Turkish warplanes and artillery have struck Islamic State targets in Syria, 'neutralizing' 38 of the group's militants, Turkey's military said in a statement on Thursday.
Police in Istanbul have detained a prominent investigative journalist, Ahmet Sik, in connection with his social media postings.
The Turkish military said on Wednesday it had "neutralised" 44 Islamic State militants and wounded 117 as part of its operation in the northern Syrian town of al-Bab.
Turkish authorities have released the relatives of the off-duty policeman who gunned down the Russian envoy to Ankara three days ago, CNN Turk reported on Thursday (Dec 22).
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived at a Moscow airport to pay tribute to slain Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov late on Tuesday (Dec 20).
Monday's murder of Russia's Ambassador to Turkey may help strengthen the interaction among Moscow, Ankara and Iran in their joint efforts to counter global terrorism, Russian experts believed.
Turkish police have detained six people over the killing of the Russian ambassador, state media said, who was shot in the back as he gave a speech in Ankara on Monday by an off-duty police officer shouting "Don't forget Aleppo" and "Allahu Akbar".
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now perhaps the most powerful man in the Middle East, but a no less controversial one.
Turkish police have detained at least 235 people in raids targeting officials from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) over alleged links to Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants who have been connected to the twin bombings in Istanbul on Saturday.
Turkey and Russia has reached a significant moment in relations as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin set aside disagreements and sealed an energy agreement on Monday on the sidelines of the 23rd World Energy Congress in Istanbul.
Turkish and Chinese officials on Wednesday pledged to further promote bilateral ties that have been growing steadily lately.
Britain does not wish to continue its role as one of the guarantor powers for Cyprus's constitutional status quo, Cypriot government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Tuesday.
Turkey will continue offering its support to the negotiation process for an agreement on a Cyprus solution, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a visit to the occupied part of the eastern Mediterranean island on Wednesday.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that comments from the U.S. about the target of the Turkish military operation in Syria were "unacceptable."
Turkey's army and its allies thrust deeper into Syria on Sunday, seizing territory controlled by Kurdish-aligned forces on the fifth day of a cross-border campaign that a monitoring group said had killed at least 35 villagers.
Turkey has launched "Euphrates Shield" operation against the Islamic State (IS) in northern Syria early Wednesday with U.S.-led coalition forces, the prime minister' s office said in a statement.
Weeks of rallies in protest of a foiled coup attempt in Turkey culminated on Sunday in a massive gathering here never seen in the country's modern history that called for "one heart, one nation."
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