The government of Turkey has granted permission to the United States to launch manned airstrikes from bases in the southern portion of the country after a suicide bombing and attacks on Turkish troops on the Syrian border.
Turks began voting in an historic poll that may very well determine the future of the country, as the ruling AKP party seeks a parliamentary majority that would allow it to rewrite the constitution and create a presidential system with the dictatorial Recep Tayyip Erdogan at its head.
Bombs exploded at an opposition party's political rally in Turkey, just two days before national parliamentary elections that could determine the country's future.
09 Aug '24 16:35PM