Turkey Detains 85 Military Personnel Over Alleged Gulen Ties
Turkish police on Friday detained 85 military personnel in countrywide raids over alleged links to the group blamed for the 2016 failed coup, state media reported.
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Turkish Parliamentary Commission Accepts Paid Military Exemption Bill
Turkish Parliament's Planning and Budget Commission passed a draft bill on paid military exemption proposing 21 days of military service for those who pay 15,000 TL.
Erdogan Appoints General Guler As New Chief of Turkish Military
After Gen. Hulusi Akar resigned from his post to become Defense Minister in the new presidential system, Gen. Yasar Guler, Commander of Ground Forces, has been named by President Erdogan as…
Turkish Defense Minister: 41 Soldiers So Far Killed in Afrin Offensive
Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said so far now 41 soldiers and additional 116 allied rebels were killed in the offensive against the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northern Syria.…
Eleven Turkish Soldiers Killed in Deadliest Day of Syria Offensive
The Turkish military has suffered the biggest losses since the start of an offensive against Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northwestern Syria, with 11 soldiers being killed and 11 wounded in…
Report: Turkish Military Convoy Comes Under Attack in Northern Syria
A Turkish military convoy came under attack as rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the armored vehicles in Idlib province of Syria, local media reported.
Nobody was injured in the…
Turkey May Militarily Target Kurdish-Held Afrin, FM Signals
Turkey has long signaled an impending operation to curb the hold of Syrian Kurdish militia over Afrin, a northwestern Syrian town close to the Turkish border.
That looming operation may…
Turkey Deploys Additional Reinforcements to Idlib to Step Up Security
Turkey has dispatched more troops and armored vehicles to reinforce its forces in the western Syrian province of Idlib as part of a mission to observe de-escalation efforts around Idlib.…