10 dead as PKK intensifies bombing campaign in Turkey
Turkey was rocked by three deadly bombings against police and military forces as Kurdish guerrillas launched a new campaign of attacks targeting areas that are not predominantly Kurdish.
View ArticleBiden mends fences with Turkey, at the expense of Kurdish forces in Syria
On a visit to Ankara, US Vice President Joe Biden sought yesterday (24 August) to ease tensions with Turkey which have been growing since the 15 July coup attempt.
View ArticleKurdish-backed fighters in Syria agree Turkey truce
Kurdish-backed militias in Syria agreed yesterday (30 August) to a US initiative to stop fighting Turkish forces whose week-old incursion in the country has stoked tensions between Washington and Ankara.
View ArticleTurkey removes two dozen elected mayors in Kurdish militant crackdown
Turkey appointed new administrators in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities yesterday (11 September) after removing their elected mayors over suspected links to militants, triggering pockets of protest...
View ArticleGerman MEP: Merkel only ?pouring oil on the fire? of Turkish-Kurdish conflict
Europe needs to up the pressure and terminate its refugee deal with Ankara, especially since the bloc only showed ?concern? that Turkey arrested a number of Kurdish mayors this week, urges MEP Martina...
View ArticleTurkey arrests leaders of pro-Kurdish HDP party
The two joint leaders of Turkey?s pro-Kurdish Peoples? Democratic party (HDP) have been detained, along with at least 11 MPs, allegedly because of their reluctance to give testimony for crimes linked...
View ArticleErdogan: ?I don?t care if they call me dictator?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an accused Europe yesterday (6 November) of abetting terrorism by supporting Kurdish militants and said he did not care if the continent called him a dictator.
View ArticleTensions flare as Turks head to referendum on new Erdogan powers
Turkey is heading to a referendum on granting President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an new powers as early as next spring, ratcheting up tensions amid a crackdown on dissent and pro-Kurdish politicians, analysts...
View ArticleKurdish militants claim responsibility for Istanbul attack that killed 38
An offshoot of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility yesterday (11 December) for twin bombings that killed 38 people and wounded 155 outside an Istanbul soccer stadium, an...
View ArticleFrom Syria to Bulgaria, part I: Escaping death
Some years ago, an ambitious Kurd from a village in northern Syria won a scholarship to study abroad. He ended up in Havana, where he learned Spanish. Elias later returned to Syria, where he became a...
View ArticleFrom Syria to Bulgaria, part I: Escaping death
Some years ago, an ambitious Kurd from a village in northern Syria won a scholarship to study abroad. He ended up in Havana, where he learned Spanish. Elias later returned to Syria, where he became a...
View ArticleUS, Turkish leaders put best face on ties amid tensions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an told US President Donald Trump yesterday (16 May) his country would not accept Syrian Kurdish fighters in the region but stopped short of directly criticizing a...
View ArticleIraq, Turkey step up pressure over Kurdish independence vote
Iraq and Turkey yesterday (14 September) stepped up the pressure on Iraqi Kurdistan over its planned independence referendum, as the governor of oil-rich Kirkuk province that decided to take part in...
View ArticleBaghdad piles pressure on Iraqi Kurds to reverse overwhelming independence vote
Baghdad heaped pressure on Iraq?s Kurds yesterday (27 September), demanding they cancel their overwhelming vote for independence while parliament urged the Iraqi central government to send troops to...
View ArticleWSJ says Turkey reporter convicted of ?terror propaganda?
The Wall Street Journal said one of its reporters has been convicted in Turkey and jailed in absentia on charges of publishing "terror propaganda" in a 2015 article on clashes between the Turkish army...
View ArticleTurkey says whoever helps Kurd militia in Syria is ?legitimate target?
Turkey yesterday (21 February) said it would consider a "legitimate target" any group that comes to the aid of Kurdish militia in Afrin in northern Syria.
View ArticleTurkey says UN Syria ceasefire won?t affect Kurdish offensive
Turkey on Sunday (25 February) welcomed the unanimous demand by the UN Security Council for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria, but insisted that its own operation against a Kurdish militia in the Afrin...
View ArticleCzech release of Syrian Kurdish leader triggers outrage in Turkey
A Czech court yesterday (27 February) released prominent Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim, wanted by Turkey on terror charges, prompting outrage in Ankara which said the move showed "support for...
View ArticleIraqi Kurdish diplomat: Helping Middle East now would be cost-effective for...
Europe should engage in the Middle East by providing technical aid and promoting investment and programmes that enhance tolerance and peaceful coexistence, said Falah Mustafa Bakir in an interview.
View ArticleAt tense Ankara news conference, EU rebukes Turkey over detentions
Top EU officials rebuked Turkey on Thursday (22 November) over its arrests of journalists and academics and the long pre-trial detention of a Kurdish politician, holding a forthright press conference...
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