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Central Daylight Time Iraq's administration has announced that Turkey may be allowed to establish a military base in order to counter the PKK terrorist organization Hashimi sends green light for Turkish baseIraq's Vice-President Tariq Al-Hashimi emphasized...
A Turkish soldier was killed in a clash with 10 outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) militants in southeastern Turkey on Thursday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Another soldier was wounded when the Turkish troops clashed with the...
Tags: Diyarbakir, PKK, Dicle
Kurdish guerrillas are no longer able to operate freely in northern Iraq and are riven by internal conflict, the head of Turkey's powerful armed forces said on Tuesday. The Turkish military conducted a major incursion last year against Kurdistan Workers...
Tags: Turkey, DTP, Kurdish Democratic Society Party, Kurdistan Workers Party, worker party, kurdish rebels, kurdish party, Iraqi, PKK, Barzani
A three-party meeting including American, Iraqi and Turkish officials is taking place in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday. The Turkish delegation is led by Interior Minister Besir Atalay, while the Iraqi delegation is headed by State and National Security...
Tags: Iraqi, Baghdad, Mahmoud Abbas, Mahmoud Abbas, kurdish region, PKK, palestinian president, abbas arrived
Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay flew to Baghdad Saturday for talks on measures against Turkish Kurd rebels holed up in the mountains of neighbouring northern Iraq, Anatolia news agency reported. The talks, Atalay said, will be held as part of three-way...
Tags: Turkey-Iraq, Iraqi-Turkish-American, Interior Besir Atalay, Baghdad, kurdish rebels, PKK, interior minister, Sirnak, minister besir, kurd rebels
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, says Denmark-based Roj TV station could be closed down if its connections with PKK are proved. "If Danish investigators find any relations between Roj TV and the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) then the network will be...
Tags: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, roj tv, PKK, Denmark
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem arrived in Baghdad Wednesday for two days of talks officials said were aimed at boosting bilateral relations...Iraqi government officials said previously they were interested in exploring cooperative ventures with...
Tags: Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Turkey, Baghdad, prime minister, Nechirvan Barzani, PKK, president abdullah, Kurdistan Workers Party, gul urged, Abdullah Gül
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says. "It is enough that the members of the separatist Kurdish organization put down their weapons. Our wish is that," Erdogan said in a live broadcast on Turkey's ATV. The Turkish prime minister's remarks come as Iraqi...
Tags: Turkey, Iraqi, PKK, prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president jalal, Ankara, Jalal Talabani, foreign policy
Three members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Tuesday surrendered to the Turkish security forces in southeastern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The three PKK members, including one woman who escaped from the...
Tags: Iraqi, PKK, northern iraq, security forces, Turkey
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Ankara on Saturday for a visit aimed at repairing relations with Turkey damaged over the Iraq war. "The Obama administration has a chance to rebuild on a better footing after the most acute problems accumulated...
Tags: Turkey, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Turkish-Israeli, Mrs Clinton, Ankara, European Parliament, European Union, Barack Obama, PKK, clinton arrived