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The first batch of German troops, two reconnaissance jets and an aerial refueling jet landed in Turkey's southern ?ncirlik Airbase on Dec. 10 as part of a deployment in the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria.

A total of 24 suspected members of to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and outlawed Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) were sent to court on Dec. 7, judicial sources said.

The suspects, including four PKK members and 20 MLKP members, were detained in two separate operations on Dec. 4 in Istanbul, police said, according to Anadolu Agency.

A total of 16 suspects, including the press advisor of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yüksekda?, have been detained in anti-terror operations against the outlawed Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) in seven Turkish provinces.

Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trOnly two days after Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved plans for Germany's participation in the military campaign against jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the country's defense minister is set to visit to Turkey for technical talks on Germany's support

Germany is holding talks with Turkey and Jordan over the deployment of German Tornado reconnaissance jets in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Germany's top soldier has said. 

A Turkish prosecutor has asked for the arrest of senior commanders in a case involving Syria-bound trucks sent by Turkey's National Intelligence Agency (M?T) and as part of an investigation into the alleged creation of a fake terrorist group called Selam Tevhid, in which U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen is a suspect along with 121 others.

A group of demonstrators in central Istanbul protesting Russia's air strikes in Syria has targeted the Dutch Consulate instead of the Russian one. 

A group of protesters wanted to march to the Russian Consulate on ?stiklal Street late Nov. 20 to protest the air strikes in the Turkmen-controlled regions in northern Syria.

Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar hosted his counterpart, Qatari Armed Forces Chief of Staff Ghanim bin Shaheen Al-Ghanim, on Nov. 16, as global diplomatic efforts aimed at responding to threats posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) intensified in the wake of the series of attacks in Paris late on Nov. 13.

The name of an upcoming annual street festival in the southern province of Adana has been changed amid controversy over its use of the word "rak?," a Turkish anise-based alcoholic drink consumed at the festival along with local foods and beverages. 

Excavations in the ancient city of Anavarza, located in the southern province of Adana, have unearthed new city walls from the 8th and 9th centuries.