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...
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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...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone over an imminent operation east of Euphrates in northern Syria. Erdoğan said the planned operation will bring peace and stability to Syria. The Turkish president added that the operation will also pave the way for a political process in Syria. Turkey is ready to launch ''Operation Peace Spring'' to secure its borders by eliminating terrorist elements to ensure the safe return of Syrian refugees and Syria’s territorial integrity. Turkey has said the terrorist group PKK and its extension the YPG/PYD constitute...
Amid Turkey's imminent peace operation into northern Syria, Ankara is urging the international community to assist its efforts to stabilize the conflict-hit region. In an op-ed in The Washington Post, Turkish Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said the U.S. has borne the brunt of the anti-Daesh campaign for a long while. "Turkey, which has NATO’s second-largest army, is willing and able to take the lead now and drive it home, bringing millions of refugees back to Syria in the process," Altun wrote. "At this critical juncture, the international community must rally behind Turkey’s rebuilding and stabilization efforts,"...
Turkey's "sole desire" is peace and stability in the Balkans, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday. "Turkey's sole desire and wish is peace and stability in the Balkans," Erdoğan said, at the inauguration of various projects and also groundbreaking ceremony of the Sarajevo-Belgrade Highway in Serbia’s Sremska Mitrovica. Erdoğan said Turkey will continue to increase investments across Serbia, adding that the countries need to develop relations in all areas. "Every part of these territories is a monument of our solidarity and cooperation," he added. The inauguration of various projects completed by the state-run Turkish Cooperation...
The Sarajevo-Belgrade Highway will lead to "very important" developments between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday. "...I believe that [the highway] will contribute to very very important improvements and developments between Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina," Erdoğan said after the Turkey-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Serbia Trilateral Summit in Belgrade. He said the highway will pave the way for productivity for the residents in the region. "I always say that 'the road is life, the road is civilization. The construction of this highway [...] will make the settlement more productive and prevent migration from these...
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic on Monday co-chaired the second meeting of Serbia-Turkey High-Level Cooperation Council in the capital Belgrade. Speaking at the opening session of the meeting on Monday, Erdoğan expressed satisfaction over growing bilateral relations between the two countries. "The growth of political, economic, commercial and cultural relations between Turkey and Serbia is really impressive. For the continuation of that, I attach great importance to the High-Level Strategic Council Meeting," he said. "I believe that these will go much further with the infrastructure works that all our ministers will carry...
Turkey will open a consulate general in Serbia's Novi Pazar city, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Monday. "Today, we are taking another historic step within the context of our bilateral relations. Serbia responded positively to Turkey's demand of opening a consulate general in Novi Pazar," Erdoğan said at a news conference along with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic after co-chairing a Turkey-Serbia High-Level Cooperation Council meeting in Serbia. Erdoğan said his meeting with Vucic was "very fruitful" and the leaders set "new goals" in their bilateral relations, on the first day of a two-day official...