February 2016 Ankara bombing

The European Union assured Turkey on Jan. 25 that a package of three billion euros for Syrian refugees will soon be released, also stressing the need to further stem the influx of irregular migrants from Turkey to Europe before a key summit to take place on Feb. 18 in Brussels. 

I recently visited the 24th International Sugar Organization Seminar in London before attending the Energy and Economy summit organized by the Atlantic Council in Istanbul.

In strongly-worded remarks, Turkey's Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlio?lu has recommended Syria's Democratic Union Party (PYD) watch their step, making clear that any move aimed at Turkey would not remain unreciprocated.

Hours after Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu pointed at the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as the prime suspect in the Ankara twin bombings on Oct. 10 which claimed the lives of at least 97 people (some who were heavily wounded are still in critical condition) the United States started on Oct.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu pointed to Islamic State (IS) as the prime suspect for the twin suicide bombings near the central railway station of Ankara on Saturday.

The attack targeted the participants in a peace rally protesting the escalating violence between Turkish security forces and the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Turkey is close to identifying one of two suicide bombers responsible for the bombing attack in the capital Ankara which killed at least 97 people, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in an interview with broadcaster NTV on Monday.

Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is the focus of our investigations, he added.

The European Union has expressed "deep concern" about recent violence between the Turkish government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and urged Ankara to issue a "proportionate" response to avoid endangering the peace process

The record 86% voter turnout in Turkey's parliamentary elections on Sunday is a clear sign of strength of the country's democracy, the European Commission has said.

Co-Chair of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş departed on Dec. 22 for a five-day visit to the Russian capital city of Moscow where he is expected to hold talks on regional conflicts, with a particular focus on the battle against jihadists in Rojava, the Kurdish region in the northern part of Syria.