ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A former student opened fire at a high school in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people, before killing himself, an official said. The 18-year-old attacker fired randomly inside a vocational high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province. He later killed himself with the same shotgun after being “cornered by … Read more
Istanbul — Turkish police have detained 115 suspected members of the ISIS militant group in coordinated raids across the country over alleged plots linked to Christmas and New Year celebrations. Arrest warrants have been issued for 137 suspects after investigators determined that operatives of ISIS, also known as Islamic State, were planning attacks in Turkey … Read more
Libyan army chief killed in Turkey plane crash Financial Times Libyan army chief killed in plane crash: What we know so far Al Jazeera Turkey Says Crashed Plane’s Black Box Will Be Analysed In Neutral Country Barron’s Contact is lost with a private jet heading for Libya after takeoff from Turkey, official says ABC News Business jet crashes near … Read more
Turkey has issued arrest warrants for alleged genocide against the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and senior officials within his government. Among 37 suspects listed were the Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and the army chief Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, said a statement from the Istanbul prosecutor’s office, which … Read more
Israel bars Turkey from entering Gaza until hostages return | The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem Post/Israel News Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also convened senior security officials to discuss Hamas’s refusal to return the bodies of the fallen and the next phase of the Trump plan. Hamas terrorists and Gazan civilians congregate in Jabalya, northern Gaza Strip. … Read more
At least 10 forestry and rescue workers have been killed while battling wildfires in Turkey’s central Eskisehir province. Some 24 forest workers and volunteer rescue personnel were left “trapped inside the fire” following a change in the direction of the wind, Turkey’s Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli said in a post on X. Five … Read more
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced Monday that it will disband and disarm, ending 40 years of conflict with Turkey. The announcement follows a February call by PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 1999, for the group to hold a congress and formally dissolve. According to Öcalan, … Read more
CNN — The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Monday it would dissolve itself, according to media close to the militant separatist group, in what would be a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey that have killed tens of thousands of people. “The 12th Congress of the PKK decided to dissolve the organizational … Read more
CNN — Turkish authorities detained 343 people during mass overnight protests across several cities condemning the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The protests across major cities, which began on Thursday, were largely peaceful, with tens of thousands of demonstrators defying a ban on protests to … Read more
Security in the region that the Kurds dominate is overseen by the armed Syrian Democratic Forces, which include the People’s Protection Units (YPG). Turkey classifies the YPG as a terrorist organization and says the group is tied to the Kurdistan Workers Party, which has been fighting an insurgency in Turkey since the 1980s. “The only … Read more