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Terrorist State of Turkey air raids Nearly 90 civilians including 21 children fallen victim in northern Syria

December 23, 2016 By administrator

Nearly 90 civilians have reportedly fallen victim to Turkish air raids in northern Syria over the past 24 hours as Ankara steps up its military campaign against what it calls Daesh positions there.

On Friday, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said some of the raids hit the northwestern Syrian town al-Bab a day earlier, leaving 72 civilians dead, including 21 children.

Another 16 civilians, including three children, lost their lives in the Turkish assaults on Friday.

Over the past weeks, the Turkish military and the militants it is supporting have launched an offensive to seize al-Bab.

It is Ankara’s bloodiest attack since it began its intervention in Syria in late August.

Turkish troops are also in the neighboring country in support of the anti-Damascus militant groups in a mission said to be aimed at Daesh and Kurdish militias.

Damascus has slammed the Turkish military action as a violation of Syria’s sovereignty.

Turkey has long been a transit route for Daesh terrorists and other Syria-bound foreign militants seeking to topple the Damascus government.

Ankara has recently intensified its Syria campaign as foreign-backed militants have been taking heavy blows from the Damascus army on several fronts, particularly during the Aleppo battle.

On Thursday, Turkey suffered the biggest loss so far of its military campaign in Syria after over a dozen of its soldiers were reportedly killed by Daesh terrorists. The Takfiri group also claimed to have captured Turkey’s two German-made state-of-the-art Leopard main battle tanks.

Daesh also released a video of burning two Turkish soldiers alive, prompting Ankara to limit access to online social media.

Turkey has, however, remained defiant in its military push, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowing to keep up the incursion.

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Turkish Police Raid Incirlik Airbase Where US-Led Coalition Jets Are Based

July 18, 2016 By administrator

breaking news gThe Turkish police are raiding the Incirlik airbase where the US-led coalition’s jets are based, Hurriyet reported.

The Turkish prosecutor’s office with police are conducting searches at the Incirlik base.

Turkish prosecutors and police are conducting searches at Turkey’s Incirlik air base in connection with the failed coup, Turkish media reported. The base is used by both the Turkish and US air forces.

The authorities entered the base in southern Turkey on Monday, state-run Anadolu news agency reported, adding that the investigation is connected with the coup attempt.

Over the weekend, the airbase’s commander, General Bekir Ercan Van was detained at Incirlik by Turkish authorities along with over a dozen lower ranking officers. They all stand accused of complicity in the attempted coup.

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Terrorist state of Turkey: police raid critical media HQ, shut down live broadcast

October 28, 2015 By administrator

REUTERS photo

REUTERS photo

Istanbul

Istanbul police used force on Oct. 28 to enter the headquarters and seize control of media outlets owned by the Koza-İpek Group, dramatically breaking into the main broadcasting room and shutting down two TV stations owned by the group. Report Hurriyetdailynews

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Oct. 26 ordered the Koza-İpek Group to be placed under the management of a trustee panel while an investigation is ongoing into the group’s purported ties to the U.S.-based cleric Fetullah Gülen, a former government ally. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) now accuse Gülen of heading a purported illegal organization that Erdoğan believes is trying to topple the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government with followers working as insiders in the police, the judiciary and other state institutions.

The police fired tear gas and water cannons at the crowd gathered in support outside the media group’s office building in Istanbul’s Şişli district at around 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 28, two days after the initial court ruling, Doğan News Agency reported. The building is used by Kanaltürk TV, Bugün TV, daily Millet, and daily Bugün, all of which are owned by the Koza-İpek Group.

Breaking down the iron gates of the media group’s compound, the police unplugged the wires and halted the TV stations’ live broadcasts, escorting the newly appointed trustees into the building after scuffling with hundreds of employees and supporters of the Koza-İpek Group gathered outside in support.

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, meanwhile, launched an inquiry on Oct. 28 into some protesters outside the building on charges of “resisting security personnel,” “preventing security personnel from doing their official duty,” and “inciting crime,” according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.

A dispute also flared up between Kanaltürk editor Tarık Toros and the trustees who entered the main broadcasting room of Kanaltürk and Bugün TV, with Toros declaring that no one could meddle in their broadcasting.

One of the appointed trustees, Ümit Önal, said they faced fierce resistance from the company’s employees, Anadolu Agency reported.

Kanaltürk displayed the headline “our broadcast has been shut down” throughout the commotion.
Koza İpek Group of Companies Chair Akın İpek said no trustee had the right to disrupt the media group’s broadcast.

Speaking over a phone call to the Kanaltürk’s main broadcasting room, İpek said it was unlawful to seize the company.

Cihan News Agency reported that İpek was ordered to pay the salaries of employees of the media group earlier than the usual payment day in order to not cause any financial inconvenience after the police raid.

The police raid drew stern criticism from lawmakers, academics, and supporters from different political backgrounds, with senior figures from opposition parties paying visits to express support to the media group.

Politicians from the three opposition parties visited on Oct. 28 the media organs of the Koza İpek Company after an Ankara court appointed a trustee panel to the company on accusations that it was “involved in the activities of the Fethullahist Terror Organization.”

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş said the police raid of the media group building of the Koza-İpek was “unacceptable,” saying there was not only pressure on media but on the whole of society.

