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Ankara will not abide by international law when considering the return of Kurds from refugee camps in northern Iran, interior officials said. Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Kurds in the Makhmour refugee camp need approval from the Iraqi government...
Tags: Turkey, Ankara, Fertile Crescent, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Iraqi Kurdistan, Politics, Abdullah ᅢヨcalan, Kurdish people, Massoud Barzani, Recep Tayyip Erdoᅣ゚an, Social Issues, Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Kurdistan, Ethnic groups in Syria, Turkey¬タモKurdistan Workers' Party conflict
Turkey and UN once more in quarrel over Makhmour camp The return of Turkish citizens of Kurdish descent from the Makhmour refugee camp -- built by the United Nations for refugees in 1998 -- who went to Iraq in 1996 due to increasing acts of terrorism...
Tags: Turkey, makhmour camp, İstanbul, Politics, Social Issues, War Conflict, Fertile Crescent, Kᅣᄆzᅣᄆlcahamam, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Forced migration, Right of asylum, Demography, Ministry of the Interior, Jalozai, Kurdistan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Refugee, Beᅤ゚ir Atalay, Population
DTP conditionally ready to talk Selahattin Demirtaş, the parliamentary group leader of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), said it would be easier for the DTP to take responsibility during the democratization process if the government sent...
Tags: DTP, Belgium, Brussels, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Nurettin Demirtaᅤ゚, Fatma Kurtulan, Democratic Society Party, Socialist International, Iraqi Kurdistan, Politics
In talks likely to result in millions of dollars in penalties, executives from the company, now known as Xe Services, are negotiating with government regulators over years of violations of export laws. According to government officials and former company...
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Washington backs Turkish efforts to control Kurdish guerrillas as part of a broader counter-terrorism effort, the U.S...FBI Director Robert Mueller met with top Turkish security officials during an official visit to Ankara to discuss counter-terrorism...
Tags: FBI, Robert Mueller, Ankara, Turkey, Turkey¬タモKurdistan Workers' Party conflict, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers' Party, October 2007 clashes in Hakkari, Politics, Foreign relations of Turkey, War Conflict, Terrorism
Lawmakers in the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq could consider an amnesty offer for Kurdish rebels in its provinces, a former Kurdish premier said. Ankara is considering a series of political and cultural considerations for Kurds in an effort to...
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Turkey transferred five prisoners to the detention facility on Imrali Island housing Abdullah Ocalan , leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party. Justice officials have worked on plans to transfer more prisoners to the Imrali facility following the conclusion...
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday rejected accusations that the phones of top judicial officials had been illegally tapped, insisting the surveillance had been cleared by the courts. Turkey�s chief prosecutor has launched a preliminary...
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Government ready to sacrifice whatever it takes to end terror Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that his government is determined to end terrorism no matter what the cost, and he also lashed out at the opposition for their accusations that the...
Tags: end terror, Turkey, Malatya, Turkish general election, Bible publishing firm murders in Malatya Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoᅣ゚an, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Iraqi Kurdistan, Politics, War Conflict
Paris was one of the important stops in Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's November schedule. This visit followed President Abdullah Gul's trip to Paris as part of the Turkish Season in France, where certain tensions were seen. Davutoglu explained Turkey's...
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