374 PKK militants surrendered in southeastern Turkey in 2014
A total of 374 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) surrendered in the southeastern province of Şırnak and its districts in 2014. The PKK members testified at various police...
View ArticlePKK makes use of legal loopholes to maintain drug production
A General Directorate of Security (EGM) report on the fight against drug-trafficking and production has revealed that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) makes millions of dollars growing...
View ArticleBoy dies in street clashes in Turkish-Syrian border town amid fears of...
The death of a 12-year-old boy in Cizre, close to the Turkish-Syrian border, last week is one of a number of violent incidents in recent weeks that has sparked fears of a “war” on the streets of the...
View ArticleThe PKK prepares for armed uprising, report claims
Police intelligence reports from Diyarbakır indicates that the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the US and the EU, is planning for violent unrest across...
View ArticleTurks, Kurds push for peace breakthrough despite new surge in violence
A spate of killings, a looming general election and war next door in Syria are complicating efforts to end the 30-year Kurdish insurgency in Turkey just as a breakthrough in peace talks looks close....
View ArticleTurkish government wants March 21 as date for PKK disarmament
The Turkish government has publicly declared its demand that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) lay down arms on the Nevruz festival, which is marked on March 21, underlining that the jailed...
View ArticleJailed Kurdish rebel leader in Turkey calls for end to armed struggle
Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his followers to take a “historic” decision to lay down their arms, according to a statement on Saturday, a crucial step in Turkey’s drive to end the...
View ArticleDeputy PM seeks ‘common sense’ in PKK question
Deputy PM Akdogan tells The Anadolu Agency that a government-approved monitoring group is in the works as Turkey approaches anticipated ceasefire announcement by PKK. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister...
View ArticleHDP should call on PKK to leave cities, Deputy PM says
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan has said the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) should call on outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants to leave Turkish cities and not restrict the...
View ArticlePM Davutoğlu calls on PKK to leave arms before elections
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said the outlawed PKK should abandon arms before the June elections, branding their resistance to laying down arms a means of blackmail. Speaking to journalists...
View ArticleKurdish bid to go on if promises fulfilled: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said late July 7 that the Kurdish peace process could continue “if promises given in 2013 are fulfilled,” speaking at an iftar fast-breaking dinner in the eastern...
View ArticleKurdish Groups End Cease-fire With Turkey
An umbrella network of Kurdish organizations that includes the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced a three-year-long cease-fire agreement with Ankara is now over, dealing a major blow...
View ArticlePKK attacks Turkey’s halted Shah Deniz gas pipeline
Kurdish militants attacked Turkey’s Shah Deniz pipeline carrying natural gas from Azerbaijan early on Tuesday, but the blast did not impact supply as flow had already been halted for maintenance, the...
View ArticleThree soldiers killed in southeast amid violence outbreak
Three Turkish soldiers have been killed in attacks by members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Şırnak, with the Turkish Air Forces (THK) launching...
View ArticleTwo Turkish troops, one policeman killed in PKK attacks in southeast
Two Turkish troops died Monday and a policeman was killed in new attacks blamed on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in the country’s southeast, the army and officials said. The two soldiers died...
View ArticlePKK attacks Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline in Kars, Turkey
Militants suspected of belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) detonated a bomb at the section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum natural gas pipeline passing through the Sarıkamış district...
View ArticleSeveral Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack
Kurdish group says its members killed 15 Turkish servicemen and seized large number of weapons in Hakkari province. Kurdish armed group has said its fighters had killed 15 Turkish soldiers in an attack...
View ArticleSoldier shot dead at Syrian border, policeman killed in Tunceli PKK attack
A Turkish soldier was shot dead in the province of Hatay on the border with Syria in southern Turkey by an unidentified assailant who opened fire from Syrian territory, while a police officer was...
View ArticleTurkish police detain 16 PKK suspects in Adıyaman, Iğdır provinces
Turkish police have detained 16 suspects on Friday, under the scope of an anti-terrorism operation carried out against the PKK in Adıyaman and Iğdır provinces. In Adıyaman, seven people were arrested...
View ArticleSoldiers killed in latest PKK attacks laid to rest in hometowns
Burial ceremonies for six Turkish soldiers recently killed in two separate terrorism-related incidents have been held in their respective hometowns across the country. Lt. Col. İhsan Ejdar, 43, one of...
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