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For weeks, Prime Minister Ayşe Çiller has said almost nothing in public about the mounting speculation that Turkey is preparing to send ground troops into northern Iraq. Her silence, allies and critics agree, has become its own kind of answer. Since taking office, Ms. Çillerhas cultivated an...

Ten hours and forty minutes later, the spine of the Aravalli hills was going gold-brown beneath them in the early light, and Devrim was thinking about nothing except the approach plate clipped in front of her. "Begumpet Approach, Bozkurt One-One, descending to eight thousand, request vectors ILS...

With army convoys massing along the southeastern frontier and a death toll from bombings climbing past 200 since January, Prime Minister Ayşe Ciller is facing the most consequential national security decision of her tenure: whether to send Turkish ground forces into northern Iraq after PKK...

Daily Sabah Footage from the Southeast along the border to Iraq shows a lot of military assets around. A significant military buildup has been ongoing for days now. @DailySabahTR

SECRET With the destruction of all identified targets for Operation Tigris Shield, it was time to end all combat operation. All assets and personnel would return to their home bases. Airmen would be given a 72-hour leave pass for their dedicated work in conducting continual air operations for...

SECRET Major Devrim Yalçın stood at the base of the ramp with her helmet bag in one hand and watched Kayseri Erkilet come alive in the dark like something too big to be woken gently. Floodlights threw long cones across the ramp. Six An-225s sat nose to tail along the hardstand, their tails lit...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Ministry of Defense, HIC, Ministry of Defense Australia < Owen > [Sender]: Serhat Aksoy, Office of...

SECRET The RC-135 held its orbit with the. Below the aircraft, the early haze over Southeastern Türkiye had begun to break into hard outlines of ridge and valley, terrain flattening into the familiar latticework of coordinates and grids that filled every console aboard the Rivet Joint...

LIVE... Address to the Nation by President Abdullah Gül "My dear fellow citizens, Tonight, I speak to you in one of the darkest hours our Republic has faced in recent memory. This week, innocent men, women, and children were murdered in coordinated terrorist attacks in İzmir and Ankara. They...

Ambassador Kural paused, a flicker of realization crossing his face as David's correction registered. He shook his head slightly. "Forgive me, I've confused the dates in my head, you are correct, of course. Two months, not six." He straightened, folding his hands back together. "Given that, I...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Ministry of Defense, HIC < Alex > [Sender]: Serhat Aksoy, Office of the Defense Staff <...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Ministry of Defense, HIC, Ministry of Defense Australia < Owen > [Sender]: Serhat Aksoy, Office of...

OPERATION EXTENDED HAND Security Classification: CONFIDENTIAL SITUATION REPORT OVERVIEW OPLAN-EXTENDEDHAND / 2009 Classification: CONFIDENTIAL – HUMANITARIAN OPERATION Date: 09 FEB 2009 Originator: Turkish Air Force Command Distribution: Air Transport Command, Turkish Red Crescent, Ministry...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Jacinta Allan < Owen > [Sender]: Deputy Interior Minister, Türkiye < LAPrlic@ib.tr.gov > [Subject]...

SECRET Aya's brow furrowed the instant the immigration officer's expression changed. She exchanged a quick glance with Aclan, uncertainty flickering across her face. "Bir sorun mu var?" she asked quietly in Turkish. "Is something wrong?" Aclan looked from the officer to Aya, equally...

Demir was in the chair nearest the glass, a glass of tea in one hand, the saucer balanced on his knee. He didn't stand when Hakan entered. He looked at the glass. Inside, Fahriye held Murphy's right hand flat. She had the pliers in the other hand and was working with a patience that was...

Kordan followed David into the building. His two staffers behind him. He shook both Richie's and Director-General Burgess' hands before following Richie into his office. "Thank you." Kordan said as he took his seat. He listened to the Australians speak. His daughter had developed an affection...

Demir came through first. Fahriye behind him, pulling it closed without sound. They crossed to the table and sat, and for a moment no one spoke. Tessaphon looked at them both. Then he smiled. "Which one of you is the good cop?" he said in English. His accent was educated, clearly, he was...

SECRET The arrivals hall at Charles de Gaulle hummed with the particular exhaustion of a transatlantic red-eye—rolling suitcases dragging across polished floors, the low murmur of a dozen languages colliding under the vaulted ceiling. Outside the tall windows, a grey Paris morning was just...

OPERATION JUST CAUSE II Security Classification: TOP SECRET SITUATION REPORT OVERVIEW The Republic of Türkiye has authorized a covert intelligence operation in response to escalating security concerns connected to PKK-linked activity in Europe. The organization has been directed to...