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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
The Turkish military carried out an air strike on Sunday on northern Iraqi Kurdistan in the latest operation against Kurdish PKK rebels sheltering in the remote area, a PKK spokesman said. At least one Turkish warplane hit an area in Iraq's Qandil...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Turkish warplanes bombed the Qandil border area in Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday for about an hour, a spokesperson for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) separatist group said. Dozdar Hammo said that Turkish jets began bombing the area, in which the PKK...
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The independent
| over 1 year ago
Suggested Topics A ferry hijacking by a Kurdish militant was foiled yesterday after Turkish army commandos disguised themselves as hostages, infiltrated the boat and killed the hijacker. Twenty-two people were taken hostage on board the Kartepe after...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
A man described as a terrorist who hijacked a Turkish ferry with 24 people aboard was killed in a raid Saturday by security forces, a government official said...Friday when the captain of the passenger ferry was taken hostage on the Marmara Sea,...
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The Journal Gazette
| over 1 year ago
Turkey Turkish security forces shot dead a suspected Kurdish rebel early Saturday to end a 12-hour hostage drama on a small passenger ferry, and later confirmed that he was wearing plastic explosives. They killed the man in a pre-dawn lightning raid...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
Turkish commandos killed a lone hijacker, believed to be a Kurdish militant, in a pre-dawn operation on Saturday to rescue more than 20 passengers and crew held hostage for 12 hours on a high-speed ferry near Istanbul. The decision was taken at 5.
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The Herald
| over 1 year ago
Youths clash with police at marches Violent clashes erupted in Warsaw on Friday as right-wing extremists, football hooligans and anarchists attacked police with cobblestones and glass bottles during marches commemorating the country's Independence...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
An official says a Kurdish rebel who was shot dead by security forces after a 12-hour hostage drama on a ferry carrying 24 passengers and crew was wearing fake explosives. Authorities say Turkish security forces ended the hijacking by killing the man...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
Officials said the boat was seized after it had set sail from the north-western port of Izmit on Wednesday evening. The ferry, zigzagging across the Sea of Marmara with coastguard boats on its tail, finally ran out of fuel and anchored off the port...
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Novinite
| over 1 year ago
According to current information, the killed attacker is the sole hijacker of the vessel; no one from the passengers or crew has been hurt. The vessel was hijacked by the attacker during the night, after which it sailed on to the Sea of Marmara ,...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 1 year ago
The governor said the hijacker was "a member of the terrorist organisation", referring to the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and had been carrying explosives. The ferry, named the Kartepe, was hijacked in the sea of Marmara, where PKK leader...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
A group of four or five assailants hijacked a passenger ferry carrying 25 people in northwest Turkey Friday, claiming to have a bomb, passengers and crew said. NTV reported there was just one hijacker but Today's Zaman, quoting Turkish Transportation...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
Assailant armed with explosives took control of ferry carrying 20 people; all passengers are safe; hijacking possible linked to militant Kurdish PKK group. Turkish security forces killed a lone assailant who hijacked a ferry with some 20 passengers...
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Taiwan News
| over 1 year ago
Four or five hijackers claiming to be Kurdish rebels hijacked a ferry off northwestern Turkey Friday, said Turkish official. Kurdish rebels hijacked a ferry with 24 people aboard in the sea of Marmara off the coast of Selimpasa near Istanbul, Turkish...
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International Herald Tribune
| over 1 year ago
Militants Hijack Ferry Published: November 11, 2011 Kurdish militants hijacked a ferry with 18 passengers on board on Friday afternoon in northwestern Turkey , threatening to detonate explosives if they failed to get media exposure, local officials...
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Zaman.com
| over 1 year ago
The Kartepe ferry, hijacked by assailants who said they belonged to the PKK, demanded food and fuel, Yildirim told the Anatolia news agency, nearly six hours after the ship was hijacked. He said authorities were in contact with captain of the ferry...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Get summaries of the top business news from a global perspective Sample Ercan Topaca, the regional governor of Kocaeli, told Turkish media the ferry was travelling from Izmit to Golcuk and was hijacked at 17:45 local time. BBC reported that the ship'...
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Leader Post Online
| over 1 year ago
Four or five hijackers claiming to be Kurdish rebels seized control Friday of a ferry carrying 20 passengers and crew off northwestern Turkey, said Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim. "We think they are four or five . . . They say the belong...
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The Globe & Mail
| over 1 year ago
Turkey The Associated Press Published Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 1:37PM EST Last updated Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 1:43PM EST A lone hijacker claiming to have a bomb on Friday hijacked a ferry off the western port city of Izmit with 17 passengers on board, an...
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Zee News
| over 1 year ago
Coastguard vessels were tracking the ferry east of Istanbul, they said. Kocaeli Governor Ercan Topaca said there were 17 passengers and four crew on the "Kartepe" ferry which was travelling between Izmit and Golcuk in the Gulf of Izmit when it was...
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AP Online
| over 1 year ago
Turkey (AP) — A lone hijacker claiming to have a bomb have hijacked a ferry off the western port city of Izmit with some 20 passengers on board on Friday, an official said.
Ibrahim Karaosmanoglu, mayor for Izmit, told NTV television...
