The Turkish police have arrested two men suspected that on New Year's Eve in the capital Ankara had wanted to commit a suicide attack. It would be two members of the terrorist organization Islamic State, the Hurriyet newspaper reported Wednesday.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has played on Christmas Day for rescue. The Turkish president, who himself likes presenting itself as father of the nation, talking to a man who wanted to commit a suicide jump in the Bosphorus.
The deployment of troops in Iraq by Turkey is a violation of international law. That the Secretary General of the Arab League declared Thursday.
Two cleaners have been injured by an explosion in a plane at Istanbul's second airport. It is a unit of the Turkish airline Pegasus Airlines. The cause of the explosion is still unknown.
China, Britain and the US are working together with Russia to retrieve the information from the damaged black box of a Russian fighter jet that was shot down in the border of Syria and Turkey. It is currently not possible to retrieve a lot of information, because the black box is very badly damaged, said the Russian Defense Ministry Monday according to the Russian news agency Sputnik.
Turkish police on Sunday used tear gas against hundreds of protesters in Taksim Square in Istanbul. The protesters had come to the square to protest against the operation of the military against the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Certainly 68 fighters of the Kurdish PKK are slain in the last four days in southeastern Turkey. That is what the authorities said Saturday.
The crisis between the two countries resulted from the Mavi Marmara incident, the aid convoy led by Turkish Muslims five years ago wanted to bring goods into the Gaza Strip.
NATO sends reinforcements to Turkey to help the country to defend the border with Syria. The ambassadors of the member states which decided Friday.
Turkey fiddles with the requirements set by the EU before the third billion will pay for dealing with the refugee problem. So said Minister for European Affairs Volkan Bozkir Wednesday that he expects the European contribution within a year. The EU noted with previously prepared the money over the next two years to pay off.
Turkey has withdrawn some of its troops from a military camp north of the Iraqi city of Mosul. A convoy of twelve vehicles is removed as part of a regrouping of the region, Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported Monday.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu accused Russia of ethnic cleansing in the province of Latakia in northern Syria. Moscow forces leave Turkomen and Sunnis to protect so Russian and Syrian bases.
The US consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul Wednesday remains closed to the public because of a " potential security threat." That the diplomatic mission said Tuesday.
Turkey will have a permanent military base in the Kurdish north of Iraq. The purpose of the presence is training militias for the fight against the Sunni extremists of Islamic State (IS), Turkish media reported Monday. Ankara has military activities agreed with the regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan. The Iraqi government in Baghdad is upset about this Turkish interference
When an explosion in a subway station in Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday afternoon would be a person to have died. Also, there someone got injured. What exactly is going on is not clear. A Turkish news reports that it is a potential explosion in a transformer.
A leading prosecutor in Turkey has fled to the Netherlands. The Turkish media reported on Tuesday prosecutor Fikret Seçen. Tuesday, November 24th, he was put out of his office and has reportedly taken the same day, another flight from Ankara to Amsterdam, shortly before his traveling would be banned.
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not intend to meet with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the international climate summit in Paris Monday. A spokesperson of the Kremlin said. A conversation with US President Barack Obama is "likely".
Turkey discourages its citizens all non-urgent travel to Russia. The reason is that Turks at present difficulties in Russia, according to the Foreign Ministry in Ankara.
Family of the Syrian Kurdish boy Aylan, whose remains on a Turkish beach shocked public opinion in many countries will be living in Canada. Canadian media reported Friday that a Canadian aunt Aylan, Tima Kurdi, has announced that her brother Mohammed arrives with his family quickly in Canada and comes to live with her . Canada takes over as the new prime minister Justin Trudeau fulfill his election promise to end the year 25 000 Syrian refugees.
Turkey and the EU will join forces for the large numbers of refugees to Europe to a halt. That is the commitment of a summit Sunday between the leaders of the EU countries and Turkey.
Two prominent Turkish journalists on Thursday arrested for assisting terrorists. The arrests follow publications of photos in the newspaper Cumhuriyet that would show that the Turkish intelligence service beginning in 2014 has been instrumental in arming jihadists in Syria. The service would have sent weapons to extremists.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday promised attacks on armed groups in Syria to avoid also fight against the terrorists. He said this after talks in Moscow with his French counterpart Francois Hollande.
Russia's reaction after the downing of a Russian fighter near the Syrian border with Turkey, is " emotional" and " inappropriate". That said the Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan Thursday. He was reacting to include the charge of Russia that Turkey would buy oil and gas from the Islamic State and additional checks of Russia on food from Turkey.
The pilots of the Russian SU- 24 which was shot by Turkish F-16s from the air, were not visible or radio warnings from Turkish side before their plane was shot down. That said the surviving pilot Wednesday by Russian media.
Parts of the Russian fighter jet shot down Tuesday by Turkish F16s, have landed on Turkish territory and have wounded two Turkish citizens. That the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.
NATO believes that Turkey keep his composure after the shooting down of a Russian fighter plane near the border with Syria Tuesday. After the incident came to the 28 NATO ambassadors for a special meeting at the request of Turkey in Brussels. The Turkish president Erdogan in Ankara meanwhile, defended his country 's right to defend its borders.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has canceled his visit to Turkey. Lavrov Wednesday would travel to Ankara to discuss the conflict in Syria, but sees there from Turkey Tuesday after a Russian fighter shot down.
Russian President Vladimir Putin this afternoon, after meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah, expressed views on Tuesday Russian warplane downed by Turkey. He calls bringing down " a stab in the back " and reports that the event will have serious consequences for the Turkish- Russian relationship.
The Turkish government has stressed that the shooting down of a Russian fighter was not an action against a particular country, but only served the protection of the national airspace. Ankara has also argued that the device for five minutes is warned to shoot was passed. The Kremlin argues that the fighter has just flown over Syria.
Turkish F- 16 pilot who this morning a Russian fighter shot down in the border between his country and Syria, has been appointed in the highest military authorities in Ankara.
