Syrian forces are currently fighting terrorists on several fronts, including in Aleppo province, which borders Turkey. . A militant fires artillery during clashes near the village of Om al-Krameel, in Aleppo's southern countryside, Syria, May 5, 2016. ..…
The Turkish military has been conducting offensive operations against the alleged positions of the Takfiri Daesh terrorists in northern Syria as well as those of the PKK in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey. . The operations began in the wake of a deadly July 20 bombing in the southern..…
flag of Kurdistan Workers Party hangs on in Sur district of Diyarbakir, Turkey, November 18, 2015 Ankara has been engaged in large-scale military campaign against PKK in its southern in the past. ..…
They said Turkish authorities told them that Syrians allowed to cross were those already registered Turkey. Sources with knowledge of the border areas in southern Turkey told Human Rights Watch that until July, Syrians continued to cross with smugglers into Turkey, mostly..…
Many of the countries surveyed in Central Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe share a history of separating religion and the state. The policies of modern Turkey’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, for example, emphasized the creation of a secular government; other countries in..…
The one exception across this broad swath of Eastern Europe, Southern Europe and Central Asia is Turkey, which never came under communist rule; fully two-thirds of Turkish Muslims (67%) say religion is very important to them. . ..…