Two soldiers were killed in an ambush by the alleged members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in the southeastern province of Şırnak late Thursday. PKK militants remotely detonated a landmine during the passage of a military convoy on a road near Beytüşşebap district of the southeastern province of Şırnak at around 10:00 p.m. The militants then opened fire on the convoy with long range rifl ...

As security forces continued operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, two prominent education unions protested Thursday against the PKK’s recent kidnappings of teachers in several cities. Representatives of the Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions, or KESK, and the Turkish Education Union, or Türk Eğitim-Sen, held protests in Istanbul, Ankara, Mersin, Zonguldak and Bodrum for ...

The terrorist PKK killed a pregnant woman and her 6-year-old daughter in the southeastern province of Batman late on Monday.The terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has recently been targeting civilians in its attacks, killed a pregnant woman and her 6-year-old daughter in the southeastern province of Batman late on Monday, the Batman Governor's Office said in a statement on Tuesday. The statemen ...

Alleged members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party attacked a Turkish army outpost on Saturday, killing six soldiers and wounding 11 in the southeastern province of Siirt. Three terrorists were also killed. The militants attacked a post near the town of Pervari in Siirt. Authorities were not immediately available for comment. Terrorists planted mines in the area to prevent or slow down army reinforcem ...

The Turkish government prepares to ramp up its anti-terror fight asfour new deaths in the southeast bring terror toll to 37 since Aug 17. Shifting away from overtures toward an outlawed terrorist group, Ankara is planning to increase military pressure and tighten control over transit routes into Turkey. Four more people were killed in attacks in the southeast, while a group affiliated with the outlawed Kurd ...

Intellegence chief Hakan Fidan is alleged to take part in secret talks with the PKK. AA photoThe leaking of an alleged recording of secret talks between Turkish officials and Kurdish militants fuelled political bickering in Ankara on Wednesday as the opposition accused the government of deception. Despite their critical stance on the leaked tape, however, none of the opposition parties have openly criticize ...

One soldier, one police officer and three civilians were killed in clashes with PKK militants in southeastern Turkey late Sunday Four locations in the Şemdinli district of southeastern Hakkari province came under simultaneous attacks by alleged members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, on Sunday night. PKK militants attacked Şemdinli's District Police Headquarters, District Gendarmerie Comma ...

Turks in Germany have been the target of attacks in the past but if it happens again, they might not remain idle, says Professor Faruk Şen. He argues that a deepening economic crisis could increase hostility to Turks by the fall. There is also a risk that Turkish youth would react to such attack, Şen says: ‘Just one spark could be all it might takes’ The deepening economic crisis in Europe could make Turks ...

The leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, who is currently serving a life sentence on İmralı Island in the Sea of Marmara, has said there could be more violence and attacks from the separatist group if Parliament and the prime minister fail to convince the PKK that they have plans to implement democratic measures to address the Kurdish question. The minutes of a meeting be ...

'We should condemn terror. It is innocent people who have been injured in this incident,' Republican People’s Party, or CHP, chief Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said. Everyone living in Turkey should develop a “joint reflex” against terrorism, the leader of the main opposition said Friday during a visit to victims of the previous day’s bomb attack in Istanbul’s Etiler neighborhood. “We should condemn terror. It is inn ...