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The article states that Turkish F-16 fighter jets shot down a Russian military jet on the Syrian border on November 24, 2015, a move that may have undermined efforts to form an international alliance to fight the militant group Islamic State. According to the article, the Russian government suspended military contacts and meetings with Turkey. The article states that the Turkish government accused Russia of repeatedly violating Turkish airspace from Syria. The article presents comments from Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The article states that Turkish political party the Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, regained control of the Turkish parliament following elections on November 1, 2015. According to the article, the victory would give Erdogan more leverage in his attempt to assume a larger role for Turkey in fighting the militant group Islamic State, preventing Middle Eastern refugees from attempting to enter Europe, and going forward with a military campaign against Kurdish separatists.

The article states that Kurdish fighters fighting the militant jihadist organization Islamic State (ISIS) from the U.S. government-allied Syrian group the People's Defense Units (YPG) accused Turkey of shelling their positions in Syria on July 27, 2015. According to the article, Turkey agreed to permit U.S. jets to utilize Turkish air bases to strike ISIS positions in Syria, and Turkey was also launching airstrikes against ISIS targets ahead of a scheduled July 29, 2015, meeting of the group the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The article states that the Turkish government agreed in late July 2015 to permit U.S. armed forces to utilize the Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey to send fighter jets and armed drone aircraft to attack fighters of the militant organization Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, based in Syria. According to the article, U.S. president Barack Obama and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to the broad parameters of the deal on July 22, 2015.

The article states that the Turkish government placed blame on the militant organization Islamic State for a suicide bombing that killed at least 31 people and wounded over 100 in the Kurdish border town of Suruc, Turkey, in mid-July 2015. According to the article, the target of the attack was a Suruc cultural center where about 300 members of socialist youth groups were meeting. The article presents comments from Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

The article discusses Muslims Uighurs who flee China and concerns their exodus creates among Chinese officials. Many Uighurs leave China to escape discrimination. The Chinese government fears Uighurs who depart for Turkey and elsewhere could become radicalized abroad and then cause unrest upon their return to China. Chinese authorities claim hundreds of Uighurs are fighting alongside the Islamic State terrorist group in Iraq and Syria.

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 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 looks at the investigation of the explosion at the Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, that killed one person and highlighted security risks as the country fights a war against Kurdish insurgents and terrorist organization Islamic State.

The article reports on the statement of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu that the terrorist group Islamic State is the prime suspect in the suicide bombing attack at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey on October 10, 2015.

The article reports on the series of attacks across Turkey that targeted security forces and the U.S. consulate and which are blamed on the domestic conflict with separatist group Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

The article reports that the suicide bomber involved in the bombing incident at the Syrian border has been identified as a citizen of Istanbul, Turkey as revealed after investigations made by the Turkish authorities, Islamic State organization (ISIS) and Kurdistan Workers' Party.

The article reports on the July 2015 suicide bombing incident being associated with the terrorist organization Islamic State which led to a significant number of fatalities in the town of Suruç in Turkey.

The article reports militants from the terrorist group Islamic State were heavily shelling near the border point of Mursipinar, Turkey closest to Kobani, Syria in an attempt to prevent Iraqi Kurdish reinforcements armed with heavy weapons from entering and reinforcing Kobani through the crossing.

The article discusses the siege of the Syrian city Kobani by the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group, the infiltration of groups sympathetic to ISIS into southern Turkish cities, Turkey-U.S. relations, and protests in Turkey over the government's refusal to aid Syrian Kurds in Kobani.

The article discusses the U.S. government's counterterrorism plans to fight the Sunni jihadist terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) with mention of the U.S. government's statement that the U.S. is at war with ISIS and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to get Turkey to join the U.S.'s efforts.