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A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Interior Ministry in Ankara, Turkey, injuring two police officers. A second attacker is shot dead by police.
2023-10-1

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announces that ISIL prisoners will be sent back to their home countries.
2019-11-2

Turkey's Minister of the Interior Süleyman Soylu says almost 500 people were investigated and 121 have been detained for "insulting" the Turkish offensive in Syria on social media and characterizing Turkey as an "invading" force.
2019-10-11

Russian president Vladimir Putin says a ceasefire has been brokered between the Syrian government and rebel forces. The ceasefire is said to be guaranteed by Russia and Turkey and would exclude UN-denominated terror organizations such as ISIL and al-Nusra. The FSA says it would abide by the truce, while Ahrar al-Sham expresses "reservations".
2016-12-29

Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala resigns amid criticism over his handling of a string of ISIL and PKK terror attacks, and is replaced by Süleyman Soylu.
2016-08-31

Suspected ISIL militants attack Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım says 36 people were killed, as were the three suicide bombers. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ says 147 were wounded.
2016-06-28

Rockets fired by ISIL from northern Syria hit a poor neighborhood and a mosque in the Turkish city of Kilis, killing one person and injuring 26 others. Turkish security forces responded by returning fire into Syria.
2016-04-24

The U.S. deploys around a dozen A-10 ground-attack planes to Turkey's southern Incirlik Air Base. A U.S. military official said the deployment had "added capability" to the coalition's efforts against ISIL in Iraq and Syria.
2015-10-20

Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State militants in the town of Kobanî, Syria on the Syria-Turkey border capture the strategic Mishtenur hill killing eleven fighters.
2015-01-19

Turkey will allow Turkish Kurds to join in the fight against ISIL in Kobane.
2014-10-20