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Adana?s ?ncirlik airbase is ready to go as a launching pad for American strikes on ISIL following a deal between Ankara and Washington Turkey?s strategically placed ?ncirlik airbase in Adana is ready any time for airstrikes by coalition forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) now that a cabinet motion has gone into effect, a Turkish official has said.  

Egypt has not sent Turkey an invitation to the opening ceremony of the New Suez Canal on Aug. 6, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç told reporters on July 29. 

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on July 15 Cairo invited all countries in the world, including Qatar and Turkey, to the opening ceremony of the New Suez Canal on Aug. 6.

A senior Turkish foreign minister has paid a snap visit to Arbil to hold talks with the leaders of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq after the Turkish army's strikes on outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in the region. 

The government has informed the opposition parties in parliament about the recent cross-border military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), though the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) was not briefed.

Turkey has said its warplanes will actively participate in international coalition's efforts to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria as part of an agreement with the United States. It also announced that it will allow the coalition forces to use its bases for anti-ISIL strikes. 

Three Spanish journalists have been missing in Syria for more than a week now, AFP reported on Tuesday.

Jose Manuel Lopez, Antonio Pampliega and Angel Sastre entered Syria from Turkey to report from the Aleppo area on 10 July and there has been no news of them since 12 July.

Turkey has put a travel ban to Turkey on 15,000 suspected foreign fighters heading to Syria and Iraq, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç said on July 15, as Ankara ramps up measures to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) threat. 

All the representatives of the political parties said the day after the election that they "got the message of the people."

When they said so, this is what we understood:

They are open to compromise to form a government. They can form a government by agreeing among each other. That way, Turkey will leave behind a long period of tension and contention.

The election of four deputies from non-Muslim communities will contribute to finding solutions for minorities' problems, says a prominent activist. "Minorities are in a demographic coma.

Turkey has condemned Thailand for forcibly returning to China nearly 100 Uighur migrants who were sheltering in Thailand after escaping alleged Chinese oppression in Xinjiang in the wake of a violent attack against Bangkok's consulate in Istanbul over the deportations.