Turkey snubs possible PKK ceasefire announcement
ANKARA, Turkey — A senior Turkish official has renewed a call on Kurdish rebels to lay down their arms and leave the Turkish...
View ArticleTurkey: Attacks that killed 86 likely were suicide bombings
ANKARA, Turkey — Two bomb explosions targeted a peace rally Saturday by leftist and Kurdish activists in the Turkish capital of Ankara, killing 86 people and wounding 186, the country's health minister...
View ArticlePKK halts militant activity ahead of Turkey polls
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Saturday declared a "state of inactivity" after months of attacks in Turkey, pledging to suspend all militant action ahead of the general election in November. ......
View ArticlePro-Kurdish party hopeful of PKK ceasefire as Turkish election nears
By Gulsen Solaker and Daren Butler ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition said on Thursday it hoped Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants would announce a halt to hostilities...
View ArticleToll from twin Ankara blasts soars to 95
At least 95 people were killed in Ankara Saturday when bombs set off by two suspected suicide attackers ripped through a crowd of leftist and pro-Kurdish activists at an anti-government peace rally, in...
View ArticleAt least 86 dead, 186 injured in twin blasts at peace rally in Turkish...
ANKARA: At least 86 people were killed Saturday when two explosions ripped through groups of leftist and pro-Kurdish activists gathering for an anti-government peace rally in the Turkish capital...
View ArticleAt least 86 dead in attack on Ankara peace rally
At least 86 people were killed Saturday when two explosions ripped through groups of leftist and pro-Kurdish activists gathering for an anti-government peace rally in the Turkish capital Ankara. The...
View ArticleAt least 86 killed in Turkey's deadliest attack
At least 86 people were killed Saturday in the Turkish capital Ankara when twin blasts ripped through groups of leftist and pro-Kurdish activists gathering for an anti-government peace rally, the...
View ArticlePKK Kurdish rebels suspend attacks ahead of Turkey polls
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Saturday declared a "state of inactivity" after months of attacks in Turkey, pledging to suspend all offensive actions ahead of November polls. "Heeding calls from...
View Article‘PKK attack’ kills one Turkish policeman, injures two others
At least one Turkish policeman has been killed and two others are injured in an attack blamed on members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in troubled southeastern Turkey. Turkish military sources,...
View ArticleThree months of Turkish unrest
Nearly 100 people were killed and more than 200 injured after twin blasts hit a peace rally in Ankara Saturday, in the deadliest attack of its kind in Turkey's modern history. The bloodshed marked a...
View ArticleEight more PKK militants die in restive southeast Turkey
At least eight members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been killed in a Turkish military operation in the restive southeastern part of the country. Turkish officials said on Tuesday that the...
View ArticleThousands rally against Erdogan as Turkey mourns deadliest attack
Thousands of people took to the streets of Ankara on Sunday to denounce the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after 95 people were killed in twin suspected suicide bombings on a peace rally,...
View ArticleStunned Turkey mourns 95 killed in worst ever attack
Turkey on Sunday mourned the killing of at least 95 people in twin suspected suicide bombings on a peace rally in Ankara, its worst ever attack that raised fears for the country's stability. Prime...
View ArticleThousands rally as Turkey mourns worst ever attack
Thousands of people took to the streets of Ankara on Sunday to denounce the government and remember 95 people killed in twin suspected suicide bombings on a peace rally, as Turkey mourned its worst...
View ArticleTurkey PM says IS prime suspect in deadliest attack
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday said the Islamic State (IS) extremist group was the prime suspect in the double suicide bombings in Ankara that killed 97 and sparked anger over the...
View ArticleTurkey Launches Air Strikes On PKK
The Turkish Air Force has pounded Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in both Turkey and Iraq, after the rebel group ordered its fighters to halt attacks on...
View ArticleTurkey launches air strikes on PKK camps after ceasefire move
Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant targets in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey on Saturday and Sunday, pressing their military campaign a day after the rebel group...
View ArticleTen Kurdish militants killed as PKK ceasefire call fails to halt clashes
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish security forces killed ten Kurdish militants during ground and air operations in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, the military said, days after the insurgents called a...
View Article49 PKK rebels killed in Turkey, Iraq
ANKARA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Forty-nine rebels of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in the military operations in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq on Saturday and Sunday, a...
View ArticleTurkey Says Kurdish PKK’s Cease-Fire Not Enough to End Violence
Turkey views a unilateral cease-fire by Kurdish militant group PKK as an “important step,” though it won’t be enough to end the fighting in the country’s southeast, interim Deputy Prime Minister Numan...
View ArticleTwo Turkish police fired over desecration of Kurdish rebel's corpse
Two Turkish police officers accused of desecrating the corpse of a Kurdish rebel killed during fighting in southeastern Turkey have been sacked, the interior ministry said Monday. An investigation "has...
