Anadolu Agency

Turkey has drawn a new red line since the latest meeting of the National Security Council (MGK), and that red line is the fight against the “parallel structure” that has attempted to topple the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, a senior party executive has stated. which gathers the country’s top civilian and military leaders.

The long-awaited high-speed railway line between Turkey’s capital Ankara and its largest city Istanbul will be officially opened by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on July 25, Transport Minister Lütfi Elvan announced July 8.

Anadolu Agency has faced 24 cyber-attacks so far this year, mostly from the U.S., Canada and China, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said on July 4.

In reply to a written parliamentary question by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputy Özcan Yeniçeri, the agency has taken measures in order to advance Internet security infrastructure since January 2014, Arınç said.

Northern Iraq, one of the most oil-rich regions in the world, faces a fuel shortage after militants from the Islamic State (IS), formally known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), overran large parts of the country, including a key refinery.

As of March 2014, the total number of children in prison and detention centers throughout Turkey stands at 1,686, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said.

Bozdağ’s statement came in response to a motion filed by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Ankara deputy Özcan Yeniçeri, Anadolu Agency reported on July 2.

Khaleed Meshal, the political leader of Hamas, has called Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to inform him about the developments in the region and Israel’s operations in Gaza and the West Bank, Anadolu Agency reported June 30.

The prevention of a headscarf-wearing female lawyer from representing her client at a local court in Ankara violated her rights, Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden agreed on the necessity of the formation of a unified government in Iraq during a phone conversation on June 23.

The talks come at a time when Iraqi Kurds are moving away from Baghdad, as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) threat continues.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden agreed on the necessity of the formation of a unified government in Iraq during a phone conversation on June 23.

The talks come at a time when Iraqi Kurds are moving away from Baghdad, as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) threat continues.

Some 250 Turkish citizens are leaving Libya, after a call from a renegade Libyan general to Turks and Qataris to leave the country’s east within two days or suffer a backlash from the public.

Most Turkish nationals have left the country since the Foreign Ministry issued its own warning, Anadolu Agency quoted Turkey’s Benghazi Council General Ali Sait Akın as saying on June 23.