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Four refugees who were battered while attempting to cross to Antep from Syria have been deported. The soldiers who inflicted violence on the refugees have been detained and judicial and administrative actions have been launched into them.

One sergeant major has been killed and five other soldiers have been injured in a clash that erupted between the Turkish Armed Forces and ISIS in Syria’s city of Al-Bab.

Genral Işık Koşaner took over the command of the Turkish Armed Forces as Chief of General Staff. In his inauguration speech he mentioned topics such as the Kurdish question or a professional army. Koşaner also addressed the media, calling for a more careful approach.

Newspapers Birgün, Günlük Evrensel and Hayat TV were not invited to Chief Of Staff İlker Başbuğ’s “communication meeting” with the representatives of the media.

Chief of General Staff Gen. Büyükanıt criticizes those countries which he claims are helping PKK and declares that Turkey is a secular state. He recommends a global perspective to solve the problem of terror.