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Feb 14 2021 07:01 Gmt+3 Last Updated On: Feb 15 2021 12:37 Gmt+3 Turkish Armed Forces ended a military operation in the Gara region of northern Iraq, targeting Kurdish forces after the death of 13 kidnapped Turks, including military and police personnel, who were executed by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) according to Turkish officials. Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said that 48 PKK militants were killed during the military operation against the PKK, while three Turkish soldiers were killed and three others wounded. Launched on Feb. 10, Operation Claw Tiger 2 was aimed at secur...

Last Updated On: Feb 05 2021 11:55 Gmt+3 This week, Twitter limited access to two of Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu’s tweets after they were reported by users for directing hate at the LGBT community, who he referred to as "deviants". In response, the Minister encouraged his followers to leave Twitter, which he claimed was censoring him, even though his tweets were still readable. His pinned tweet encourages followers to join him on his Telegram channel, where he posts news articles about claims that the United States was behind the failed 2016 coup d’etat. On the instant mess...

Defend Boğaziçi University students against police state repression! Sosyalist Eşitlik (Socialist Equality Group) strongly condemns the police attacks and detention of more than 150 students yesterday at the Boğaziçi University in İstanbul and in İzmir. Police attacks on students around Boğaziçi University and in İzmir began yesterday at noon. They continued as hundreds of police armed with rifles entered Boğaziçi University, responding to a call by its rector, Melih Bulu. They detained students who continued peaceful sit-ins on the pretext that they were violating a 9 p.m. pandem...

Last Updated On: Jan 25 2021 10:51 Gmt+3 In Turkey, figures connected to the Turkish mafia are experiencing a feeling of confidence as expressed in their public appearances and remarks.  On Sunday, Turkish broadcaster Yol TV shared a video recorded over TikTok of mafia leader Alattin Çakıcı enjoying a meal outdoors surrounded by a suited entourage. After finishing his meal, Çakıcı exits, flanked by a convoy of black cars.  This mafioso grandeur is not in any way itself more than a display of pomp from a godfather of Turkish organised crime, but the swagger of it embodies the confiden...

Turkey’s lira has stabilised after the central bank increased its benchmark interest rate to a lofty 17 percent, but tensions in the maligned economy persist due to inherent imbalances that cannot be cured just by tightening monetary policy.