Pointing to Syrian refugees in Turkey after the Afrin "operation", President Erdoğan said, "The main objective is to hand Afrin over to its true owners." So, how did the demographic structure of Afrin, known as the "mountain of the Kurds", has changed since then?

“We are deeply concerned about discussions of potential increased military activity in northern Syria,” US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price has said.

The report "ignored the need to strengthen relations between Turkey and the EU through mutual efforts," according to Ankara.

"Turkish men and women witness how their democratic hopes go down the grain in an authoritarian spiral that seems to have no end," Turkey rapporteur of the EP, Nacho Sánchez Amor has said.

The 51st Baltic Operations started yesterday. Turkey is among the 14 NATO member countries taking part in the drills.

According to data from the United Nations World Food Program, 1,7 percent of children under the age of 5 suffer from acute malnutrition and 6 percent of chronic malnutrition in Turkey with a population of 82,3 million.

The crowd chanted "Syria is a free country, Turks must leave" in protests amid increasing electricity prices and power cuts.

Ambassador Bodnar asked for help from Turkey to "identify those responsible for the sales and shipments of grain which are stolen from Ukraine."

"Such a move would be a direct violation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity," the spokesperson of Russia's Foreign Ministry has said.

The international body has approved Ankara's request for changing the country's name to Türkiye.

Turkey has long asked the US and Russia to end the presence of the Kurdish groups in the towns of Tell Rifaat and Manbij.

The NATO secretary general and the US secretary of state have reiterated that they are ready to address Turkey's concerns about the membership of the two Nordic countries.