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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Bekir Bozdağ

A Turkish military truck carries a tank as it is dispatched to the border in Hatay, near the Turkey-Syria border, on January 31, 2018. (OZAN KOSE/AFP)
February 4, 2018, 4:16 pm
Turkey warns US troops may be fired on as Syria offensive widens
Deputy Prime Minister Bozdag says American troops wearing uniforms of Washington-allied, Ankara-opposed Kurdish militias could be accidentally targeted
By AFP
In this Wednesday, May 20, 2015 file picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to IRGC commander Mohammad Ali Jafari during a graduation ceremony of officers in Tehran, Iran. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)
December 6, 2017, 12:48 pm
From Far East to Vatican, leaders sound alarm over US Jerusalem recognition
Iranian ayatollah says expected announcement indicates ‘despair,’ vows ‘Palestine will be free’; pope says he cannot hold back ‘deep concern’ over the issue
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag (YouTube screenshot)
December 4, 2017, 5:07 pm
Turkey warns of ‘catastrophe’ if US recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Deputy PM says action would would ‘completely destroy’ the peace process, cause new conflicts
By AFP and ToI Staff
Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, who in 2017 was facing charges in the US for evading sanctions on Iran, is surrounded by the media members as he arrives at a courthouse in Istanbul, in a separate case against him, December. 17, 2013. (Depo Photos via AP/File)
November 21, 2017, 12:12 am
Jury selection in Iran sanctions case postponed for 1 week
Delay announced after closed-door session with judge; gold trader Reza Zarrab suspected of conspiracy to bypass imposed economic restrictions
By AP
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a gathering of judges and lawyers at his palace in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. (Yasin Bulbul, Presidential Press Service, Pool via AP)
May 26, 2017, 1:05 pm
Turkey says it dismissed 4,000 judges, prosecutors after failed coup
In all, some 100,000 people sacked, including in the military, as Erdogan government moves to uproot ‘virus’ of Gulen movement
By AFP
Syrian President Bashar Assad addresses the newly elected parliament in Damascus, Syria, on June 7, 2016. (SANA, the Syrian official news agency, via AP)
April 7, 2017, 1:40 am
Pressure builds on Syria’s Assad after chemical attack
Top UN rights official sees ‘watershed moment’ in international outcry over apparent nerve gas assault in country’s north
By ian phillips and Bassam Mroue
Thousands of members of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party march to the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. The placard reads: 'No to exploitation of children.' (AP/Burhan Ozbilici)
November 23, 2016, 12:18 am
Turkey abandons child marriage bill following outrage
Planned bill deferring punishment for sexual assault of minors if perpetrator married victim was slammed as legalizing statutory rape
By Suzan Fraser
Members of Turkey armed forces are escorted by police over their suspected involvement in an attempted coup Sunday, July 17, 2016. (Tolga Adanali/Depo Photos via AP)
October 23, 2016, 1:42 pm
Over 35,000 people arrested in Turkey’s post-coup purge
Justice minister says 3,907 suspects are still being sought, 26,000 released to ‘judicial control’
By AFP
In this citizen journalism image provided by the Media Office Of Douma City, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man mourns over a dead body after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists, in Douma town, Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Media Office Of Douma City)
August 22, 2013, 1:24 pm
France: Force is an option in Syria if gas attack confirmed
Deputy Turkish PM joins chorus of condemnation, calling use of chemical weapons by Assad’s regime a ‘crime against humanity’
By Aaron Kalman
Popular Turkish melodramas such as Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki ('As Time Goes By') are taboo for the time being in Egypt. (screen capture: YouTube)
August 19, 2013, 2:03 pm
No more Turkish soaps in Cairo
Angered by Ankara’s ‘narrow-minded’ view of the fighting in Egypt, local TV stations stop airing popular melodramas
By Asher Zeiger
A military helicopter files over the presidential palace as opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi celebrate, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
July 4, 2013, 4:49 pm
Russia, Turkey criticize Egyptian democracy
Turkish officials call Morsi’s ousting anti-democratic, ‘backward’; Russian lawmaker suggests democracy may not come easily to non-Western states
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag says Hezbollah should change its name to Hezbusheytan -- 'Party of Satan.' (photo credit: image capture/YouTube video)
From the WebMay 26, 2013, 11:04 pm
Hezbollah, change your name to ‘Party of Satan,’ Turkish pol says
Today’s Zaman: Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ criticizes Lebanese Shiite group for its armed support for Assad
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (photo credit: AP/Anis Belghoul)
May 22, 2013, 6:26 pm
How sick is Algeria’s president?
Turkey and Saudi Arabia sign security deal, while Iraqi diplomats come to blows with Jordanian Saddam loyalists
By Elhanan Miller
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