Hostage
Wife of British ISIL hostage pleads for his release
The wife of a British taxi driver being held hostage by ISIL jihadists implored his captors to release him, saying she could not see how his death could assist any cause.
Hostage crisis limits Turkey’s ISIL action
Deputy PM Yalçın Akdoğan reiterates that Turkey is pursuing a cautious policy over ISIL because of the 49 Turkish hostages that the jihadists are still holding
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The issue is not just hostages
The short term reason behind Turkey’s unwillingness to support the fight against ISIL might be hostages. But there is a deeper problem
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CHP submits motion of no confidence against FM Davutoğlu over Mosul hostage crisis
The main opposition party has submitted a motion of no confidence against Foreign Minister Ahmet DavutoÄlu on the basis that he has failed to fulfill his responsibilities over the Turkish hostage crisis.
Turkish hostages held by ISIL in Mosul ‘soon to be released’
Forty-nine Turkish citizens who have been held hostage by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for over 50 days will likely be freed in the next day or two, Turkey's Defense Minister İsmet Yılmaz said Aug. 2.
Secretary-General Rasmussen says doesn't see a role for NATO in Iraq
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on June 12 he didn't see a role for the organisation in Iraq after Islamist militants seized swathes of territory in the country and took 80 Turkish citizens hostage.
Rasmussen condemned the violence and called for immediate release of the hostages.