Shared by a pro-gov’t columnist, Ömer Turan.
In Diyarbakir city, the informal Kurdish capital, a legacy of intense fighting between Kurdish rebels and the Turkish military.


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Dec. 24 that Turkey will never allow the formation of a new state in northern Syria

Ensconced in a battle for al-Bab, Turkey is already looking to march on SDF-controlled Manbij, President Erdoğan declares

More than 1,500 people were taken into custody over the last six months on charges of promoting terrorism on social media, the Turkish Interior Ministry said in a statement on Dec. 24.
President Erdoğan managed to hold on to power in July, but a crackdown on liberals and secularists has turned survival into a game of chance
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