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Bulgaria's Interior Ministry Officials to Hold Protest in Downtown Sofia

Officials of Bulgaria's Interior Ministry from all over the country are expected to gather at a protest, which will take place in Sofia on Saturday.

The protest, which is organised by the trade union representing the interior ministry officials, will start from the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, daily Dnevnik reports.

VIDEO: 590 detained in police crackdown on ISIL, PKK throughout Turkey

Turkish security forces on July 25 launched new dawn raids in 14 provinces to arrest suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

Police had on July 24 launched major raids in 22 provinces against suspected ISIL and PKK members after a wave of deadly violence in the country, detaining 288 people.

Turkey continues to hit ISIL in Syria, strikes PKK militants in north Iraq

The Turkish military on July 25 carried out fresh airstrikes and shelling against targets controlled by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists in Syria and embarked on a new air campaign to bombard camps of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq.
  

Turkey Continues Fight Against IS, PKK With New Series of Airstrikes, Raids

Turkish fighter jets carried out new series of airstrikes on targets of Islamic State (IS) in Syria and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq late on Friday and early on Saturday.

This was announced by the Office of the Turkish Prime Minister on Saturday, Anadolu Agency informs.

INTERVIEW: PKK and Ankara still trapped by decisions taken years ago

Turkey's Kurdish question is once again at a perilous crossroads, after the Islamic State-linked suicide bombing in Suruç that killed 32 people on July 20 and the "revenge" killing of two Turkish police officers in nearby Urfa. 

Obama's Assad remarks as Turkey joins anti-ISIL strikes

Turkish jets carried out their first air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria in the early hours of July 24, since the beginning of the civil war there.

And now Turkey declares war on ISIL

This column on July 22 cited the deadly suicide bomb attack that killed 32 youngsters in the town of Suruç in the province of ?anl?urfa on the Syrian border as a declaration of war by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Turkey. 

Turkey in deep trouble

Yesterday, we woke up to breaking news: Three Turkish F-16 fighter jets had bombed two ISIL headquarters in northern Syria, right near the Turkish border. Meanwhile, Turkish police detained some 290 people all across the country, not all but many suspected to be Islamic State of Iraq and the Levent (ISIL) members.

Is it really different this time with ISIL?

Turkey is at war with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), but did you know that this has happened before? Twice, actually. ISIL might be a new organization, but what it represents has been around for a few centuries. Our Ottoman forefathers squashed the menace before.

Is Turkey in war?

For the first time, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) opened fire on Turkish territory. For the first time, the Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) attacked ISIL within Turkey.

For the first time, Turkey conducted air operation against ISIL. And for the first time, Turkey will open the ?ncirlik airbase for U.S. warplanes.
Let?s try to understand what?s happening.

Turkey, US to create 'ISIL-free zone' inside Syria

Turkey and the United States have agreed on a military action plan with the objective of clearing the Turkish-Syrian border of jihadist terrorists in what the two countries have called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-free zone. 

Davuto?lu vs. Davuto?lu

Turkey's Davuto?lu-led foreign policy flip-flops may have led to what Erdo?an described on July 24 as 'security weakness' at home. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has suddenly decided that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) turned into a threat big enough to be confronted by tank shellings, airstrikes, massive police raids and border walls.

Another Syrian kid beaten in Turkey

Nobody is guilty in Turkey. Everybody is a victim. We should all be in therapy together as a nation to be able to see the truth and distinguish between fact and fiction These are not even newsworthy. They have become routine events. This one happened last week in the Aegean city of ?zmir, Turkey's third largest city, known for its civilized, westernized stance on about every matter.

PM Davutoglu Pledges to Fight Threats at Turkey's Borders

Turkey will take all measures necessary to stem threats targeting its borders, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday.

"All precautions will surely be taken without further order if any terrorist organization or others approach the borders of the Turkish Republic in a threatening way," Davutoglu told reporters in Ankara, according to Turkey's Anadolu news agency.

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