In Turkey

Turkey's exports were worth $13.2 billion in August, up 1.7% from a year earlier, the country's trade minister said on Sept. 4.       

As Turkish jets continued to violate Greek air space over the Aegean Tuesday, Greek defense sources played down reports that Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar flew over the Aegean Sea in a jet trainer.

Turkey's Interior Ministry stated on Sept. 3 that the trial court sentenced 41 suspended mayors for a total of over 237 years on the grounds of terror and terror-related crimes.     

Four families on Sept. 3 staged a sit-in protest outside the provincial office of a Turkish opposition political party accused by the government of having links to the PKK terror group.         

Turkey will realize its plan B if the United States fails to keep promises it made for a safe zone in northern Syria, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Sept. 3.

Turkish security forces on Sept. 3 said a senior PKK terrorist was among those "neutralized" in airstrikes a day earlier in northern Iraq.     

Turkish fighter jets neutralized five PKK terrorists in northern Iraq in an air operation, according to the country's National Defense Ministry on Sept. 1.           

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Aug. 31 that Turkey will put its own operation plan into effect if Turkish troops do not control a "safe zone" in northeast Syria, which it has been planning with the United States, within a few weeks.

Two suspected members of the terrorist group YPG/PKK were detained on Aug. 31 in Turkey's southeastern Mardin province, bordering Syria, according to a statement by the governorship.

U.N. Special Envoy will visit Turkey to discusslatest  situation in Syria, Turkish foreign minister said on Aug. 30.