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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.
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.
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.