Kurdish–Turkish conflict

If the Justice and Development Party?s (AKP) calculation, for the sake of domestic political gains, is to end the Kurdish peace process and declare wholesale war on the Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) under the cover of joining the U.S.-led war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), this could leave Turkey in a worse situation than it is in today.

Turkey's state intelligence agency MIT and Istanbul police have warned of possible terror attacks in major cities following military operations against the Islamic State (IS) group and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, todayszaman.com reported on Monday.

The government has informed the opposition parties in parliament about the recent cross-border military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), though the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) was not briefed.

The Istanbul Police Department has issued of bomb attack warnings on crowded places in central Istanbul, such as metro stations and bus stops, several media reports said, in an unclear, controversial move in the wake of the Suruç bombing that left dozens dead and more than a hundred others injured near Turkey's southeastern border early last week.

There is no agreement with Ankara to establish a no-fly zone in Turkey, a senior US administration official has said, the CNN reported on Monday.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that Turkey has not asked the Alliance for "substantial military support" in its fight against the Islamic State group and Kurdish militants.

"Turkey has a very strong army and very strong security forces. So there has been no request for any substantial NATO military support," AFP quoted Stoltenberg as saying in an interview with the BBC.

Turkey has not asked for substantial military help from NATO in its campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish militants, the alliance's chief said on July 27, a day before it meets to discuss the fighting.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an held several phone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iraqi President Fuad Masum on July 26 and informed them about recent cross-border military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) positions in Syria. 

A total of 15 suspects have been detained in the capital Ankara's Hac?bayram neighborhood in an anti-terror police operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), amid a fresh wave of anti-terror operations across the country which saw more than 200 suspects detained.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said "everyone should see" that a move by his country to use its force effectively can "change the game in Syria, Iraq and the entire region".

Davutoglu's comments come as Ankara has called in consultations of NATO ambassadors under Article 4 of the alliance's founding treaty.