Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Archives

No banned books in north says Akinci, after politician’s arrest

Evie AndreouMarch 13, 2019March 13, 2019

By Evie AndreouMarch 13, 2019March 13, 20190215

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Wednesday said that there is no list of banned books in the north, after a female politician was arrested...

Turkey

Turkish air strikes ‘neutralise’ 15 Kurdish militants

Reuters News ServiceJune 2, 2018June 2, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceJune 2, 2018June 2, 201856 43

Air strikes by Turkish warplanes “neutralised” at least 15 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq as well as in Turkey’s...

World

Turkey’s main opposition accuses Erdogan of blocking coalition efforts

FORMER STAFFAugust 3, 2015

By FORMER STAFFAugust 3, 2015013

By Humeyra Pamuk Turkey’s main opposition leader has accused President Tayyip Erdogan of blocking efforts to form a coalition government and warned him against taking...

World

Early poll prospects grow as Turkish air strikes muddy coalition talks

FORMER STAFFJuly 31, 2015

By FORMER STAFFJuly 31, 2015017

By Orhan Coskun and Ercan Gurses Turkey looks increasingly likely to face an early election as its air strikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and...

World

Turkey’s Erdogan: peace process with Kurdish militants impossible (Update 5)

FORMER STAFFJuly 28, 2015July 28, 2015

By FORMER STAFFJuly 28, 2015July 28, 201516 68

By Tulay Karadeniz Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday it was impossible to continue a peace process with Kurdish militants and urged parliament to...

World

Turkish army returns fire on Islamic State after soldier killed

FORMER STAFFJuly 23, 2015July 23, 2015

By FORMER STAFFJuly 23, 2015July 23, 2015044

By Orhan Coskun Turkish forces returned fire on Islamic State fighters in Syria with artillery and tank shells on Thursday after a Turkish soldier was...

World

Iraqi forces push into Tikrit, bombers hit Ramadi (Update 4)

FORMER STAFFMarch 11, 2015March 11, 2015

By FORMER STAFFMarch 11, 2015March 11, 2015168

By Ahmed Rasheed Iraqi security forces and militias fought their way into Saddam Hussein’s home city of Tikrit on Wednesday, advancing from the north and...

World

Kurdish rebel leader in Turkey calls for disarmament congress

FORMER STAFFFebruary 28, 2015

By FORMER STAFFFebruary 28, 201540 63

By Ayla Jean Yackley Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his followers to take a “historic” decision to lay down their arms, according...

World

Only Syrian opposition and peshmerga can save Kobani – Turkish PM

FORMER STAFFOctober 28, 2014

By FORMER STAFFOctober 28, 2014054

By Jonny Hogg Turkey cannot be expected to send troops to defend the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani and only Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters...