War on terrorism
PKK attack kills two Turkish soldiers, injures nine
03/09/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- An attack by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists killed two Turkish soldiers and injured nine others in eastern Turkey late o...
Clashes kill four Turkish soldiers, two PKK militants in Turkey
01/09/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- Military sources say members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) killed four Turkish soldiers and injured four others i...
Explosion kills one Romanian soldier in Afghanistan, injures four others
01/09/2008
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An explosion killed one and injured four other Romanian soldiers in Afghanistan on Sunday (August 31st), the Romanian defence m...
Turkey's new top general firm on secularism, nation-state, US ties, EU membership
01/09/2008
General Ilker Basbug, new chief of the Turkish General Staff, says a pluralistic democracy requires the preservation of secularism. He considers Turkish-US relations "excellent" and calls for fair EU treatment of Ankara's membership bid.
Turkish police arrest 21 suspected al-Qaeda members
31/08/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- Police arrested 21 suspected al-Qaeda members Friday (August 29th) as part of a wide-scale operation in Istanbul. Authorities suspe...
Clashes between PKK and security forces in southeast Turkey kill 21
27/08/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- At least 16 Kurdish rebels were killed in clashes between security forces and members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PK...
Kurdistan Freedom Falcons claim responsibility for Izmir, Mersin bombings
24/08/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- Terrorists from the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) radical group claimed responsibility Saturday (August 23rd) for two terrorist a...
Car bomb injures at least 16 in Izmir
21/08/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- At least 16 people, including seven police officers, suffered injuries from a car bombing in the western province of Izmir early Th...
Suicide bombing in Turkey injures 12 police officers
20/08/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- A suicide bomber injured 12 police officers in the southern province of Mersin on Tuesday (August 19th). Security forces had receiv...
Roadside bomb injures five soldiers in southeast Turkey
18/08/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- Five Turkish troops suffered injuries early Monday (August 18th) when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Sirnak provinc...
PKK claims responsibility for BTC pipeline explosion
08/08/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- The terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for an explosion on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline...
Latest blasts in Istanbul cause by mortar attack
08/08/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- A mortar attack caused the explosions near a municipal building in Istanbul on Thursday (August 7th), security sources said. The at...
PKK rocket attack kills Turkish policeman
07/08/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- Members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fired rockets at a police station in the eastern province of Mus, killing o...
Montenegro sentences 12 ethnic Albanians to prison for plotting rebellion
06/08/2008
PODGORICA, Montenegro -- A court in Podgorica on Tuesday (August 5th) sentenced a group of 12 ethnic Albanians to prison on charges of plotting a reb...
German intelligence doubts PKK involvement in Istanbul bombings
04/08/2008
BERLIN, Germany -- German intelligence services doubt the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was involved in the July 27th twin bomb attacks in...