View ArticleTwo Turkish soldiers killed during clashes in eastern Turkey
At least two Turkish soldiers have been killed during a series of fierce clashes with suspected militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey’s troubled east, local officials say. Turkish...
View ArticleKurdish militants shoot dead Turkish police officer
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdish fighters shot dead a Turkish police officer and wounded another in a southeast town on Friday, officials said, as clashes raged on despite a unilateral ceasefire...
View Article3 soldiers killed in clashes with PKK in SE Turkey
ANKARA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Three Turkish soldiers were killed on Saturday in clashes with the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey near...
View ArticleArmy, PKK clashes leave 24 dead in SE Turkey: Source
Four Turkish soldiers and 20 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been killed in the latest clashes in the country’s volatile southeast over the past couple of days, a security source...
View ArticleSix Turkish soldiers, 20 Kurdish rebels killed in clashes: source
ANKARA: Six Turkish soldiers and about 20 Kurdish rebels have been killed in several days of clashes in eastern and southeastern Turkey, a security source said Sunday. The fighting erupted despite a...
View ArticleFour Turkish soldiers, about 20 Kurdish rebels killed in clashes: source
Four Turkish soldiers and about 20 Kurdish rebels have been killed in several days of intense fighting in southeastern Turkey, a security source said Sunday. The fighting...
View ArticleTurkey warns U.S., Russia against backing Kurdish militia in Syria
By Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has warned the United States and Russia it will not tolerate Kurdish territorial gains by Kurdish militia close to its frontiers in north-western Syria, two...
View ArticleTwo Turkish soldiers killed in clash after PKK ceasefire call
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in eastern Turkey at the weekend, the military said, as conflict continued despite...
View ArticleKurdish PKK says halts militant activity in Turkey: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group called on its fighters to halt guerrilla activities in Turkey...
View ArticleTwin bombs kill dozens at pro-Kurdish rally in Turkey
ANKARA - At least 86 people were killed when two suspected suicide bombers hit a rally of pro-Kurdish and leftist activists outside Ankara's main train station on Saturday, weeks ahead of an election,...
View ArticleTurkey tries to identify suicide bombers of peace rally
ANKARA, Turkey — Thousands mourned the 95 victims of Turkey's deadliest attack in years as state inspectors tried Sunday to identify who sent suicide bombers to a rally promoting peace with the...
View ArticleThree soldiers, 28 Kurdish militants killed in Turkish southeast
By Seyhmus Cakan DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Three soldiers and 28 Kurdish militants have been killed in air strikes and clashes over the past two days in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast,...
View ArticleBomb blast kills two soldiers in Turkey’s southeast
Two Turkish soldiers have lost their lives and two others sustained injuries in a powerful roadside bomb explosion in the country’s troubled southeast. The incident happened on Sunday when a military...
View ArticleAnkara bomb blasts kill 86 at peace rally; 186 wounded
ANKARA, Turkey — Two bomb explosions targeted a peace rally Saturday by leftist and Kurdish activists in the Turkish capital of Ankara, killing 86 people and wounding 186, the country's health minister...
View ArticleErdogan party hits the hustings ahead of Turkey vote
A week ahead of Turkey's second election in five months, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party is working overtime to try to reclaim its parliamentary majority, in a climate of tension fuelled by the...
View ArticleBomb explosions in Turkey kill 86, wound 186 at peace rally
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two bomb explosions targeted a peace rally Saturday by leftist and Kurdish activists in the Turkish capital of Ankara, killing 86 people and wounding 186, the country's health...
View ArticleTurkey confirms shelling Kurdish fighters in Syria
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has confirmed that the Turkish military has attacked Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) said Turkey shot at its...
View ArticleTurkey rounds up more IS suspects, strikes Kurds in Syria
Turkey pressed on with its "war on terror" on Tuesday, just five days before the country goes to the polls, detaining dozens of Islamic State suspects and hitting Kurdish rebels across the border in...
View ArticleMonths of unrest in Turkey ahead of vote
Two Turkish policemen and seven Islamic State suspects were killed Monday in a gun battle around a jihadist hideout in the main Kurdish city of Diyarbakir. Police have been on the hunt for IS militants...
View ArticleAngry Kurds demand answers after terror attack in Turkey
Istanbul: A day after the worst terrorist attack in Turkey's modern history left nearly 100 people dead, thousands of mourners gathered in central Ankara, the Turkish capital, to lay carnations and...
View ArticleKey players in Turkey vote
Millions of Turks go to the polls next Sunday for what could be one of the most crucial elections in the country's modern history. The vote was called after the Justice and Development Party (AKP),...
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