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Muslims worldwide, including those in Turkey, are celebrating Islam's holy "Feast of Sacrifice"—known as Eid al-Adha in Arabic—with millions of Muslims around the world making a pilgrimage this week to Saudi Arabia.

The four-day celebration began on Sept. 1 in Turkey and most other countries with a predominantly Muslim population.  

The presidential election of 2019 will be a turning point for Turkey, as it is then that the country will transition to the presidential system. After 2019, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants to rule the country for 10 more years through the system that he is the architect of. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged the leaders of Muslim countries to address the situation of tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims, making desperate attempts to flee the worst violence in Myanmar in at least five years.

Turkey has criticized a fresh indictment from the U.S. Justice Department against Turkish security personnel accused of assaulting protesters during a Washington visit by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in May.

Turkey is prepared to carry out further operations in Syria and Iraq following last year's Euphrates Shield Operation, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated. 

A grand jury on Aug. 29 indicted 19 people, including 15 Turkish security officials, in connection with a brawl in Washington between protesters and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's security personnel in May, U.S. prosecutors said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently justified the reason for tying of the the National Intelligence Agency (MİT) to the presidency as follows: "If the head of the intelligence agency isn't directly under the head of the state then the state loses its ability to act. We can only take the right steps if intelligence comes to me when and how I want it to come to me."

U.S.-led coalition forces returned fire after being repeatedly shot at near Manbij in northern Syria, where they are patrolling near areas held by Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), coalition spokesman Colonel Ryan Dillon stated late on Aug. 29.

Turkey continued to push for rapid international action regarding the suffering of the Rohingya Muslims, an ethnic minority community in Myanmar, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan having a phone conversation with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the issue on Aug. 30.

A grand jury in the U.S. capital has issued indictments for 19 people, including 15 identified as Turkish security officials, for attacking protesters in May 2017.