“It’s not a good start to the day. This is the ‘AKP Turkey.’ It is not an acceptable practice. At first it seems like oppression of a media outlet, but it in fact it targets the entire society,” Doğan News Agency quoted Demirtaş as saying during his meeting with representatives of Turkey’s Jewish, Armenian and Syriac communities.

Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies Şafak Pavey, Sezgin Tanrıkulu, Mahmut Tanal and Barış Yarkadaş also visited the Koza-İpek office in support.

Tanrıkulu said the seizure of the business of a media group amounted to a manipulation of the right to vote freely.

“Four days are left until the election. A government critic media platform being seized by excessive police force and its broadcast shut down is a true intervention into the right to vote freely,” Tanrıkulu said on his visit.

“Today is a shameful day. Everyone who made this decision and those who implemented it will have to answer for their crimes,” said CHP deputy Yarkadaş.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Istanbul Provincial Head Mehmet Bülent Karataş and several other party officials visited the office building in solidarity.

The police did not let Karataş or others with him enter the building, sparking a brief scuffle, Doğan News Agency reported.

Parliamentary Deputy Spokesperson Şafak Pavey also condemned the raid live on Kanaltürk inside the building before the channel’s broadcast went black later in the day.

October/28/2015

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Attempted incursion of Azeri forces in Nagorno-Karabakh rejected last night by Armenians

December 25, 2014 By administrator

arton106432-480x401Several deaths and injuries of the Azerbaijani side

Last night at 1:30 am, the armed forces of Azerbaijan attempted a raid on two points in the area of ​​contact in Karabakh. According to the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, the attackers carried nearly Armenian positions by two helicopters were used in the attempted raid on Armenian positions, weapons of various calibres and grenades. But the Armenian troops caught in time this attempt Azeri and responded to repel the enemy. According to Stepanakert, the Azeris have had in their retreat several deaths and injuries. On the side of the Armenian Army, no human loss was reported.

Krikor Amirzayan

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Turkish police raid newspaper, detain editor-in-chief, head of broadcaster

December 14, 2014 By administrator

ISTANBUL

n_75588_1Turkish police have launched a media operation to detain 31 people, including media figures and former police chiefs, simultaneously raiding addresses in 13 provinces across the country.

The raid on daily Zaman occurred at 7.15 a.m. local time, as supporters of the newspaper stood guard in front of the office building over rumors that such an operation would take place.

Police returned to the newspaper’s office at around 2.00 p.m. on Dec. 14 after leaving the building in the morning without starting any proceedings. Zaman editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı was taken to police station after being shown the notification of his detention.

Many of Turkey’s media organs were broadcasting live in the newspaper’s office when Dumanlı was detained.

As the raids were being carried out in the morning, the crowd outside the Zaman offices chanted slogans and held banners reading, “The free press cannot be silenced.” Dumanlı also made a speech, broadcast live on television, defiantly calling on the police to detain him.

Samanyolu Media Group Head Hidayet Karaca and a producer, scriptwriter and director were also detained, as well as Tufan Ergüder, the former head of the Istanbul Police Department’s anti-terror branch and the former head of the Hakkari Police Department.

In addition, three police officers have been separately detained in Tunceli, Mardin and Şırnak provinces and have been sent to Istanbul, Doğan News Agency reported.

‘Detentions for launching armed terror organization’

The Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has released a public statement, giving the list of individuals to be detained in the operation.

“The detentions have been ordered [for the people on the list] in order to take their testimonies on charges of founding and directing an armed terror organization, being a member of this organization, and engaging in forgery and slander,” the statement said.

A total of 11 people have been detained so far, the statement added.

Istanbul Deputy Public Prosecutor Orhan Kapıcı has declined to comment on whether Fethullah Gülen was on the list.

The semi-official Anadolu Agency reported that the operation was launched for the detention of 32 people, including senior police officers and media members, on charges of fabricating crimes and evidence in a 2010 investigation into an organization reportedly closed to al-Qaeda.

Some 122 people were detained in an operation against the “Tahşiye Organization” in 2010. Mehmet Doğan, a senior leader of the organization, spent 17 months in prison before being released. It was claimed that retired imam Doğan was opposed to the ideas of Fethullah Gülen.

Zaman and Samanyolu are known for ties to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen, who has been at odds with the Turkish government, particularly since last December.

The government accuses the Gülen movement of trying to stage a “coup” via a large corruption probe that broke in December 2013, which included a number of former Cabinet ministers and their sons, along with many state officials.

The latest move comes only two days after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signaled a fresh campaign against Gülen’s supporters.

In his most recent tweets posted on Dec. 10, mysterious Twitter user Fuat Avni, whose identity remains unknown, suggested that several journalists close to Gülen movement, including Zaman editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı, would be detained in a raid on Dec. 12. He also gave many details about the dates, names and cities of alleged police operations, but later on Dec. 11 he posted more tweets suggesting that the police operations had been cancelled after the raid was revealed.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç had earlier said rumors voiced by Fuat Avni over the potential detention of dozens of journalists should be taken “seriously.”

“I find the Twitter posts to be serious. I hope they will not come to pass, or not come true to this extent, for anything to happen out of jurisdiction,” Arınç said during budget discussions at Parliament late on Dec. 11.

December/14/2014

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