Turkish army

The Turkish army said on July 7 it had detained almost 800 people trying to cross illegally from Syria, including three suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after bolstering security in border areas near where the jihadists hold ground. 

This column on Nov. 14, 2012, described Turkey?s border with Syria as the most dangerous frontier in the world, underlining the risks for the Turkish army at that time, while urging the Turkish government over provocative attempts aiming to drag it into its southern neighbor?s civil war.

A deputy from the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) has claimed the Turkish military conducted an operation at the Uludere district of Turkey?s southeastern province of ??rnak early on June 30, killing many mules, while the ??rnak governorate said in a written statement 13 soldiers had been wounded in incidents in Uludere on June 29. 

Turkey is ready to take ?all measures? to protect its borders and beyond and has concluded the necessary preparations to this end, Turkey?s prime minister has said, disregarding comments that a ?lame-duck? government would not be that willing to act militarily. 

A Turkish army officer has been acquitted of charges of using military material, which he used to build a shelter for a stray dog, for his own personal benefit after the prosecutor in the case was changed. 

Sirens are to go off across Bulgaria on Tuesday noon to commemorate the anniversary of the death of poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev.

The number of Turkish fighter jets patrolling the country's border with war-torn Syria has broken a record.

From two to six Turkish F-16s have been patrolling the Syrian border recently, but Turkey's Chief of Staff announced that the number was increased to 10 on May 19.

Ford Otosan, the Turkish arm of Ford, cancelled an extra working shift on May 19 citing supply chain problems amid widening labor unrest in Turkey?s automotive sector.

Production at two major carmakers, Oyak Renault and Tofa?, which account for more than 40 percent of Turkey?s annual car production, was halted earlier this week due to demands for better working conditions. 

Turkish carmaker Tofa? has halted production at its plant in the northwestern city of Bursa, it stated on May 18, as a labor protest over working conditions widened across the auto industry.

The company added that it did not expect the stoppage to affect sales. 

On May 9 it was announced that Turkish Chief of the General Staff Necdet Özel had taken a 15-day leave of absence for health reasons.