Iraq bans PKK as Turkey seeks local support for planned military campaign
Iraq's National Security Council announced without parliamentary approval on Thursday that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) would be banned from ...
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Turkish officials visit Baghdad for talks on planned cross-border operation
A high-level delegation including Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defence Minister Yaşar Güler and National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) chief İbrahim ...
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Turkey’s escalating offensive signals intention to reshape power dynamics in Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkey's intensified efforts to launch new and wider cross-border military offensives against Kurdish groups indicate a renewed determination to further ...
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Turkish Defence Minister at Iraqi border as HPG claims 18 more Turkish casualties
Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler travelled to the Iraqi border in the wake of recent deadly clashes between Turkish forces ...
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Why is Turkey in a rush to acquire fighter jets?
Ertuğrul Kürkçü National Defence Minister Yaşar Güler, while discussing his ministry's 2024 budget at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ...
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Syria insists on Turkish withdrawal before talks
Syria’s condition for any restoration of relations with Turkey is for the Turkish army to leave Syrian territory, Syrian Defence ...
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Impunity prevails in new Turkish cabinet
Turkey's new cabinet includes three controversial figures, namely the Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, whose tenure as Governor of Gaziantep witnessed ...
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