Author: Daily Sabah

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have closed the security loop in northern Iraq’s Zap region where the PKK terrorist group had a bastion, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler announced Tuesday. “Türkiye continues to take every measure and retaliate in fold to attempts to attack its troops in northern Iraq and Syria and most recently closed the loop in Zap,” Güler told a parliamentary budget committee, referring to Operation Claw-Lock. “Our operations in the region will continue with the same pace and determination,” he said, adding that every measure is taken to prevent any civilian deaths. Ankara Launched Operation Claw-Lock in April…

The leader of the government’s major ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), expanded on his call against PKK terrorism in a speech on Tuesday. Addressing the parliamentary group meeting of his party in the capital, Ankara, Devlet Bahçeli said he stood with what he said on Oct. 22. “We are waiting for the contact between Imralı and the DEM Party, waiting for it to take place without delay,” he said, referring to the island where PKK’s jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan is imprisoned and the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party). Bahçeli told the same meeting in October that Öcalan…

Türkiye is widening its crackdown on terrorism on its soil as authorities round up suspects linked to the PKK, Daesh and the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) in nationwide operations. Security measures have been tightened across the country following an attack by PKK terrorists in Ankara last month that killed five and injured 22 others. Police captured 231 PKK/YPG suspects in raids across 30 provinces, including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Diyarbakır, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced Tuesday. “The suspects are facing charges of operating on behalf of the PKK’s political and press affiliates, spreading terrorist propaganda on social media, raising funds…

Istanbul Başakşehir will attempt to salvage their dismal Conference League campaign on Wednesday as they face winless Petrocub Hincesti at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium. Both teams are rooted at the bottom of Group C, desperate to break their continental duck. Once Süper Lig champions, the Turkish side has endured a season to forget both domestically and in Europe. Çağdaş Atan’s men have stumbled to eighth in the league with just three wins from 12 matches, six points off last season’s fourth-place finish. In Europe, their plight is even grimmer. The Grey Owls opened their Conference League account with back-to-back defeats…

Real Madrid’s quest to reclaim dominance in Europe reaches a pivotal moment Wednesday as the 15-time champions take on Liverpool in a high-stakes Champions League clash. The rivalry, rich with history and tension, continues to favor Madrid, who have an eight-match unbeaten streak against the Reds, including decisive wins in the 2018 and 2022 finals. Los Blancos have struggled to find consistency in the revamped Champions League format. They sit 18th in the standings – far from their usual elite positioning – with two group-stage losses already. A surprise 1-0 defeat to Lille and a 3-1 humbling by AC Milan…

Istanbul, Turkey – In a shocking daylight robbery, a 57-year-old Norwegian lawyer was violently attacked and robbed of $400,000 in cash in the heart of Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district. The lawyer, who had arrived in the city from Oslo on Friday, November 22, was in Istanbul to represent a client in a major financial matter involving tax payments to the Turkish government. The robbery occurred on Monday, November 25, shortly after the lawyer completed a transaction at Coinsfera, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the bustling Beyoğlu area. He was en route to the Beyoğlu tax office in a taxi when the…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Türkiye has been prioritizing the issue of Gaza on all international platforms and will continue to raise its voice for Palestinians until Palestine is fully liberated. Speaking at a news conference following a cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara on Monday, Erdoğan said Türkiye has been striving to take serious steps to end the genocide. “We have been working to make all international organizations, primarily the United Nations, take coercive measures to stop Israeli aggression,” Erdoğan told reporters, adding that Ankara has been working day and night to oppose the Israeli attacks. He noted that…

The former leader of Türkiye’s main opposition party is being sued again by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on top of an ongoing case for what his lawyer called “misusing his right to defense to violate the president’s personal rights.” “Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has abused his right to defense by creating a false sense of victimhood through a trial in which we have withdrawn our complaint and not demanded any punishment or a political ban, in order to seriously violate the president’s personal rights,” Erdoğan’s lawyer Hüseyin Aydın said Monday in a statement on X. Kılıçdaroğlu stood trial on Friday in a…

Addressing an event at the presidential complex on Monday on International Day For The Elimination of Violence Against Women, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan decried killing of women and children by Israel in Palestine and Lebanon. “We are in full solidarity with them,” Erdoğan said at the event in the capital Ankara. Erdoğan stated that the West turned a blind eye to the plight of women in Palestine for 14 months. DETAILS TO FOLLOW…

Turkish authorities have apprehended nearly 1,300 irregular migrants and dozens of smugglers in nationwide “Shield-31” operations, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced Monday. Security forces captured a total of 1,298 migrants and 43 smugglers, including seven foreign nationals, Yerlikaya said in a statement on X. The deportation process is underway for irregular migrants. Yerlikaya said 28,835 security personnel participated in the operations and inspections in 5,735 locations, from 4,606 abandoned buildings where migrants were hiding to some 8,048 entertainment venues, truck depots, 483 bus stations, ports and mass transportation hubs. Authorities checked the IDs of more than 426,565 people to detect…