Turkey

Greece has built a 40 km fence along with a surveillance system on the Turkey border amid the surge of Afghan migrants. "We cannot wait, passively, for the posible impact," Greece said. This comes after Turkey's President Recep Tayyib Erdogen called European countries to take responsibility of the migrants. "A new wave of migration is inevitable if the necessary measures are not taken in Afghanistan and Iran", he said. 

Eight people have lost their lives after a Russian water-dropping plane ''B-200'' crashed on August 14 at around 1:30 pm (GMT) in Turkey's Adana city. According to the authorities, the deceased includes five Russian citizens and three Turkish men who were involved in the firefighting mission. The plane was deployed by Russia in July to help in extinguishing the unprecedented wildfire across Turkey.

Following the major loss owing to wildfires across Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared some parts of southern Turkey as ''disaster areas''. However, Agriculture and Forest minister, Bekir Pakdemirli said on July 31 that 88 fires out of 98 are brought under control. Besides, the fire has claimed 6 lives, including two forest workers so far. Moreover, 559 people were affected due to fire and the evacuation efforts are ongoing. 

After "Ankara" offered troops to guard the Kabul international airport, the Taliban had issued warnings to take a stand against Turkish officials, if they failed to reconsider their decision and continue any kind of occupation in Afghanistan. Taliban considers Turkey's decision to place its troops in the country as 'reprehensible and a violation of the "Doha Agreement". Consequences will fall on those who interfere, added Taliban.

Turkish women have courageously come forward and accused notable authors and novelists like Hasan Ali Toptas and Ibrahim Colak of sexual assault. With Turkey's media also shedding light on these issues in an unprecedented manner, the women have taken to Twitter to voice their disgust and anger against abuse by male authors. Subsequently, Turkish Twitter witnessed #Tacizesusma, which means "Don't be silent against harassment", trending on top… read-more