Turkish coup d'état attempt

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will pay a two-day visit to Turkey on Nov. 17-18, seeking to find a common approach to deal with the migrant crisis.

The Turkish government has hired an international law firm to investigate the worldwide activities of the government's friend-turned-foe U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen's Hizmet (Service) Movement. 

Former Chief of General Staff Gen. ?lker Ba?bu? presented his defense at a second hearing before the Supreme Court of Appeals in the Ergenekon coup plot case on Oct. 7.

Former Chief of General Staff said a plot was laid against the Turkish Armed Forces.

I know this is an absurd question. The name of our state in all official documents here and abroad is the ?Republic of Turkey.? Well then, why such a question; why such a title? 

Let me explain. 

While he was delivering his Aug. 30 Victory Day message, our new Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar said some interesting things which drew my attention. 

Turkey?s frontline role in the United States-led campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as well as the ongoing battle against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), has increased Turkey?s security needs, the country?s new top commander has said, calling for a marshalling of all resources at hand.

Eight people have been detained in raids on 29 educational institutions operated by the movement of U.S.-based scholar Fethullah Gülen, an ally-turned-foe of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, in Turkey?s Aegean province of ?zmir. 

The US conducted its first manned airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) targets from the Turkish Incirlik Air Base on Wednesday.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that the first manned airstrikes had been carried out against an unspecified number of targets in Syria, but did not disclose further details.

The Turkish government has decided to bestow outgoing Chief of Turkish General Staff Gen. Necdet Özel with the state medal of honor in recognition of his ?high services to the nation.?

US fighter aircraft have been deployed at the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey to help Ankara fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, US envoys to NATO have said.

The deployment, which came from the Aviano Air Base in Italy, includes 300 US military personnel.

Ankara and Washington agreed last month that the Incirlik base will be used by warplanes to attack IS positions.

Hulusi Akar, the new general chief of staff, is coming to transform the Turkish Armed Forces, says a former member of the army.