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Turkish PM: No troops into Syria

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Turkey says it has no plans to send ground troops into Syria to fight the Islamic State (IS) group, as it continues air strikes on IS positions.

Turkish court approves blocking of Kurdish websites

An Ankara Criminal Court of Peace has approved a decision by the country’s gov’t-controlled internet watchdog to block nearly 100 Kurdish and left wing websites on the grounds of making terrorist propaganda

Syrian safe zone: US relents to Turkish demands after border crisis grows

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Simon Tisdall

Deal on buffer area adds pressure on UK parliament to allow British military involvement in Syria and raises questions about Kurdish peace process

After several days of prevarication, US officials have confirmed the Obama administration’s agreement to Turkish demands to set up a coalition-protected “safe zone” inside northern Syria in return for permitting US aircraft to use Turkey’s military bases to attack Islamic State.

NATO calls emergency meeting at Turkey’s request

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NATO Security General Jens Stoltenberg has called an emergency meeting to discuss security tomorrow (Tuesday 28 July) at the request of Turkey after last week’s suicide bombing and Turkish security operations against Islamic State and PKK Kurdish militants.

CHP, HDP parliament spokespersons boycott presidential visit

The members of the Parliament Spokespersons Board from two opposition parties have boycotted a courtesy visit to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan because it took place at the controversial presidential palace.

Senior ISIL leader arrested along with three others in Istanbul

A senior Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader based in Istanbul, along with three other suspected ISIL members, were arrested on July 27

US and Turkey agree to forge ‘ISIL-free zone’ in Syria, official confirms

The United States and Turkey have agreed to work together to clear Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants from northern Syria by forming an “ISIL-free zone,” a U.S. official said on July 27, confirming a Hürriyet Daily News report on July 25

HDP Leader Demirtaş: Peace Was One Move Ahead

Bianet :: English

HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş:”These operations are carried out in favor of the government. We will struggle against AKP not to come power alone due to a snap election.”

End of ‘domestic ceasefire’ undermines investments in Turkey: Rating agency

Credit rating agency JCR Eurasia Rating’s head, Orhan Ökmen, says the end of the state “domestic ceasefire” is undermining Turkey’s place as an investable country, referring to the recent spike in military and police operations against armed groups inside the country

MAIN FOCUS: Turkey attacks IS and PKK | 27/07/2015

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The Turkish army has been carrying out air strikes against the IS in Syria and the banned Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq since Friday. At Ankara’s behest Nato will convene to discuss the situation on Tuesday. Commentators call for the military alliance to adopt a clear stance vis-à-vis its member Turkey and see Turkish domestic politics behind the attacks.

How the Turkish elections changed the foreign policy of Turkey

open Democracy News Analysis – by Evren Balta  /

Governments with declining electoral success may use adventurous foreign policy choices or make radical shifts in their foreign policies to gain re-election.

 

Ankara informs world leaders on military operations against PKK and ISIL

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held several phone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iraqi President Fuad Masum on July 26 and informed them about recent cross-border military operations against the outlawed PKK in northern Iraq and ISIL positions in Syria.

Kurds cut key ISIL supply route in northern Syria: Monitor

Kurdish fighters seized a key town in northern Syria from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on July 27, cutting a supply lifeline from the jihadists’ de facto Syrian capital, a monitor said.

Turkey says it is not targeting Syrian Kurds after villages hit

The Turkish military are not targeting Syrian Kurds after Kurdish forces and a monitoring group said tanks shelled Kurdish-held villages in northern Syria, a Turkish government official said

Turkey shells Kurdish-held village in Syria

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Agence France-Presse in Beirut

Tanks fire on the border village of Zur Maghar overnight, reportedly wounding four fighters, after Turkish air strikes against Kurdish forces in Iraq

HDP accuses gov’t of ‘dragging Turkey into civil war’

The Turkish army’s ongoing military operations in Iraq and Syria to crack down on terrorists was engineered by the Justice and Development Party (AKP), whose objective to regain its one-party government is dragging Turkey into a “civil war,” the leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, has claimed

The Police Attack People in Gazi Quarter, İstanbul

Bianet :: English

Police attacked people who gathered for the deceased member of DHKP/C to hold a funeral ceremony in Gazi Quarter of İstanbul. A police officer died, two people were injured

Police officer killed in Istanbul amid rising violence against security personnel

A police officer has been killed in clashes with a group of protesters in Istanbul’s Gazi neighborhood after days of clashes following the death of a Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) member in a vast anti-terror operation launched last July 24 in Istanbul

Air Operations against PKK and ISIS Continue

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Turkish Army Forces’ fighter jets keep bombing PKK and ISIS targets in northern Iraq.

Turkish police clash with Kurdish protesters in Cizre – video

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

Violence flares on Sunday night between Kurdish protesters and Turkish forces after the funeral of a demonstrator who died protesting against military strikes targeting Kurdish camps in northern Iraq.

MAIN FOCUS: IS terror reaches Turkey | 22/07/2015

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There are increasing indications that IS fighters are behind the suicide bomb attack in Suruç, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on Tuesday. Ankara must finally join forces with the Kurds against the IS, some commentators urge. Others praise the AKP government’s efforts against IS terror.

VIDEO: Anger at state after Turkey massacre

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A mass funeral ceremony has taken place in Turkey for most of the 32 activists killed in a suicide bomb attack in Suruc, near the Syrian border.

Suruc massacre highlights Turkey’s Islamic State dilemma

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Turkey grapples with Islamic State dilemma after Suruc bomb

The photos that came to symbolise a deadly attack in Turkey

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The photos that came to symbolise a deadly attack in Turkey

Turkey sends in jets as Syria’s agony spills over every border

theguardian.com – Martin Chulov – Jul 25, 4:07 PM

When US special forces raided the compound of an Islamic State leader in eastern Syria in May, they made sure not to tell the neighbours. The target of that raid, the first of its kind since US jets returned to the skies over Iraq last August, was

 

Turkish newspaper columnist fired over tweet critical of Erdoğan

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Roy Greenslade

Press freedom groups register deep concern at firing of respected journalist

Press freedom organisations have taken up the case of Turkish newspaper columnist Kadri Gürsel who was fired over a tweet critical of the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

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