Kurdistan Worker's Party

Some 750 village guards employed as part of the fight against terrorist organizations started working at their posts in the northern province of Giresun after finishing their training, Giresun governor's office announced April 19.   

The announcement said that besides operation activities, the guards are also working for the "maintenance of security and public order." 

The perpetrator of the massacre on Istanbul's ?stiklal Avenue this weekend turned out to be from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Lower league club Amedspor continued its high fly in the Ziraat Turkish Cup competition on Feb. 9, holding Spor Toto super League leader Fenerbahçe to a 3-3 draw in a quarterfinal clash.

What kind of plane was this one, man? Has there been such an order in history where one plane was given and a country was taken? 

I am talking about Russia. I'm talking about the recent conversations in Ankara.

Let us see the greater picture without being squeezed in crises. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an issued a New Year's message on Dec. 31, in which he reviewed domestic and international developments throughout the year.

Erdo?an said Turkey chose the continuation of stability and security in the Nov. 1 snap polls after the June 7 general elections, expressing his wishes for a beneficial service throughout the coming period. 

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu called his Iraqi counterpart, Haidar al-Abadi, on Dec. 30 and congratulated him on the recapture of Ramadi from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants on Dec. 28.

A 5-year-old boy was killed on Dec. 28 during clashes between security forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) in the Cizre district of the southeastern province of ??rnak, which is currently under curfew.

Iraq's Kurdish regional government called on the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) to "withdraw" from Iraq's Kurdish territory Aug. 1 to prevent civilian deaths amid a campaign of Turkish airstrikes targeting the group.

The U.S. State Department has announced its support for fighters in Northern Syria contains a broad array of groups, including for the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), in contradiction with statements from the Turkish Foreign Ministry. 

Turkish leadership has visibly intensified its focus on cementing security at the country's border with Syria, which has recently been the scene of an influx of some 23,000 Syrians into Turkey during the fight between Kurdish forces and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to seize the border town of Tal Abyad.