Turkish military

Twenty people were detained April 4 in the south-central province of Kilis for allegedly trying to cross illegally into Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Turkish military has said.

Turkish security forces arrested nine British nationals trying to cross illegally into Syria, the Turkish military said in a statement on April 1. 

The Britons were arrested near Hatay province on the Turkish side of the Syrian border. It was not clear why the nine people were trying to cross the frontier. 

The Turkish military hit outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets on March 25 in reprisal for mortar shells fired by the group targeting Turkish Armed Forces units in the Da?l?ca district of the southeastern province of Hakkari.

Turkey has pounded a Syrian artillery unit near the border in reprisal for cross-border fire that injured five Turkish civilians and damaged a military base, the Turkish military announced on March 25.

Turkey is going through some very challenging times. Will it be possible to steer the Turkish transatlantic ship smoothly through the drastically difficult Kurdish problem's rough waters with icebergs floating around or laden with mines?

The Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) has granted permission for a legal review of the 2010 raid on the room where the Turkish military?s top secret documents were held.

The HSYK?s 3rd Chamber issued the decision after the investigation which triggered the raid was dropped by a prosecutor in Ankara for lack of evidence last week, Hürriyet has learned.

Turkish Special Forces are training Sunni forces in Iraq, as well as Turkmens in Syria, Turkish officials have confirmed.

The training mission was first revealed by Asil Nujaifi, the governor of Mosul, in an interview with Anadolu Agency on March 15.

Turkish Special Forces are training Sunni forces in Iraq, as well as Turkmens in Syria, Turkish officials have confirmed.

The training mission was first revealed by Asil Nujaifi, the governor of Mosul, in an interview with Anadolu Agency on March 15.

If the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) had opted to continue the democratic reform process rather than opting for authoritarian rule after 2010, it would have been recalled in the future as a government that left an immensely positive legacy behind. Unfortunately, it has been destroying with its own hands the progressive legacy it had built after over a decade in power.

The names of historic Kurdish figures will be given to a number of schools in the southeastern Turkish province of Batman, Provincial Director of National Education Mehmet Çelik has said.