PKK

2012-02-02Wednesday's action sanctioning four people and three companies for their drug trafficking ties to the PKK is the first use of the Kingpin Act in Europe targeting the organisation.

2011-09-03As Turkey's air operations in northern Iraq continue, bloggers condemn the military attacks by arguing the Kurdish issue can only be solved through dialogue and peace.

2011-09-01As part of a multi-pronged strategy to fight the PKK, Turkey launches a new diplomatic initiative to cut off its financial resources in Europe.

2011-08-18Violence and political deadlock between the Turkish state and the Turkish-Kurd nationalist movement reaches a tipping point.

2011-05-29ANKARA, Turkey -- The jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, has proposed establishing an umbrella political...

2011-05-17ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Hundreds of Kurds gathered in Istanbul and southeast Turkey on Monday (May 16th) to protest the army's killing of 12 Kurdish rebe...

2011-05-15ANKARA, Turkey -- The army announced on Saturday (May 14th) that security forces have killed at least 12 Kurdish rebels spotted crossing the border f...

2011-05-13ANKARA, Turkey -- Two police officers were killed and another was injured by Kurdish rebels in an attack late Wednesday (May 11th). Interior Minister...

2011-05-08ANKARA, Turkey -- Police arrested 22 people on Friday (May 6th) on charges of belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The arrests w...

2011-05-05ANKARA, Turkey -- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's convoy was attacked in the northern city of Kastamonu late Wednesday (May 4th), leaving one p...

2011-04-29Hoping for voter support both from nationalists and Kurds, the ruling party must walk a fine line.

2011-04-03ANKARA, Turkey -- Seven suspected Kurdish rebels were killed while entering Turkish territory from Syria, local officials confirmed on Friday (April...

2011-03-31Kurds in Turkey are stirring things up before the June elections.

2011-03-23As the singer recovers, police try to untangle a web of connections that could include pro-Kurdish terrorists.

2011-03-16ANKARA, Turkey -- Three Kurdish rebels were killed in a shootout with Turkish soldiers in the southeast on Tuesday (March 15th), the first clash sinc...

2011-03-14Why are militants issuing death threats against Kurdish intellectuals?

2011-03-09As Turkey's government looks to June elections, an old foe raises the prospect of renewed attacks.

2011-03-01ANKARA, Turkey -- The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday (February 28th) called off a unilateral ceasefire declared in the mid-August, de...

2010-12-30ANKARA, Turkey -- The army announced on Wednesday (December 29th) that three members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in an...

2010-12-12ANKARA, Turkey -- Security forces killed a suspected member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during clashes in the southeastern province of Batm...