Members of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) officially assumed control of a top-secret command center on Jan. 1 in the latest example of the increasing civilian control over the military.
The peaceful, non-militant Kurds are ‘hurt’ by the government’s attitude following a botched air raid by the Turkish military killing 35 civilians, says Sezgin Tanrıkulu, deputy leader of the main
Turkey plans to boosts fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party by acquiring several items of weapons and vehicles worth billions of US dollars. The Turkish military is slated to
Turkey will continue facing the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) problem along with global security issues in 2012. To understand possible developments, one has to look first at Turkey’s domestic
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