Turkish Armed Forces

Turkey's top soldiers paid a visit to the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on April 3. 

Chief of the Army Gen. Hulusi Akar and force commanders arrived in the province early in the day, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

Special Forces Commander Gen. Zekai Aksakallı, as a witness in the case regarding the shooting of noncommissioned officer Ömer Halisdemir, said the first measure to be taken in a crisis in the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) is to give the order, "No personnel to leave the barracks!"

The Turkish General Staff has refuted claims that suspects of the July 15, 2016 failed coup attempt were "participating in a drill," in a report sent to chief public prosecutor's offices in 81 provinces, saying that the events that unfolded on the night of the thwarted coup were deliberate, daily Habertürk reported on March 2.

Turkey's military has made a statement on a recent debate over a report in daily Hürriyet that was also heavily criticized by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. 

The military said on Feb. 28 that recent "unfounded and ill-intentioned" criticism toward Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar aimed at casting a shadow on the Turkish Armed Forces' (TSK) struggle against terrorism.

Turkey and Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels gained full control of Syria's al-Bab on Feb. 24 as part of the Euphrates Shield operation, the Turkish Armed Forces has announced.

The military said clean-up work regarding obstacles, mines and hand-made explosives was ongoing.

One Turkish soldier was killed, four soldiers were wounded in an Islamic State Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack during the ongoing Euphrates Shield operation in northern Syria on Feb. 13, according to a statement from Turkish Armed Forces.

One Turkish soldier was killed, one other was wounded due to an Islamic State Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack during the ongoing Euphrates Shield operation in northern Syria on Feb. 11, according to a statement from Turkish Armed Forces.

The Turkish military strongly denied a Russian claim that it provided 'mistaken coordinates that led to the death of three Turkish soldiers in friendly fire on Feb. 9, saying that its elements were present in the same location for approximately 10 days.

Turkey and Russia have maintained calm in their relations after a Russian air strike killed three Turkish soldiers on Feb. 9 near the town of al-Bab in northern Syria, in an apparent move to prevent tension again after the downing of a Russian jet by the Turkish military in 2015. 

A Russian warplane accidentally hit a building housing Turkish Armed Forces units during air operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria's al-Bab on Feb. 9, killing three soldiers and wounding another 11, the Turkish Armed Forces has announced.