The substance that the Turkish police confiscated in the capital Ankara does not turn out to be radioactive material. It is a chemical compound that does not radiate radioactivity, concluded the Turkish organization for nuclear energy TAEK.
The Turkish police seized almost one and a half kilos of the radioactive element californium-252 in the capital Ankara. The news channel NTV reported this on Monday. Four people have been arrested. They would have wanted to sell the nuclear material for $ 70 million. Where it comes from and who was interested in it is still unclear.
Turkey continues military operations in Syria. That said the Turkish president Erdogan, who put the 'terrorists \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; want to expel from the areas around Manbij, Kamishli, Kobani and Ras al-Ayn. The Turkish leader did not rule out also to take action against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq.
At least eleven people were killed when a bomb exploded in the Syrian town of Afrin. It concerns four fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and seven civilians, said a source in the security services Monday against the Turkish state press agency Anadolu.
The Turkish army denies having bombed a hospital in Afrin, the main city of the Kurdish enclave of the same name in north-western Syria. 'This operation is conducted in a way that leaves civilians and innocents out of action', the Turkish army reports on Twitter.
A Greek court of appeal has rejected a Turkish request to deliver eight soldiers. Ankara suspects them of involvement in the failed coup, the theft of military equipment and desertion. It was the third time that Turkey asked for the extradition of the military.
The Turkish forces have now eliminated more than 3,500 Kurdish fighters around Afrin in northwestern Syria. The army did not report how many fighters were killed or taken prisoner.
For the extension of the refugee deal concluded by the European Union and Turkey, EUR 3 billion is also needed in the next two years. One billion euros is available from the EU budget. The European Commission calls on the Member States to supplement the amount quickly. They have previously agreed in principle to extend the agreements.
The billions of accession aid that the EU has given Turkey to adjust its laws have had only a limited effect. The European Court of Auditors concludes that in a report.
Due to a collision between a passenger bus and a truck, thirteen people were killed in Turkey. At least twenty people were injured, according to Turkish media.
Turkey wants Germany to do more to prevent attacks on mosques in Germany. Ankara had the German ambassador to show him a protest letter, according to German media Tuesday.
Turkey and the United States are going to pilot the Kurdish Syrians of the YPG militia from Manbij. The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu said this Tuesday. According to Cavusoglu, a plan for the withdrawal of the YPG (People's Protection Units) from the Syrian location approximately 80 kilometers northeast of Aleppo is being made during the American-Turkish consultations on 19 March.
The Turkish army and allies have completely surrounded the city of Afrin in the eponymous district in northwestern Syria. The Turkish army announced that on Tuesday.
After a week of offensive, Turkish soldiers have reached the outskirts of the city of Afrin in the north of Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Turks are advancing on the east side of the city.
The leading Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Sik has come up with serious criticism of Ankara, shortly after his unexpected release from pre-trial detention. Sik spoke of a 'mafia sultanate'. He did that Saturday in a video message that spread his newspaper Cumhuriyet. The journalist was in custody for more than four hundred days.
Turkey, according to Turkish media, has now also asked Sweden to arrest the Kurdish politician Saleh Muslim. Ankara also recently asked two other EU countries for the extradition of the former Syrian-Kurdish PYD leader.
The American embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara opens again on Wednesday after it closed on Monday because of a 'security threat.' The embassy declared this on Tuesday.
The two Greek soldiers who accidentally crossed the Turkish border remain in pre-trial detention. The judge in the city of Edirne dismissed the protest that their lawyers had filed against the arrest, news agency Anadolu announced on Monday. The reason given was that the couple do not have a place of residence or stay in Turkey and that digital data have to be analyzed.
The Turkish police arrested 12 suspects in an investigation into Islamic State in Ankara. According to the state press agency Anadolu, the arrests came a few hours after the report that the US embassy in the city would remain closed all day because of a 'security threat.'
Turkey has neutralized 2777 fighters of the Kurdish YPG in the region of Afrin in northwestern Syria so far: the fighters have surrendered or are killed. That was reported by Turkish media.
The US embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara is closed on Monday because of a 'security threat.' The embassy has informed American citizens that the office is not accessible to the public and advised them not to 'stand out too much.'
At least 36 pro-Syrian fighters were killed during a series of bombings by the Turkish Air Force in the Syrian Afrin region. That reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Saturday.
Five Turkish soldiers were killed in fighting on Thursday between the Turkish army and Kurdish fighters of the YPG in the Syrian Afrin region. That reported the Turkish army. Seven soldiers were injured and 'evacuated quickly', according to the statement.
Despite sharp criticism from the United States, Turkey does not feel bound by the UN resolution on a truce in Syria. The country plans to continue its offensive against the Kurdish YPG militias in Afrin.
Once again, two representatives of the pro-Kurdish opposition party HDP lost their seat in the Turkish parliament. Ibrahim Ayhan, representing the province of Sanliurfa, and Deputy Group Chairman Ahmet Yildirim lost according to state news agency Anadolu their mandate under terrorist propaganda and insulting a head of state. HDP confirmed the message.
A Czech court ordered Tuesday the release of former Syrian-Kurdish PYD leader Saleh Muslim, his lawyer said. This despite the call from Turkey to keep him in detention pending an extradition request.
Turkey sends special police units to the Syrian Afrin region, despite the ceasefire announced on Saturday. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag says the units are needed for a 'new fight.' According to the Turkish news agency Dogan, the troops are going to take part in battles in inhabited areas.
Turkey has so far neutralized 1780 warriors of the Kurdish YPG with its operation Olijftak in northwest Syria. 'The Turkish General Staff reported this.
The Turkish army attacked the Syrian region Afrin on Tuesday with grenades. This was reported by the Syrian state press agency Sana. The bombing was short after Syrian militias supporting the regime of President Assad entered the region.
The former party leader of the left-wing HDP in Turkey, Serpil Kemalbay, was released conditionally after a week. She is not allowed to leave the country. Kemalbay was arrested a few days after her departure as party leader, because she had fierce criticism of the Turkish military intervention in the northwest of Syria against Kurdish militias.
