Bashiqa

One Turkish soldier was killed on March 26 when a rocket projectile fired from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) region hit the Bashiqa camp near Mosul in northern Iraq, marking the first such Turkish casualty in the camp.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has suggested Turkey could not count on support from Arab countries in the event of a military intervention into Syria, during an interview with Qatar-based news broadcaster Al Jazeera.

Turkish soldiers in northern Iraq's Bashiqa Camp have been under continuous attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), while around 200 militants from the jihadist group have been killed in retaliation, military sources told daily Hürriyet.

Conducting terrorist propaganda is beyond the limits of free speech, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has stressed during a meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a day after the latter emphasized the need for freedom of speech and press in Turkey in an address to NGOs and reporters.  

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has appealed to Turkey to pull its troops out of Iraqi territory and instead provide training and equipment to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), one day after he held a meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged continued dialogue between Iraq and Turkey to resolve concerns over Turkey's presence at a training camp in the Bashiqa region in northern Iraq, during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Jan. 21. 

The Anadolu Agency photo below shows Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu getting a briefing on Jan. 8 from Transportation Minister Binali Y?ld?r?m aboard a helicopter regarding the ongoing construction work for the third "Yavuz Selim" bridge across the Bosphorus.

Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trTurkish forces have killed 18 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after jihadists tried to sneak into a training camp in the Bashiqa region of northern Iraq late on Jan. 7, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an confirmed on Jan. 8. 

Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trTurkish forces have killed 18 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after jihadists tried to sneak into a training camp in the Bashiqa region of northern Iraq late on Jan. 7, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an confirmed on Jan. 8. 

Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trTurkish forces have killed nearly 17 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) when jihadists tried to sneak into the training camp in the Bashiqa region of northern Iraq late Jan. 8, Turkish sources told Hürriyet Daily News.