Launched at 17:00 pm on January 20, 2018, Operation Olive Branch (OOB) forced Turkey to fight cross-border terrorism with similar motives to Operation Euphrates Shield.
‘No civilians killed or hurt in Operation Olive Branch’
urkey’s deputy prime minister said Thursday that during Turkey's current counter-terrorist Operation Olive Branch in Syria, there have been no civilian casualties or injuries.
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As a result, the Turkish General Staff started Operation Olive Branch in order to “establish security and stability along Turkey’s borders and the region as well as to protect Syrians from terrorist oppression and cruelty.
Operation Olive Branch neutralizes 649 terrorists
With the aim to re-store peace and authority in the region, the Turkish Armed Forces and the Free Syrian Army gave start to Operation Olive Branch, which began on 20 January.
Operation Olive Branch secures Europe
According to Ozan Ceyhun, “Europe’s safety, NATO’s prestige and border, and protection of EU values begins on Turkey’s border.”
Operation Olive Branch: Direct Intervention, Indirect Message
Operation Olive Branch must be assessed in two aspects: the role of the operation in Turkey’s counter-terrorism policy and Ankara’s…
Everything about Operation Olive Branch
Operation Olive Branch (OOB) was launched a short time after President Erdogan’s announcement on 20 January, 2018, at 17:00.
Operation Olive Branch to create 30-kilometer-deep safe zone
Operation Olive Branch aims to create 30-kilometer-deep (approx.
Erdogan: Operation Olive Branch to complete in a very short time
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday afternoon said the ongoing Operation Olive Branch in Syria's Afrin will be completed "in very short time".
Turkish main opposition backs the Operation Olive Branch
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Turkey on Saturday launched Operation Olive Branch to remove PYD/PKK and Daesh terrorists from Syria's Afrin.
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Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, the PKK, and Turkish Elections
Especially after the July 15 coup attempt, there have been significant developments in the organization’s capabilities: the MIT, whose human capital and technical capabilities have significantly increased, started to assume important roles in carrying out pivotal operations both within Turkey and across the border in Iraq and Syria, such as Operation Euphrates Shield, Operation Olive Branch, and Operation Peace Spring.
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Operation Euphrates Shield (August 2016), Operation Olive Branch (January 2018), and Operation Peace Spring (October 2019) dealt significant blows to the PKK’s presence in Syria while the Claw operations significantly limited the presence of the PKK in Iraq.
Turkey’s Right to Self-Defense Requires Cross-Border Operations in Syria and Iraq
These operations include Operation Euphrates Shield (August 24, 2016 – March 29, 2017, in Jarablus and Al-Bab, Aleppo, Operation Olive Branch (January 20, 2018 – March 24, 2018 in Afrin and Aleppo), Operation Peace Spring (October 9, 2019 – October 18, 2019 in Rasulayn and Tel Abyad), and Operation Spring Shield (February 27, 2020 – March 5, 2020 in Idlib).
How Intelligence Agencies Turned into Foreign Policy Tools
The PKK propaganda to defame the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) on social media during Turkey's Peace Spring and Olive Branch Operations are two other good examples.
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live trees and harvests have an exceptionally important place in Palestinian culture, especially in villages where farming is the main source of income for Palestinian families.
GCC-Damascus Rapprochement Can Pit Syria Against Turkey Even Further
When Turkey conducted military operations in northern Syria (Operation Olive Branch, Operation Peace Spring, Spring Shield) to eliminate terrorist elements, Saudi Arabia, along with the UAE and Bahrain, opposed them on the grounds of “threatening Arab national security.
Europe’s Response to Turkey’s Military Operation is Less About Security and More About Prejudice
Although this was the third Turkish operation across the border to guarantee its own security, coming after the operations Euphrates Shield in 2016 and Olive Branch in 2018, this time European leaders and the public opinion reacted almost univocally in condemning Turkey as an aggressor state, marking the apex of a bias and to some extent of a hypocritically contradictory approach.
The Changing Dimensions of Turkey’s Counterterrorism Policy
This new approach was also seen in Operation Euphrates Shield, Operation Olive Branch, and recently in Operation Peace Spring, and is currently ongoing in full force with the “Operation Claw” outside the borders and the Operations Kıran 1-2-3-4 inside the country.
Why Does Iran Fail to Grasp Turkey’s Security Concerns in Syria?
Turkey got the support of Russia in Operation Olive Branch and in Operation Peace Spring.