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The National Security Council (MGK) has discussed the election security and the measures needed for the May 14 polls, the council said in a statement after it convened in the capital Ankara on March 30.

"Measures for holding the May 14, 2023 elections in an environment of peace and security were reviewed," the statement said.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's allegations about Türkiye in his book are "false information, exaggeration, double standards and disinformation," Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Jan. 26.

Turkey may consider operating the airport servicing Afghanistan's capital Kabul if the conditions are suitable and it is requested to do so, the Turkish minister of national defense said on Aug. 30.

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Ahead of a key EU leaders' summit, the head of NATO on Dec. 10 urged EU countries not to forget Turkey's importance to the alliance and the West and to seek out "positive approaches."

A string of suicide attacks in Syria by Daesh terror group has killed at least 40 people, mostly pro-regime fighters, in one of the deadliest attacks in months, a war monitor said on Wednesday.

"Three bombers with explosive belts targeted Sweida city alone, while the other blasts hit villages to the north and east," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

 Police in the capital Ankara raided a building used by suspected Daesh members as a school for children between the ages of four-seven years old. Six suspects were detained while 60 children at the so-called school were taken to their families by the authorities, Daily Sabah reported.

Police shot and killed a would-be suicide bomber from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Sept. 6, preparing to attack a police station near the regional National Intelligence Organization (MİT) base in the southern Turkish province of Mersin.

Turkey has said it welcomes the re-capture of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) by the Iraqi army and expressed its readiness to contribute to the restructuring of the war-torn city. 

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The United States will continue to support Bosnia and Herzegovina in its efforts to join the European Union and NATO, McCain said on Wednesday following his visit to the country.

The U.S. strike early on April 7 on Syrian air base of Shayrat is likely to change the entire Syria equation, if not signal a new set of circumstances for the Middle East.