Tag: PKK

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he may allow Finland to join Nato while blocking Sweden’s membership. He criticised Sweden’s…

Turkey has condemned alleged support from Sweden and Finland for the PKK Kurdish rebel group, which Ankara designates as a…

Turkish forces have captured a major base belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, according to Turkey’s defence ministry. Twelve…

The US has reportedly axed a clandestine intelligence programme with Turkey that has helped Turkish commanders target the Kurdistan Workers’…

A mob has attacked the 70-year-old leader of Turkey’s main opposition party during a funeral held for a soldier who was killed…

The European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled Turkey should release Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas (pictured), finding his detention was…

The Czech police have detained a Syrian Kurdish political leader on an Interpol red notice, which describes him as a…

Turkey’s interior ministry announced that 130 Turks would lose their citizenship if they did not return to their homeland within…

Iran says it blames Turkey for a cross-border attack that left two Iranian border guards dead. “The subject has been…

Turkey has summoned the US ambassador to complain about the behaviour of Washington security personnel during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s…

Turkey says Brett McGurk, the US special envoy for combatting so-called Islamic State, should be removed because he supports Kurdish…

Turkey says it has issued detention orders for 3,224 people and arrested 1,009 citizens suspected of having links to US-based…

Fears that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unfairly influenced Turkey’s referendum in his favour have been heightened by criticism from an…

Kurdish Newroz celebrations often carry a political message. Kurdish spring celebrations have merged into peaceful protests against the referendum to…

Citizens protesting against the July 15 coup attempt in Kızılay Square, Istanbul. At least two soldiers have been killed in…