The United States on Monday condemned deadly attacks apparently carried out by Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey and vowed support for efforts by Turkey to stop the violence.
Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. condemned attacks in the past two weeks by rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Turkey and warned the fighting could destabilize the Kurdish region in Iraq.
Turkish soldiers on maneuvers near the Iraqi border in June. The simmering conflict between Turkey and Kurdish guerrillas headquartered in neighboring Iraq may be getting close to a boil.
Turkey may cut logistic support to U.S. troops in Iraq if the U.S. Congress backs a bill branding as genocide the 1915 massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks, a senior ruling AK Party lawmaker was quoted as saying on Monday.
A Turkish soldier was killed and three more were wounded in a landmine explosion on Monday, putting further pressure on Turkey's government just one day after Kurdish rebels shot dead 13 Turkish troops.
Turkey's cabinet discusses how to respond to the killing of 13 army soldiers by Kurdish PKK rebels.
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's military and political leaders vowed to step up the fight against rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK after the army suffered its worst casualties in more than a decade.
LONDON - Now that they will always have Istanbul, the Minnesota globetrotters have flown westward to this smallish town over here, held one practice and marveled at how so very, very many people occupy the metropolis back there in Turkey. "Those people," new Timberwolves forward Ryan Gomes all but gasped. "There were so many."The people," Wolves coach Randy Wittman all but shouted. "The vastness ...
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to step up the nation's fight against rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party after Turkey's army suffered its worst casualties for more than a decade.
Turkey vowed Monday to counter terrorism until peace and security is ensured all over the country. President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit voiced the determination in a ...