Turkey's president and the U.K. prime minister discussed Turkey’s ongoing anti-terror operation in northern Syria over the phone late Saturday. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan explained the aim of Operation Peace Spring in Syria to Boris Johnson. President Erdoğan said the anti-terror operation will continue until the PKK/YPG and Daesh threats were eliminated in northern Syria and the safe and voluntary return of displaced Syrians are ensured. Turkey on Wednesday launched Operation Peace Spring to purge terrorists from northern Syria in order to secure Turkey’s borders, aid in the safe return of Syrian refugees, and ensure...
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Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun condemned the Arab League for its statement on the Operation Peace Spring. Altun tweeted the following: "I strongly condemn the Arab League for mischaracterizing Turkey’s counter-terrorism operation in northeastern Syria as an “invasion” in a statement issued earlier today. We are fully aware that governments which dislike Turkey’s advocacy for Palestinians, objections against handing over Jerusalem to occupiers and calling things as we see them –including coups, murders, and the bombardment of civilians 5 Yemen— do not speak for the Arab world. We can only take pride in the fact that governments, which...
Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun made a statement condemning the deliberate attacks of the terrorist organization PKK/PYD-YPG against journalists. In addition, the Directorate of Communications published a text containing the issues that the press members working in the region should follow to protect themselves from the attacks. Prof. Altun posted a tweet, noting: "The terrorist organization PKK/PYD-YPG has repeatedly attacked journalists covering Operation Peace Spring in an attempt to cover up the truth. The press corps, like the people of northeastern Syria, will breathe a sigh of relief as Turkey removes terrorists from its borders.” ...
Turkey’s current operation in northern Syria is not against Kurds, but against terrorist groups, Turkey’s president told an anti-terror conference in Istanbul on Friday. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey’s anti-terror operations in northern Iraq and Syria -- including Operation Peace Spring, launched this Wednesday, and Operation Claw in northern Iraq, launched this summer -- never target countries' territorial integrity or sovereignty. "Turkey will ensure its border security and the safe return of Syrians by clearing terrorist groups from east of the Euphrates River as we did with west of the Euphrates," said Erdoğan, referring...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday received NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul. The meeting, which was closed to the media, started at 1120 GMT and lasted an hour. Defense Minister Hulusi Akar also met with Stoltenberg. During the meeting, the two discussed matters of defense and security. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkish-president-receives-nato-chief-in-istanbul/1610408
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday expressed his country’s support to Turkey over the ongoing counter-terror operation in northern Syria. In a telephone conversation with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he said that Islamabad fully understands Turkey’s concerns related to terrorism, according to a statement by Pakistani Prime Ministry. "Pakistan is fully cognizant of the threats and challenges faced by Turkey having lost 40,000 of its people to terrorism," Khan told Erdoğan, according to the statement. "Pakistan stands in full support and solidarity with Turkey," as always, he said. "We pray that Turkey’s efforts...
A total of 109 terrorists have been neutralized so far since Turkey started Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday. Turkey's aim is to make sure that everybody can go home again after the Operation Peace Spring clears northern Syria from terrorists, Erdoğan told a meeting with provincial heads of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in the capital Ankara. "We will not accept anyone being harmed by Operation Peace Spring, especially civilians," said the Turkish president. On Wednesday, Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria...
The coordination meeting for Operation Peace Spring was held under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chairmanship at the Presidential Complex. Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT), Mustafa Şentop, Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, AK Party’s Parliamentary Group Chairman Naci Bostancı, Head of the Committee of National Defense at GNAT, İsmet Yılmaz, Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Güler and Director of National Intelligence Organization Hakan Fidan were present at the meeting. https:/...
Turkish troops along with the Syrian National Army have begun Operation Peace Spring against the PKK/YPG and Daesh terrorists in northern Syria, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Wednesday. “The Turkish Armed Forces, together with the Syrian National Army, just launched #OperationPeaceSpring against PKK/YPG and Daesh terrorists in northern Syria,” Erdoğan said on Twitter. “Our mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor across our southern border, and to bring peace to the area,” he added. Erdoğan said the operation will neutralize terror threats against Turkey and lead to the...