Latest in Tag: PKK Highlight
Latest in Tag: PKK
Several killed in blast at wedding in Turkey’s Gaziantep
Fifty people were reportedly killed and almost 100 wounded in an explosion in the southeastern city of Gaziantep. Turkish President Erdogan said the attack was likely carried out by the militant “Islamic State” group.
Turkey strikes against PKK after Ankara attack
The government has concrete information about the terrorist organisation behind the Ankara attack, says Turkish PM
Erdogan pays tribute to Ankara bombing victims
Turkey’s President Erdogan and his Finnish counterpart have visited the site of the weekend’s twin bombings in Ankara. Three top level security officials in the capital have been sacked for the probe into the incident
Turkey renews military mandate for Iraq, Syria
Turkish MPs have voted to extend, for a year, the authorisation of troops to Syria and Iraq to fight “Islamic State” (IS) militants. The mandate passed, despite resistance from the pro-Kurdish opposition. The Turkish parliament convened for an extraordinary session to lengthen the current military mandate for another 12 months. The existing directive expires on …
Turkish football supports Erdogan’s war against the Kurds
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF), in a demonstration of the inseparable ties between sports and politics, has effectively declared its support for renewed Turkish-Kurdish hostilities designed to enhance the prospects of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in forthcoming snap elections. With armed Kurdish youth effectively taking control of at least one predominantly Kurdish city …
Turkey’s President Erdogan approves caretaker cabinet ahead of elections
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved a power-sharing caretaker cabinet put forward by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The interim government is to lead the country into elections to be held in November.
Turkish soldier killed in alleged PKK attack amid government offensive
A Turkish army captain has been killed in an attack on a military outpost blamed on Kurdish PKK militants. The government has vowed to keep up its military campaign against the group, which has left a truce in tatters. The captain died of his wounds after an attack on a military outpost in Beytussebap district …
Deadly clashes between Turkish army, PKK
Turkey’s army says at least three of its soldiers have been killed in an attack by PKK militants. Ankara is engaged in military campaigns against both the PKK and the “Islamic State” group. In a statement released Friday, Turkey’s army said militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) had attacked troops deployed in the …
Kurdish rebels begin pullout from Turkey
A major step towards ending a decades-long conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people
Turkey demands France clarify Paris slayings
Hollande had said the murder of Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Soylemez was “terrible,” adding that he knew one of the Kurdish women and that she “regularly met us.”
Dozens die as Kurds, rebels clash in northern Syria
At least 122 people were killed nationwide on Monday in Syria
Iraq expels Turkish firm from oil exploration deal
The exploration deal was for a tract of land in oil-rich Basra province and had been awarded in May to Kuwait Energy, TPAO and Dragon Oil of the United Arab Emirates
Attack in east Turkey: seven dead
Kidnappings and attacks on civilians: PKK hardliners gaining upper hand
Journalists on trial in Turkey highlight Kurdish plight
Journalists held on trial for alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
Turkey receives terrorist threats related to the Syrian crisis
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, considered a terrorist group by Turkey, threatened to exercise “counter measures”
PKK abducts Turkish soldiers
Kuridstan workers party kidnapped three off-duty Turkish soldiers, says Diayrbakir governor
Turkey reports PKK casualties
Erdogan, has in recent weeks accused the regime in Syria of giving Kurdish rebels a free hand in the north of the country
Turkish military raids Kurdish rebels killing 15
The tense situation with the country’s Kurds is exacerbated by Turkey’s policies toward Syria
Turkey-Iraq pipeline attacked, PKK suspected
The Oil Pipeline Between Turkey and Iraq Was Threatened, As Fire-Fighters Exchanged Fires Near The Kirkuk-Ceyhan Pipeline on Saturday – July 21.
Turkey calls for tougher action against PKK
By AFP ANKARA: Turkey on Friday urged the leader of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region for tougher action against a drawn-out insurgency waged by Kurdish militants, a Turkish diplomat told AFP. “The issue of tougher action against the (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) PKK was discussed … during the meeting” between Massud Barzani and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet …
Turkey strikes Kurdish rebels in Iraq
DIYARBAKIR: Turkish warplanes and artillery pounded Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq for a second night, hours after the rebels mounted attacks on security forces in southeastern Turkey. The Turkish action, the first against rebels holed up in the mountains of Northern Iraq in over a year, marks a stark escalation of the 27-year-old conflict after …