After three Kurdish women were found dead on Thursday morning at Kurdish Information Center in Paris many statements have been made by parties concerned. In the meantime it was reported that Kurdish women were shot in the head which seemed to be an execution killing. PM Erdoğan commenting on the issue said that Turkey was expecting French state to find the suspects after slaying of three Kurdish women in Pa ...

The leaders of the rebel Free Syrian Army said today they have moved their command center from Turkey to Syria with the aim of uniting rebels and speeding up the fall of President Bashar Assad's regime. Brig. Gen. Mustafa al-Sheikh, who heads the FSA's Military Council, told The Associated Press that the group made the move last week. He would not say where the new headquarters is located. The FSA has been ...

President Barack Obama sent a personal message to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan asking him to speak out against the violence. Obama has vowed to "stand fast" against spreading anti-US violence raging in the Arab world, as he mourned four Americans slain in Libya after their remains were flown home. In a heart-rending homecoming, four transfer caskets draped in American flags were slowly borne ...

The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey (AFAD) has announced that as of yesterday, the number of Syrian refugees that are currently in Turkey seeking shelter is 78,409. This in effect means that the number of Syria refugees in Turkey is nearing the 100,000 figure, which is considered to be the point that when reached will necessitate the setting up of a buffer zone AFAD released a written ...

Commenting that if the people in the Southeast were not so afraid of the PKK terrorist organization, then the BDP, or Peace and Democracy Party, would not get the vote, Erdoğan states "These deputies embrace them (terrorists) as if they were brothers, so of course we suffice to ask, ‘what sort of relationship is this’? Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was remarking on imagery surfaced depicting BDP deput ...

Clinton: Syria mustn’t become PKK havenISTANBUL Syria must not become a haven for outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants battling Turkey, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Aug. 11 during a visit to Turkey. “We share Turkey’s determination that Syria must not become a haven for PKK terrorists whether now or after the departure of the [Bashar] al-Assad regime,” Clinton told a joint new ...

PKK attacks rage in west, east as one soldier killed While military operations are continuing in Turkey’s southeast after more than two weeks, another attack from the outlawed PKK come in the westwern coast of country. ‘Unfortunately, this is another example of terrorism’s spread,’ Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says One Turkish soldier was killed and 11 were injured when a landmine exploded as a milit ...

Turkey strong enough to bring PKK's puppet masters into line, Erdoğan says Turkey is powerful enough to bring the "enemy countries" that hold the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) strings into line, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said today. Erdoğan sent a written message to offer his condolences to the Chief of General Staff Gen. Necdet Özel in the wake of yesterday night's PKK attack on a mil ...

The United Kingdom is stepping forward as a mediating force between Israel and Turkey, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz. The reason behind the recent move is reportedly Turkey and Israel’s shared interests in Syria. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is now acting as a third party between the leaders of the two powers in an attempt to find common ground between the former allies. Cameron reportedly att ...

Ankara has dismissed Israeli officials’ recent statements that Tel Aviv is ready to solve any outstanding disputes with Turkey but will not apologize for the deadly 2010 Mavi Marmara raid, according to Turkish officials. Turkey regards Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s latest remarks, as well as Israeli politicians’ similar statements delivered in the past, to be a tactical move attempting to avo ...

Turkey sent batteries of ground-to-air missiles to the border with Syria on Sunday, media reports said, boosting its firepower as rebels in Syria seized several border posts.  As fighting raged in Damascus and Aleppo, rebels were said to have taken control of three crossing points on the border with Turkey, which is sheltering thousands of Syrians who have fled the conflict at home. A train convoy carrying ...

Turkey and Syria’s other neighbors look on warily as rebels take over a number of border posts amid violence around the country following a July 18 bombing Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad have been left in control of only one of Syria’s eight border gates with Turkey after losing control of the others in pitched battles with rebels July 20, according to a Turkish official. Rebels started gaining control of ...

A suicide bombing which killed members of President Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle has increased the urgency for tougher United Nations action says Western leaders, a stance rejected by Russia. British Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the suicide attack, and said it “confirms the urgent need for a Chapter 7 resolution of the U.N. Security Council on Syria.” U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan asked t ...

Turkey denies arms shipment to Syria rebels Ankara denied Friday allegations that it is shipping weapons to Syrian rebels across the border, after a report claimed Turkey was among nations arming rebels fighting the regime in Damascus. "Turkey does not ship weapons to any neighbouring country, including Syria," foreign ministry spokesperson Selcuk Unal said when asked whether Turkey was involved in an alleg ...

President Gül calls on Turkey to separate the Kurdish issue from terrorism while asking Kurds to distance themselves from militancy Turkish people should distinguish the Kurdish question from the terror problem, Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül has said, urging Kurdish citizens to put a distance between themselves and terror, in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack killing eight troops in Hakkari. The Tur ...

Obama and Erdoğan discuss Syria US President Barack Obama and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met at the G20 summit Tuesday to discuss the need for a political transition in Syria. Erdoğan has become a key ally for Obama in the three years since he took office and the two men have met and spoken by telephone frequently to discuss various Middle East crises. "They discussed the importance of mov ...

BDP leader calls on PKK to lay down arms Selahattin Demirtaş, the co-leader of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), called on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to halt all armed activities today. Demirtaş spoke in the wake of today's attack on a military outpost in the Dağlıca distict of the eastern Hakkari province by the PKK that left eight soldiers and 10 PKK militants dead. Demirtaş extended h ...

Amid initiatives between the governement and political parties to speed up democratic improvements in Turkey, Kurdish terrorists do not fail to perform their bloody jobs. 8 killed, 16 wounded in clashes in southeastern Turkey Eight soldiers were killed and 16 more were wounded yesterday during clashes between security forces and members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern prov ...

Turkish authorities have asked all Syrian diplomats to leave the country in response to the recent Houla massacre, daily Hürriyet has reported. The motive behind the decision was cited as the recent Houla massacre, where "110 innocent citizens, 50 of them children, were murdered." "It is not a possibility to remain silent in the face of such an act, which constitutes a crime against humanity," a Foreign Min ...

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) recent attacks against civilians in East and Southeast Anatolia points to a return to Turkey’s dark 1990s era, which was characterized by severe clashes and killings, according to politicians and academics. “The PKK attacked many civilians such as public workers, teachers and construction sites in the 1990s. This hasn’t been happening for a long time, but the re ...

Turkey warned Syria today not to repeat border violations, implying that it could use force to protect its border and call on NATO to respond to a potential Syrian attack. “We have strong armed forces. We will carefully continue to take steps to this end. But Syria must be aware of the fact that in the event of a repetition of these border violations, Turkey’s stance will not be the same,” Prime Minister Re ...

As Ankara pushes Moscow to press on Damascus to adhere to the tenuous cease-fire, Khartoum solicits Turkey’s help on its recently erupt crisis. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has asked Russia to put more pressure on Syria to implement the cease-fire that was to have gone into effect April 12 in accordance with a plan by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. Davutoğlu met with Russian Foreign Ministe ...

Turkey steps up its rhetoric against the Syran regime as the clashes spill over Turkey’s border for the first time ahead of today’s truce deadline. Ankara warns of dire consequences for any repeat of such violence.. The Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday delivered a stern warning to the top Syrian diplomat in Ankara, pressing for an immediate halt to shooting at the border. A senior official also said U.N.- ...