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Chaired by President and AKP Chair Erdoğan, Turkey’s National Security Council convened on January 27 and stated that “escalation is not in the interest of anyone”, calling for a de-escalation of tensions between Ukraine and Russia.

In response to a question regarding France’s allegation that its frigate Courbet was harassed by Turkey’s warships in the Mediterranean, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg has announced that “NATO military authorities are investigating the incident.”

Attacks against Kurdish citizens and members of the Peace and Democracy Party are still continuing after 13 soldiers died in an armed conflict in Silvan one week ago. In Erzurum, 500 people assaulted 200 Kurdish workers. In Zeytinburnu, BDP members were attacked.