Hulusi Akar

Turkey has evacuated its military personnel protecting the Tomb of Süleyman ?ah in northern Syria as well as the artifacts in the mausoleum by an operation jointly conducted by the intelligence organization and the Turkish army, few days after reports suggested that the tomb was besieged by the jihadists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Whenever you ask diplomatic sources about U.S.-Turkey relations, the kind of answer you get is usually about the ?absence of any problems.?

General Hulusi Akar has visited Suruç, a border town in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, to inspect troops positioned against threats from the Syrian side.

Ankara aids Yazidis holed up against jihadists seeking to massacre them, dropping supplies on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq The Turkish government airdropped humanitarian aid to thousands of members of the Yazidi community on Aug.

Turkey is the sole country conducting humanitarian operations for displaced Iraqis fleeing from jihadist groups’ violence in the country, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said.

Turkey’s Chief of General Staff is expected to be Land Forces Commander Gen. Hulusi Akar as the second possible candidate Gen. Servet Yörük retired in the latest Supreme Military Board (YAŞ) meeting.
At the same meeting, the retirement of commanders who will be retried in the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) coup plot case were approved.