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The article focuses on the additional tanks send by Turkey into Syria to control the territorial advances by the terrorist group Islamic State and American-backed Kurdish forces. Topics mentioned include the cooperation by the U.S. and Turkey to fight the terrorist group, the national security management in Syria, and the planned development of buffer zone, neutral zone or area, in the northwest Syria.

The article reports on the failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 25, 2016 which made President Recep Tayyip Erdogan detained the suspected affiliates in education of mastermind Turkish imam Fethullah Gulen who is based in the U.S. Topics mentioned include the opportunity given to redefine the higher education in the country, the closure of linked universities to Gulen, and the view of professor Nil Mutluer of Nisantasi University on the shrinking civil space.

The article details the decision of the government of Turkey to tighten its control over the military following a failed coup d'état in July 2016. Topics discussed include the promotion of loyalist commanders, the dismissal of suspected rebel soldiers, and the Turkish government's attempt to consolidate power.

The article informs that Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has accused Kurdish militants from Syria for carrying out the car bombing that hit a military convoy in Ankara, Turkey on February 17, 2016. Topics include Davutoglu calling the U.S. government to sever ties with the militant group by Davutoglu; Turkish defense analyst Can Kasapoglu considering the bombing as attack on capital of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); and denial of the attack by Kurdish leaders.

The article reports that a powerful car bomb exploded in the center of Ankara, Turkey in February 2016 killing at least 28 people and wounding 61 in an attack that targeted a military convoy. Topics include panicked residents stated to have rushed for safety as a dark plume of smoke rose over the city, and the attacks linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, and Islamic State extremists.

The article reports on the attack of a police complex in Cinar district of Diyarbakir in Turkey on January 13, 2016 by terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which led to death and injuries. Topics include the back-to-back attacks by the jihadist militants and Kurdish which raise concerns on national security, the efforts of the government to crack down PKK and its request to the U.S. to train and equip Sunni Arab fighters to secure the country,