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Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militant targets in two areas of southeast Turkey overnight, killing 11 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters, the army said. One air operation was conducted in the Dargecit district of Mardin province, …
Syrian Kurdish forces called for a no-fly zone across the country's north in response to deadly Turkish air strikes the previous day, the media reported. "Only (by) declaring north Syria as a no-fly zone can YPG defend the …
Turkish Air Forces could not have struck the positions of Kurdish militias in northern Syria and Iraq without receiving approval from the US-led coalition in the first place, the co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), Salih …
Turkish warplanes carried out airstrikes on Tuesday against suspected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq and in northeastern Syria, the military said. A Syrian Kurdish militia force said the strikes hit a media center, a local …
Turkish F-16 warplanes launched air strikes on Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing eight of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters, a provincial governor's office said. PKK militants had opened fire on …
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus described the incident with the killing of three Turkish soldiers in Syria as an accident. He said it was important that Russian President Vladimir Putin …
Turkish warplanes killed 51 ISIS militants in the Euphrates Shield operations over the last 24 hours, the military said in a statement. Warplanes destroyed 85 ISIS targets in the areas of …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed to Turkey that aircraft which carried out an attack on Turkish soldiers near the Syrian city of al-Bab last week did not belong to Russia, the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister …
Turkey expects to take delivery of the first two of a batch of 24 more Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft in 2018, the Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik said. Isik said Turkey would buy a total of 24 F-35s from …
Turkey expects to take delivery of its first F-35A fighter jets in 2018, the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. The Turkish command intends to fully renovate its jet fleet by replacing all the older aircraft …
Turkey will press its military offensive in Syria until ISIL is driven from the town of al-Bab, despite a warning from forces allied to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and a helicopter attack on the rebels it backs. "This kind of …
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Turkey is ready to "take measures" in northern Iraq because Ankara is not satisfied with promises from the United States and Baghdad about the role of Kurdish militants and …
Turkey detained 47 soldiers from an air base in the central Anatolian city of Konya as part of investigations into July's failed military coup, Turkish media outlets said. Detention warrants had been issued for a total of 47 …
Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik confirmed the country’s air force will join the operation to liberate Mosul from ISIL. "We have come to an agreement with coalition forces that our air force will …
Turkey's air force has been involved in coalition air strikes on the Iraqi city of Mosul, part of the US-backed operation to flush out ISIL, the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. “Our Air Forces …
A further 73 personnel from the Turkish Air Force have been dismissed from the army as part of the ongoing investigation into the Fetullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), which has been accused of the failed coup attempt of July 15, the …
There is no shortage of pilots in the Turkish Air Force, the country’s Minister of Defence Fikri Isik said. He said that the earlier dismissed pilots are being currently restored to service in the Turkish Air …
Turkish Air Force has announced admission of military pilots. Earlier, 214 military pilots were dismissed in Turkey as part of the fight against the movement of Fethullah Gulen who was involved in the military coup attempt in the …
Former Turkish Air Force General Akin Ozturk has taken the responsibility for participation in organizing military coup in the country, NTV channel reported July 18 from Justice Palace in Ankara. “I began to act …
An Ankara court on Monday arrested 99 more suspects, including Air Force Brigadier Hakan Evrim involved in the failed coup attempt, Turkish media reports. Major-general Mehmet Dişli, brother to ruling AKP's Deputy …
