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Türkiye launched its first major cross-border military operation against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq since the landmark Operation Steel campaign of 1995, signaling a dramatic shift in Ankara's approach toward the long-running insurgency that has plagued the country's southeast. In a...

SECRET Flying at 20,000 feet over northeastern Iraq, Lieutenant Burcu Şahinkaya watched the beautiful scenes below her. The clouds stretched across the horizon as Lieutenant Burcu Şahinkaya zeroed in on Sulaymaniyah, a PUK stronghold and area crawling with the PKK. Lieutenant Burcu Şahinkaya...

The hallway outside the briefing room was quiet. A guard stood at either end. The aide who had walked them from the outer office had stopped at the security threshold and turned back. Ayşe Çiller paused outside the door. She pressed two fingers to the bridge of her nose. Kaan Yaman stopped...

(All of these posts are private unless a player is conducting PVP operations or is in a contextual situation to infer it) Başbakanlık, which literally translates to The Prime Minister’s Office, follows the life and leadership of Prime Minister Ayşe Çiller, the country's second female head of...

SECRET The interior of the AWACS aircraft was filled with the soft hum of its massive engines and the rhythmic beeps of various electronic systems. The array of screens and consoles shifted with the changing data inputs. The cockpit door opened briefly as the senior pilot, Major Berk, walked...

OPERATION TIGRIS SHIELD Security Classification: TOP SECRET SITUATION REPORT OVERVIEW The Republic of Türkiye will conduct a sustained air campaign against PKK infrastructure and personnel across Iraqi Kurdistan. Following a series of bombing attacks in Southeastern Türkiye, the Prime...

LIVE... Prime Minister's Residence, Ankara Good evening, my fellow compatriots. One year ago, I stood before you with cautious hope. We had emerged from a period of darkness — economic ruin, weakened institutions, and the painful memory of authoritarian rule. We asked ourselves whether we...

The first TB2 came in at 0612. The ground crew was already positioned. It touched down clean, rolled to a stop, and they were on it before the engine finished cycling down, two men checking the undercarriage, one pulling the sensor bay panel, another logging the airframe hours on a clipboard...

SECRET By hour eighteen, Mehmet had stopped checking the clock. The TB2s ran in overlapping orbits. When one reached bingo fuel, another was already on station. The handoffs were logged and barely noticed. The room stayed quiet. By the fourth hour of their orbit over the Qandil mountain...

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Ayşe listened as Raba spoke. The rather blunt remark did throw her off; however, she should have expected it. Ayşe listened without interruption, her expression remaining composed throughout the Iranian Prime Minister's remarks. When the Prime Minister finished, Ayşe whispered something to her...

SECRET The dim glow of the control room’s screens cast ghostly reflections on the faces of the drone operators. The air was heavy with the scent of strong Turkish coffee. The scent gave some flavor to the room, casting against the somber mood within the confines of the air-conditioned bunker...

OPERATION TIGRIS SENTINEL Security Classification: TOP SECRET SITUATION REPORT OVERVIEW The Republic of Türkiye will conduct an advanced drone reconnaissance mission over Kurdish territory to identify and assess PKK targets and hideouts. To enhance the effectiveness of this operation, the...

The People's Republic of Türkiye had promised much in its founding moment. President Ayşa Arslan, ascending to power on a wave of genuine popular exhaustion and trade union solidarity, spoke of dignity, sovereignty, and a break with the corrupt political class that had presided over war and...

At least 14 people, most of them police officers and soldiers, were killed and approximately 300 others wounded on Thursday in a series of coordinated bomb attacks across southeastern Turkey, according to government officials, marking one of the deadliest days of violence in the region in recent...

DIRECTORATE OF STATE ARCHIVES Secret NATIONAL HISTORY RECORDS The Gathering Storm Financial Woes, Deaf Ears Shadows of Power Conspiracy and Resistance The Red Republic: The Guardians of Atatürk The Shadow Wars The Arrow and the Sickle The Crescent Begins to Rise The...

DIRECTORATE OF STATE ARCHIVES Secret NATIONAL MILITARY DEPLOYMENT RECORDS MILITARY OPERATIONS Operations by the Turkish Armed Forces Operation Determination Operation Cleareye Operation Tigris Sentinel Operation Tigris Shield Operation Extended Hand Operation Tigris Hammer...

DIRECTORATE OF STATE ARCHIVES Public STATE ARCHIVIST OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE Dahiye Karagülle