In a rather strong statement, Turkish Foreign Ministry said on January 3 that the U.S. air operation which reportedly killed Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani in Iraq could increase the insecurity and instability in the Middle East. “We are deeply concerned about the rising tension between the USA and Iran” the written statement said; “We

Killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander Qasem Soleimani through a U.S. strike in Iraq could be the “beginning of new and bigger problems” in the Middle East, said Turkish opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on January 3. During a press conference in Ankara, Kılıçdaroğlu said that Turkey, as a neighbour of both