Smoke billows from a fire at the southeastern town of Nusaybin, Turkey, near the border with Syria, where Turkish security forces are battling militants linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers, Party or PKK, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, a day after Turkish media reports...
A woman makes her way through the rubble of damaged buildings after airstrikes by pro-Syrian government forces in the rebel-held town of Dael, in Daraa province, Syria, Feb. 12, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir) Published by Al Monitor 14 February 2016 Turkey...
This article was published on Al-Monitor on February 4, 2016. ANKARA, Turkey — Ahead of the June 7 elections last year, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put the Kurdish settlement process on hold. Then, addressing a rally in Istanbul in September, he said, “Turkey...
This article was published on the website of Aftenposten on February 9, 2016. For the first time since 1971, a correspondent for Aftenposten has been declared unwanted. Silje Rønning Kampesæter is being kicked out of Turkey. The previous time Aftenposten experienced...
Published by Al-Monitor on February 3, 2016 Turkish involvement in the Syrian war has been heavily dominated by Islamist fighters, but the conflict has also drawn in an unlikely quarter — Turkish nationalists. The far-right Nationalist Action Party (MHP) and its youth...
This article was posted on ANF News on February 12, 2016. While people trapped in basements are being massacred by state forces in Cizre town of Şırnak, dozens of corpses have been taken to hospital and no news is received from many others facing a threat of imminent...
