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Turkey Invades Northern Iraq In Operation Against Kurdish Militants
Turkey Invades Northern Iraq In Operation Against Kurdish Militants Turkey has launched a cross-border operation into neighboring Iraq against Kurdish militants in a mountainous northern region of the country. The Turkish defense ministry confirmed its military unleashed a barrage of artillery fire and air strikes on Monday afternoon before ground forces entered northern Iraq to “demolish the caves and shelters […]
Russian Military Pulls Out Of Syrian Kurdish Town As Turkey Initiates “Massive Cross-Border Attack”
Russian Military Pulls Out Of Syrian Kurdish Town As Turkey Initiates “Massive Cross-Border Attack” Turkey’s defense minister has confirmed the Turkish military has begun cross-border shelling of the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin in what he further describes as the “de facto start” of the operation in order to destroy – in President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s […]
Massive Explosion Reported In Turkish Capital, Military Dormitory Targeted
Massive Explosion Reported In Turkish Capital, Military Dormitory Targeted With Turkey on the brink of going to war with Russia and, implicitly, Iran, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking for an excuse to invade Syria. The rebels Turkey and Saudi Arabia back are staging what amounts to a last stand at Aleppo and the Kurdish YPG […]
Turkey’s Revival of a Dirty ‘Deep State’
Turkey’s Revival of a Dirty ‘Deep State’ Exclusive: NATO keeps backing Turkey, one of its members, despite its aid to the Islamic State and other jihadists fighting Syria’s secular government — and even though Turkey’s erratic President Erdogan may be leading NATO into a risky showdown with Syria’s Russian allies, writes Jonathan Marshall. Turkey’s embattled President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is […]
Violence Erupts In Turkey After Prominent Lawyer Is Assassinated On Live TV
Violence Erupts In Turkey After Prominent Lawyer Is Assassinated On Live TV A day after Turkey arrested two journalists for their report exposing Erdogan’s weapons deliveries to “extremist groups” in Syria, confirming that no dissent to the president’s foreign policy would be allowed, today a new riot has erupted in Istanbul following the dramatic murder in broad […]
US Ally Turkey Throws Journalists In Jail For “Attempting To Overthrow The Government”
US Ally Turkey Throws Journalists In Jail For “Attempting To Overthrow The Government” Let’s just be clear: while it’s not precisely clear what combination of voter fraud, intimidation, and coercion ultimately led to Sunday’s sweeping ballot box victory for AKP in Turkey, there’s little question that the election results reflect the will of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan more […]
Another Black Swan? Turkey Holds Snap Elections Amid NATO-Backed Civil War
Another Black Swan? Turkey Holds Snap Elections Amid NATO-Backed Civil War There’s a potential black swan event taking place in Turkey on Sunday and no one seems to care. That is, the media isn’t devoting nearly enough coverage to Turkish elections considering the impact the outcome will invariably have on the situation in Syria, on […]
Angry Mobs Torch Kurdish Offices, Shops As Turkey Descends Into Chaos
Angry Mobs Torch Kurdish Offices, Shops As Turkey Descends Into Chaos History is replete with examples of US-backed world leaders oppressing their people with Washington’s implicit blessing and despite the fact that the eyes of the world are trained squarely on Syria and, by extension, on any neighboring country that has a role to play […]
Turkey On The Brink As Calls For Martial Law, Civil War Send Lira Plunging Again
Turkey On The Brink As Calls For Martial Law, Civil War Send Lira Plunging Again For anyone who might have missed it, Turkey is quickly descending into chaos on all fronts. The lira is putting to new lows against the dollar on a daily basis as confidence suffers from a worsening political crisis which began […]
Is Turkey In Over Its Head?
Is Turkey In Over Its Head? Turkey’s war against Islamic State began with bombs being dropped on Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) forces – a central actor in the ongoing insurgency across parts of Syria (a country that ostensibly no longer exists) and Iraq. The PKK has sought autonomy from Turkey since the mid-1980s, with tens […]
The Fake War on ISIS: US and Turkey Escalate in Syria
The Fake War on ISIS: US and Turkey Escalate in Syria It is late July 2015, and the media is abuzz with the news that Turkey will allow US jets to use its bases to bomb Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria. There is much talk about how this development is a “game-changer,” and how this is […]
Turkey indicts Dutch reporter over ‘terror propaganda’
Turkey indicts Dutch reporter over ‘terror propaganda’ Geerdink, who rejects charges, is indicted for making “terrorist propaganda” in social media and her opinion articles. A Dutch journalist based in southeastern Turkey has been officially indicted by Turkish prosecutors for spreading “terrorist propaganda” on social media. Frederike Geerdink, who rejected the charges, told Al Jazeera that […]
