÜS?AD opened an office in Beijing, I remember there were opponents arguing this was not needed.
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A 'big step' for Saudi Arabia, a 'tiny step' for womankind
Turkey was once looked on as the model for modernity in the Islamic world. Under the Justice and Development Party (AKP), however, it started to look over time more like the countries it was supposed to show the path to democracy and freedoms to.