Turkish president praises soldiers’ courage, contributions for fight against Daesh Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a phone call to the Turkish troops in Iraq’s Bashiqa camp on Sunday, praising them for “standing against oppression”. [ More … ]
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his Turkish counterpart reach an agreement over the withdrawal of Turkish forces from a town near Mosul in the north of the country Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said [ More … ]
BY: SAADET ORUÇ* Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi has no real plans for Iraq and he will unfortunately continue to consult his Western friends about the future of the Iraqi people Mosul is the focus of [ More … ]
BY: Özlem Albayrak* We have been listening to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s salvos against Turkey for days now. The Abadi government that could not even prevent the Shiites and Sunnis in his capital city [ More … ]
– Ibrahim Kalin says Turkey is not eyeing Iraq’s territory – Turkey has no secret agenda in Iraq, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Thursday. Speaking to the media at the presidential complex in Ankara, Kalin [ More … ]
BY: YAHYA BOSTAN* Ankara is intensely of the opinion that the people of Mosul should live in Mosul and any attempts that will increase sectarian tension should not be allowed in the city A similar [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* Omitting Turkey from Iraqi agenda or placing the country into a secondary position due to the pressure from Iran will not create a new and peaceful Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Haider [ More … ]
– Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus says Turkey’s presence in Iraq’s Bashiqa is ‘legitimate’ – Turkey will continue its presence in Iraq’s Bashiqa as long as needed, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Wednesday, according [ More … ]
– Move comes days after Iraqi parliament describes Turkish troops deployed in northern Iraq as ‘occupiers’ – Iraq has formally called on the UN to convene an urgent meeting of the Security Council to discuss [ More … ]
– Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says decision against Turkey’s military presence does not reflect Iraqis – The Iraqi parliament’s rejection of Turkey’s military presence in the country is not a reflection of the feelings of [ More … ]
BY: Merve Şebnem Oruç Turkey’s border with Syria was purged of Daesh elements with Operation Euphrates Shield, which was launched 45 days ago. This move that followed the Gülenist Terror Organization’s (FETÖ) failed coup attempt [ More … ]
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