In Turkey, the Directorate of Religious Affairs is an official state institution established on 3 March 1924 under article 136 of the Constitution of Turkey by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey as a successor to the Shaykh al-Islām after the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate. Read More
The Turkey-Syria border has remained calm following a five-day ceasefire agreement between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US Vice President Mike Pence who hammered out a deal for an immediate "pause" to the fighting. ...
US President Donald Trump hailed an agreement with Turkey over a five-day ceasefire which halted Ankara's offensive in northern Syria against the Kurdish militia in the region, which was launched last week. ...
As many as 300,000 civil have so far been displaced since Turkey launched its long-threatened military campaign against the Kurdish forces in northern Syria on October 9, a war monitor reported. ...
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) voiced its commitment to the cease-fire agreement that was reached between Turkey and the United States in northern Syria. ...
Bouthaina Shaaban, Syria's political and media advisor to the presidency, said that the cease-fire reached between Turkey and the United States in northern Syria is "vague." ...
Turkey's week-old military offensive in northeast Syria is unacceptable and must be halted, Italy's Premier Giuseppe Conte told the Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, sources said. ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Turkey to stop its military operation in Syria in her speech in the federal Parliament Bundestag here on Thursday. ...
