TURKISH ARMY CAPTAIN SAYS ARMY CHIEF WAS LEADER OF JULY 15 COUP COUNCIL

Sourced : Turkish Minute A captain who is standing trial on coup charges in the southeastern province of Gaziantep has said one of his commanders told him on the night of the failed coup attempt on July 15 that Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar was the leader of a coup council known as… Continue reading TURKISH ARMY CAPTAIN SAYS ARMY CHIEF WAS LEADER OF JULY 15 COUP COUNCIL

SYRIA’S NEW NATIONAL SECURITY FORCE PLEDGES LOYALTY TO TURKEY

Members of the Free police attend a ceremony celebrating the inauguration of the "Free Police" in the Syrian border town of Jarablus January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RTSX6LA

Sourced : Al-Monitor By : Amberin Zaman When Turkey intervened in northern Syria five months ago, it claimed it had no designs on its former Ottoman dominion and that its only goals were to cleanse its borders of the Islamic State and to eliminate what it called the terrorist threat posed by the People’s Protection… Continue reading SYRIA’S NEW NATIONAL SECURITY FORCE PLEDGES LOYALTY TO TURKEY