A high-level Turkish official told Hürriyet daily on Monday that Ankara plans to build a wall on its border with Iran to prevent Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants from entering the country from a camp in Iran.
The black-listed people are mostly from Russia (including dual and multiple citizenship holders) – 162 people, followed by 61 people from Germany, 47 from Italy, 44 from the US and 40 from France.
According to BBC the date of supply isn’t yet known. Currently the Kurdish forces are fighting ISIS for control of Tabqa, a city 50km from Raqqa.
While on a working visit to the US, Turkey’s justice minister Bekir Bozdag had a meeting with US Attorney General Jeff Sessions during which they discussed the extradition of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, Anadolu reports.
13 more bodies were found in the mine. According to preliminary reports, the explosion was caused by human factor.
Garo Paylan, the ethnic Armenian MP of Turkey’s parliament, commented on the May 7 police raid on the Belge Publishing House. ‘Belge Publishing House has written down the history of Turkey’s crimes……..At least read the conscated books”, Paylan said on Twitter.
In an interview with German newspaper Rheinischen Post published Monday, Juncker said the move “would be the reddest of all red lines.”
Turkish police arrested Ahmet Tevfik Uzun, a former lawmaker of the ruling party, on grounds of having links with the Gulenists, CNN Turk reports. The arrest comes amid an ongoing investigation on the 2016 July 15 coup attempt.
Turkish police attacked on May 7 the Belge Publishing House, founded by Turkish human rights activist Ragıp Zarakolu and his wife, Turkish media reported. Zarakolu is known for recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
“OSCE isn’t among the organizations, causing excitation in Russia. Just the contrary, MG today is the only platform, where Russia and the West have mutual understanding. And I don’t consider that Moscow may destroy that opportunity of connection.”
