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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.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee ended is 39th session in Bonn on July 8, announcing it will hold its next session in Istanbul, Turkey.

Turkish and American officials continued talks, on July 8, over how to enhance ongoing cooperation in the fight against Islamic jihadists in Syria after an eight-hour long meeting July 7. 

Turkey and the United States have intensified talks to jointly address the situation in northern Syria, in which Islamic jihadists are threatening to remove the Free Syrian Army (FSA) from the region?s most populous areas.

A high-level U.S. security official has arrived in Ankara to launch political and military talks with the Turkish government for the joint fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria.