Turkey–ISIL conflict

Turkey Hasn't Asked for 'Substantial' NATO Help - Stoltenberg

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.

Ankara informs world leaders on military operations against PKK and ISIL

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. 

Hundreds detained in fresh wave of operations against ISIL, PKK

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.

Turkey calls for NATO meeting to discuss security threats

Turkey has called for a meeting of its NATO allies to discuss threats to its security and its airstrikes targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq, as Turkey boosts international efforts to gain support for the strikes. 

NATO's secretary general said Ankara has not yet asked for any military support. 

Turkey launches new strikes on PKK as NATO meeting called

The Turkish military on July 26 launched new air strikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq as Ankara invoked an article of NATO to call a meeting of the military alliance over its campaign against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
 

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