The Mardin Police Department seized a total of 88 long-barreled weapons along with binoculars and ammunition belonging to terrorists over the weekend. Short-range, long-distance and night-vision guns and mounted binoculars that belong to terrorists were discovered buried in the corn fields of Şırnak’s Silopi district, according to intelligence received by the Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime [...]
The US administration agreed in principle almost two months ago for the transfer of information over software source codes of US Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighters to Turkey. Once the agreement is completed, and if approved by the US Congress, Turkey will have the capability to automatically modify the software source codes of the fighters’ weapons [...]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu has urged the Iraqi Kurds to cooperate with Turkey in its fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), saying that otherwise Turkey will have every right to enter Iraqi territory to prevent PKK attacks on Turkish targets. “Turkey cannot let an entity that constitutes a clear and direct threat [...]
The reluctance of many European countries to move against terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) activities on their soil continues to be a major concern for the Turkish government, which has been increasingly vocal in its demand for quick action to curb financial and logistical support to the outlawed organization. The PKK continues to operate in [...]
Three Yemeni fighter jets were destroyed and several others damaged in overnight explosions that rocked an air base, apparently caused by explosives planted in the planes, officials told on Monday. “Unknown assailants appear to have planted explosive devices in the fighter jets which were loaded with ammunition in preparation for a combat mission planned for [...]
Israel is resigned to the Palestinians winning today’s UNESCO general assembly vote to enter the UN cultural body and will join the US in withdrawing funding, Israeli envoy Nimrod Barkan told AFP. “There will be a vote and the Palestinians will win,” Barkan said. “That’s the headcount that we have,” he said of the Palestinian [...]
A woman who jumped into a suicide bomber in order to protect her children in an attack that killed two and injured 21 in Bingöl on Saturday saved the lives of dozens of people, experts say. The attack is believed to have been carried out by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has not [...]
Iran has formally complained to the U.S. over claims the Iranian government was involved in an alleged plot to kill Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States, a U.S. official said yesterday. The official said the U.S. received a diplomatic note on Friday expressing displeasure with the charges that were leveled earlier this month. Iran [...]
Fifteen people were wounded yesterday when a group of alleged Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) supporters attacked Turkish anti-terror demonstrators in Paris. Turkish citizens had gathered in Bastille Square in Paris in the late afternoon to protest the recent terrorist attacks when alleged PKK supporters attacked them with sticks and stones. Fifteen people were wounded, and one [...]
ErdoÄŸan says more democracy and freedom is the antidote to the terrorism problem as DavutoÄŸlu urges neighbors to pick a side Turkey will forge ahead with democratic reform and human rights in the fight against terrorism, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan said yesterday, a day after Foreign Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu urged Iraqi Kurds and [...]
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