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A bomb attack on Sunday at a bus station near Guven Park in Ankara killed at least 37people and left more than 125 injured. Prime Minister Davutoglu postponed his scheduled Tuesday visit to Jordan after the “heinous attack” and promised Read more
Israel’s Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer stated that Tel Aviv supports the aspirations of the Kurds for independence, comparing their struggle to that of the Israelis. This came in a statement relayed by Iraniennes.com. The Kurds have been fighting Read more
Turkish air force on Wednesday shelled for almost two hours the Kandil Mountain believed to be the headquarters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK,) targeting logistical centers, ammunition depots and shelters. The assault took place on the same day that Read more
President Erdogan reiterated his Prime Minister’s claim that the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) carried out the Wednesday bombing in the capital which killed 28 people, most of them military personnel, and injured more than 60. The Kurdistan Workers Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unhappy with the US after an envoy of President Obama last week paid a visit to Kobani, in Syria. Kobani is under the control of the military wing of the Kurdish Democratic Party, called Read more
Talks between the Syrian government and the opposition initially scheduled for Monday would finally kick-off on Friday but the coalition of major opposition groups known as the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) will not be attending unless its demands are met. Read more
The security campaign of the Turkish forces against militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeastern part of the country is almost completed according to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu after major operations began last month. A statement from Read more
President Erdogan said the 10 October double suicide attack considered as the most deadly in the country’s history is “a completely collective act” carried out by the Kurdish militants, ISIS and the Syrian intelligence. Erdogan made the claim in a Read more
Turkey summoned the ambassadors of the U.S. and Russia separately to voice Ankara’s concerns regarding their respective countries’ cooperation with armed groups operating in Syria and Iraq. The ambassadors met with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and a foreign ministry official Read more
Tension between political parties has been increasing ahead of the November 1 elections and the decision on Saturday by the country’s independent Supreme Election Board (YSK) to reject requests of some local election boards from districts in the eastern and Read more