Bekir Bozdağ

Turkey's spy agency has captured 80 FETÖ-linked suspects from 18 countries: Bozdağ

Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has captured 80 Turkish citizens suspected of links to what the authorities call the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) from 18 different countries so far, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on April 5.

Turkey Insists 'Won't Stay' in Syria's Afrin

Turkey on Monday insisted pro-Ankara forces did not plan to remain in Afrin as occupiers after they ousted Kurdish militia from the northern Syrian city, AFP reports.

Syrian rebels backed by the Turkish army on Sunday drove the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) out of their former stronghold of Afrin near the Turkish frontier.

42 soldiers killed, 202 injured so far in Afrin operation: Turkish Deputy PM

A total of 42 soldiers have been killed and some 202 soldiers injured since the start of “Operation Olive Branch” in Syria’s northwestern Afrin district, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesman Bekir Bozdağ said on March 12 following a Cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara.

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