1 year agoA second Syrian rebel faction, the former US equipped Hamza Brigade, based in ES area shelled Assad loyalist positions located north of Aleppo city. The faction states its in response to Assad loyalists and Iran bombing civilians in Idlib and Hama.
1 year agoTurkish warplanes bomb Kurazhar mountain for second time in two days
1 year agoTurkey backed "Syrian National Army" fires GRAD rockets at government held Nubul and Zahra towns in northern Aleppo in retaliation for the government attacks in Idlib.
1 year agoPompeo plane is heading over Turkey
1 year agoTurkish Armed Forces UAV provides air support to the ongoing operations against militants in Sirnak.
1 year agoTurkish Armed Forces continues to deliver equipment to Syrian border
Turkey's main opposition leader says ousted mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to run in renewed Istanbul local election
Ousted main opposition Istanbul mayor says decision to re-run mayoral election is a big blow on our democracy
Turkey's main opposition CHP says will not boycott re-run of Istanbul mayoral elections
Germany says voters alone must decide on Istanbul
1 year agoFollowing the news that results of Istanbul's mayor elections (which were a staggering defeat for Erdoğan's AKP) have been invalidated, protestors — seen here in Beşiktaş — shout that the government must resign ("Hükümet İstifa")
Turkey's Supreme Electoral Council decides to re-run local elections in Istanbul on June 23
YSK rejected objections to Istanbul's election in Maltepe and Büyükçekmece.
1 year agoYSK issues a written statement, officially announces that Istanbul mayoral election was canceled Turkey Elections
1 year agoBesiktas Bazaar "Law. Right. Justice!" slogans are being shouted
The Republican People's Party(CHP): the re-election of Istanbul "a new dictatorship"
Istanbul will repeat the municipal elections after annulling the victory of the opposition
1 year agoThe protests in Kadıköy Bahariye continue.
1 year agoPeople join the chant of pots and pans in Istanbul's Gayrettepe.
1 year agoHDP blasts (assumed) YSK decision of canceling Istanbul elections, calling it an unlawful, political decision given under political pressure. Meanwhile no official announcement yet.
1 year agoWarrant issued by the Republic of Cyprus against the crew of a Turkish ship for drilling in the Cypriot EEZ
Erdogan's response to the US position: Turkey's rights to explore for gas in the Mediterranean is not negotiable
Greece and Cyprus will propose that the EU sanction Turkey if the Turks drill in Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone
We ensured return of some 320,000 Syrian refugees to safe areas we cleared of militants, says Turkish President Erdogan
1 year agoNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visits Turkey amid heightened tensions between Washington and Ankara
President Erdogan: Turkey provided security in Syria's Idlib preventing deaths of hundreds of thousands of Syrians, blocked refugee influx to Europe
PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, through his lawyers who visited him on 2 May 2019 (1st since July 2011), made a statement and called for resumption of peace negotiations. Concerning the ongoing hunger strikes, called for avoiding action that will result in loss of life.
Turkey-backed forces shelling villages of Maranaz, Miljiyah and Shawarigha near Tel Rifat
1 year agoArmored vehicle shipments were carried out by the Turkish army to the military units on the Syrian border.
In the air operation in the Hakurk and Avashin-Basyan regions in the north of Iraq, the shelter and ammunition depot used by the PKK militants was destroyed.