After the G20 summit on Friday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his government would be willing to play the role on mediator between Iran and the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama. With neither the US nor Iran responding at...
Report: Turkey Promises to Play Role in Stopping US Attacks Into Pakistan
Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Parvez Kayani is being rushed to Turkey this evening for a meeting with Turkish government officials hot on the heels of Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani's talks with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. The meeting appears to be the...
Turkey: 25 Kurdish Rebels Killed in Air Strikes
Turkish military spokesman Brigadier General Metin Gurak said today that last week’s air strikes into northern Iraq killed 25 Kurdish rebels and wounded an unknown number of others. Brig. Gen. Gurak cited intelligence reports as the source of his casualty figures. The...
Turkish Military Accuses Iraqi Kurds of Aiding Rebels
In the wake of Saturday's bloody clash between the Turkish army and Kurdish rebels, Iraq's central government has promised to cooperate with Turkey against the rebels and the regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan issued a condemnation of the rebel ambush. Turkish...