Former Turkish President Suleyman Demirel dies at 90
ANKARA, Turkey, June 17 (UPI) — Former Turkish President and Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel, who was key to the nation’s socioeconomic transformation of the 1960s and ’70s, died Wednesday at age 90....
View ArticleTurkey needs ISIL Takfiris to fight Kurds, Syria: Pundit
Press TV has interviewed Ken O’Keefe, former US marine in London, and Jihad Mouracadeh, political commentator from Beirut, to discuss the ties between Turkey and the ISIL Takfiri militants. […] Read...
View ArticleTurkey summons Israeli envoy over deporting 7 Turkish nationals
Turkey has summoned Israel’s chargé d’affaires in Ankara for a reprimand meeting after Tel Aviv refused entry to seven Turkish nationals. […] Read More: Turkey summons Israeli envoy over deporting 7...
View ArticleTurkish police use water cannons, rubber bullets to disperse gay-pride parade
ISTANBUL, Turkey, June 28 (UPI) — Turkish police fired water cannons and rubber bullets to disperse Istanbul’s gay-pride parade, considered the largest such event in the Muslim world. Read More:...
View ArticleTurkey scrambles tanks to create ‘buffer zone’ on Syria border
Amid talk of a potential Turkish military intervention in Syria, the Turkish military is deploying tanks to the common border to create a “military buffer zone” there. […] Read More: Turkey scrambles...
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