Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday issued a threat to Greece over simmering tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, the day before his forces launch military drills in the region. Turkey and Greece, both Nato members, have been embroiled in an increasingly heated spat over gas and oil in the ...
Turkey said on Tuesday it has captured a top member of the Takfiri ISIL group responsible for operations on its territory “Daesh’s so-called Turkey emir (commander) has been captured and detained,” Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu tweeted, praising the Turkish police. The minister was using a pejorative Arabic acronym for the ...