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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Turkish military official in Syria… #EuphratesShield #Cerablus

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Turkish Special Forces: From stopping a coup to the frontline of the ISIL fight
The Turkish Special Forces are playing a key role in the operation launched at 04.00 a.m. on Aug. 24 to back the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to free the Syrian town of Jarablus from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

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Turkish troops enter Syria in major operation against Isis
 World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Kareem Shaheen in Beirut

Campaign aims to ‘cleanse’ jihadis from Jarablus – terror group’s last key hub on the 500-mile Syria-Turkey border

US VP Joe Biden arrives in Turkish capital amid Jerablus operation
The U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Ankara on Aug. 24, hours after a joint operation by the Turkish military and coalition forces was launched to capture the ISIL-held Jarablus region in Syria
Timeline of Operation Euphrates Shield
Turkish armed forces has begun its cross-border “Euphrates Shield” operation against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) early on Aug. 24 both with aerial strikes and with ground forces backed by strikes from rocket launchers, howitzers and tanks
LIVE: Turkish military, coalition forces launch ‘Euphrates Shield’ operation in Jarablus
 Hurriyet Daily News
The Turkish armed forces has begun its cross-border “Euphrates Shield” operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) early on Aug. 24 with aerial strikes and with ground forces backed by strikes from rocket launchers, howitzers and tanks
Turkey will be defeated as ISIL in Syria: PYD head Muslim
Turkey will be defeated as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria, according to Salih Muslim, the head of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD)
Erdoğan to PYD: Those issuing threats should think what will happen
The Turkish military launched the Jerablus operation “against terror organizations such as DAESH and the PYD,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said
Turkish Military Begins Ground Operation Into Syria
 NYT > Turkey by By CEYLAN YEGINSU
The incursion, backed by U.S. air support, drastically escalates Turkey’s role in the Syrian conflict in an effort meant to clear Islamic State militants from the border.
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Chief of Staff at the operation HQ

Turkey Launches Operation on ISIS in Syria

Bianet :: English
A campaign has been launched by Turkish Armed Forces Joint Special Mission Forces and US-led coalition air forces on ISIS in Jarablus region in Aleppo in Syria.

US VP Biden visits Turkish Parliament, bombed during failed coup attempt

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the morning of Aug. 24 paid a visit to the Turkish Parliament, which was bombarded by soldiers attempting to stage a military coup on July 15

Turkey Says Operation Launched to Free ISIS-Held Town in Syria

NYT > Turkey by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Turkey’s prime minister’s office said the Turkish military and the U.S.-backed coalition forces on Wednesday launched an operation to clear a Syrian border town from Islamic State militants.

Syria Jarablus: Turkish tanks roll into northern Syria

BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Turkey sends tanks across the Syrian border after bombarding positions held by so-called Islamic State, in an operation also aimed at deterring Kurdish fighters.

Turkey evacuates town amid anti-IS Syria campaign

BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Turkey evacuated Karkamis near Syria, as it prepares an offensive against so-called Islamic State holding Jarablus.

Kurds Close to Control of Northeast Syria Province, Portending a Shift in the War

 NYT > Turkey by By ANNE BARNARD
A cease-fire with the Syrian government puts Kurdish militias much closer to control of Hasaka Province, which would be the third lost by President Bashar al-Assad.

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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

As Biden comes to Turkey, Turkish military strikes YPG and ISIL targets in Syria, recalls ambassador to Austria after rows…

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Turkish military strikes YPG and ISIL targets in Syria

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Turkish army shells ISIL targets in Syria’s Jarablus and Kurdish YPG fighters north of Manbij.
Turkey recalls ambassador to Austria after rows
Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Austria to review relations after a series of disputes with the European Union member state, the Turkish foreign minister said Aug. 22

Turkey’s leaders sat back as Isis took hold. Now its people are paying the price | Ranj Alaaldin

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Ranj Alaaldin

An authoritarian president and his indifference to jihadi groups has created the conditions for the terrorism that killed dozens more over the weekendSaturday’s terrorist attack on a wedding in Gaziantep in south-east Turkey killed at least 54 people and many more were injured, but as macabre as it sounds, the attack surprised few. Turkey has suffered multiple terrorist attacks in less than a year amid growing political instability (the country is still yet to recover from last month’s coup), ethnic and sectarian polarisation, and the government’s disastrous policy toward the conflict in Syria.

Biden needs to give Turkey’s Erdogan some tough advice

washingtonpost.com – Op-Ed Columns
The threats to democracy following July’s coup attempt have to be a priority when the leaders meet this week.

Turkey has ‘no clue’ on Gaziantep wedding attack perpetrator: PM

Turkey has “no clue” about who was behind the attack on a wedding in a town close to the Syrian border that left 54 people dead, the prime minister said on Aug. 22

Why? Agony over Turkey’s wedding bomb

 BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Turkey is reeling from a suicide bombing which targeted a wedding party close to the border with Syria on Saturday killing 54 people, 22 of whom were children.

Turkey Kurdish wedding bomber ‘may not have been child’

 BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Turkey backtracks on an earlier statement which identified a suicide bomber who attacked a Kurdish wedding killing 54 people as a child.

After Failed Coup, Turkey Settles Into a Rare Period of Unity

 NYT > Turkey by By CEYLAN YEGINSU
Turks have expressed solidarity in supporting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, although some may be motivated by fear after his purge of suspected political enemies.

Three Turkish leaders agree to discuss expanding the scope of charter amendments

The leaders of Turkey’s ruling party and two oppositional parties have agreed to discuss expanding the scope of upcoming constitutional amendments by including 60 articles which had previously been agreed to

Turkish, US officials begin work on Gülen case

Legal experts and diplomats from Turkey and the United States have initiated work on the former’s demand for the immediate extradition of Fethullah Gülen from the U.S., a day before U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is set to pay a one-day visit to Turkey

Turkish consumer confidence increases sharply after coup attempt

Turkey consumer confidence rose by 11.1 percent in August from the previous month, data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) showed on Aug. 23

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Saturday, July 9, 2016

Erdoğan in NATO Summit…

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Not too impressed with the air show…

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Olive branches and bombs: President Erdogan and Turkey’s precarious politics
New Statesman
Ergenekon Sungec, a young Turkish travel agent, finally had reason to smile again last week. For months, the gaudy hotels across the road from his office in the Turkish resort town of Kundu have been half empty. The big-spending Russians who used to

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Erdoğan calls on NATO to show more effort on issues effecting Turkey’s security
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on NATO to put more effort into combating developments that especially affect Turkey’s security, while also urging the organization to be more active and up-to-date amid the rapidly changing nature of security threats

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