A Qatari plane brings Turkish pilots held hostage in Lebanon back home…

Just another case of Turkey‘s misery in Middle East. Looks like they needed some Qatari help… 

Turkish pilots held hostage in Lebanon arrive in Istanbul

A Qatari plane carrying both pilots has landed at Istanbul airport tonight at 11:05 p.m

Turkey rejects EU view of handling of protests, pleased with report

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey on Saturday rejected European Union criticism of its handling of anti-government protests earlier this year, but said a report on its progress towards joining the bloc showed it had come closer to European economic and democratic standards. In the government’s first official response to the commission’s report, released on Wednesday, EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis

Turkey sees Israel behind campaign against spy chief

Turkey believes that a Washington Post article depicting Turkish intelligence in a bad light is part of an Israeli drive to discredit spy chief Hakan Fidan and Turkey in the eyes of the United States

 

Israel’s rift with Turkey aids Iran’s spies | UPI

Iranian

Among the 275 defendants in the controversial Ergenekon case — the alleged coup plot named after the mystic mountain redoubt where Turks believe their nation was born — was Gen. Ilker Basbug, the former chief of the general staff appointed by Erdogan ?

 

Intelligence chief accused by US newspapers for doing duty: Turkish FM

Ahmet Davutoğlu said that WP columnist David Ignatius‘ claims were ‘inconsistent’

 

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