Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.1/ Trend R.Hafizoglu /
Turkish Army launched military exercises in the city of Mardin (on the border with Syria), the Anadolu agency reported.
The exercises, which will continue for several days, involve a large number of armored equipment.
Following the June 27 report that the armed detachments of the Kurdistan Workers' Party took control over northern Syria, the Turkish Army was alerted, and additional troops and military equipment were deployed on the border with Syria.