Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala, a loyalist of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Wednesday resigned in a surprise move, the prime minister announced. After a hastily-convened meeting with Erdogan, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Ala had stepped down and would be replaced by Suleyman Soylu, the current labor and social ...
Turkey on Wednesday said it did “not accept” US claims that it had agreed a truce with Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria. “We do not accept in any circumstances … a ‘compromise or a ceasefire reached between Turkey and Kurdish elements,'” EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik told state-run Anadolu news ...
