Tag Archives: Turkey


Egypt

What the Salafists Want: Egypt Faces a Hardline Islamic Future


Turkey

Turkey – Erdoğan blames dictators for bloodshed in Middle East





Al Qaeda

Libyan Islamist leader detained as tensions grow between rival factions


Iraq

Iraq, Turkey end bans on flights, open skies to other country’s planes


Syria

Turkey seen as door to Syrian “humanitarian corridor”


Turkey

Police detained 15 suspected al Qaeda operatives during raids at several locations in the city of Konya. Police did not provide further details on the al Qaeda suspects.



Libya

Libyan cleric announces new party on lines of ‘moderate’ Islamic democracy



Afghanistan

Afghans, Pakistan may use talks to ease tensions: Turks



Turkey

Contradictory image of Turkey is confusing the Arab world


Turkey

In its largest deployment in three years, Turkey sent 10,000 troops to the Iraqi border to battle PKK rebels. Saying Kurdish militants posed a “common problem” for Turkey and Iran, the two countries announced plans to cooperate against the Kurdistan PKK and its Iranian wing, the PJAK. Turkey urged Iran and the US to avoid […]


Iraq

Turkey steps up offensive in Iraq after Kurdish raids


Turkey

Kurdish rebels in attacked army outposts in southeast Turkey, killing 26 Turkish soldiers. Hours later, Turkey launched an offensive into the Kurdish region in Iraq. Two weeks earlier the Turkish parliament had approved cross border raids and one week earlier Turkey had urged Iraq to crack down on Kurdish rebels.


Iran

Iran tells Turkey: change tack or face trouble




Turkey

Turkey imposed an arms embargo on Syria and seized a Syrian ship. The United States has agreed in principle to deploy US Predator drones on Turkish soil to aid in the fight against Kurdish separatist rebels.



Syria

Turkey seizes Syrian ship with weapons – PM Erdogan




Egypt

Tumult of Arab Spring Prompts Worries in Washington


Turkey

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has signaled that Turkey could launch a joint operation with Iran against Kurdish militants’ main base in northern Iraq. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey does not need the US to mediate its dispute with Israel.


Iran

Turkey “may act with Iran against PKK in Iraq”