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Children have been lectured in Istanbul on “the basics of the ideology of Islamic State (IS) group as well as “how to live in an Islamic state”, according to Turkish media reports.
“Twenty-four of around 50 suspects of Tajik and Uzbek origin, who were detained for having links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Istanbul on Oct. 18, have been revealed to be children being trained in basement apartments in Istanbul’s Pendik and Basaksehir districts,” Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet reported in its English-language electronic edition on Monday, using another name for the jihadist group.
The suspects were reported to have trained children, using the apartments as militant training camps, according to surveillance data collected by Istanbul Police before raids on 18 separate homes, hurriyetdailynews.com said, citing a news report carried by Turkish daily Vatan.
In a historic statement made Thursday, Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), called on the Kurdish militant group to disarm and disband
A joint contingent of border security officers from Bulgaria, Austria, Romania, and Hungary will officially begin operations today
A fire at a hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in the Bolu district of northwest Turkey has tragically claimed the lives of ten people and left 32 others injured
In just 24 hours, 11 people have died in Istanbul after consuming counterfeit alcohol
In 2025, Turkey has implemented significant increases in toll fees for motor vehicles using its highways
Turkey's inflation rate for December 2024 was reported at 44.38 percent year-on-year, according to national statistics
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has rejected claims that Ukrainian units are encircled in Russia's Kursk Oblast, which were made by both Russian President Vladimir Putin
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has stated that relations with Russia should eventually be restored after the war in Ukraine comes to an end
U.S. President Donald Trump stated that his administration held "productive discussions" with Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressing optimism that the war in Ukraine could come to an end
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Sofia has charged a Bulgarian entrepreneur with subsidy fraud after he allegedly used forged documents to unlawfully obtain 54,000 euros
Russia announced on Friday that its forces had successfully retaken the village of Goncharovka in the Kursk region, which had previously been under Ukrainian control
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticized Ukraine’s previous ceasefire agreements, claiming that every time since 2014, the Ukrainian government has lied about honoring ceasefire commitments
Bulgaria's Perperikon: A European Counterpart to Peru's Machu Picchu
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