In their first phone conversation in six months, President Erdogan and US President Obama "agreed on the importance of close cooperation ... to address the growing terrorist presence in Syria." Authorities removed 207 officers from their posts in the Ankara police counterterrorism unit today. The ruling AKP party is seeking to restructure Turkey's national intelligence system to put the agency directly under the prime minister's control.
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