Turkey's foreign minister asserted his country's right to act against Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq on Monday, while news reports said a suicide bombing had killed three soldiers at a military outpost in southeastern Turkey.
At least eight Turkish paramilitary police were killed when Kurdish militants attacked their headquarters in eastern Turkey on Monday, security sources said, in the worst attack of its kind in a year.
Turkey will deliver a report to the United Nations this week spelling out its concerns about militant Kurdish separatists in Iraq and reaffirming its legal right to take action against them, an official said on Monday.
At least eight Turkish soldiers died in an attack by guerrilla fighters in an eastern province yesterday as Abdullah Gul, the foreign minister, insisted that Turkey had the right to take action against Kurdish separatists operating from inside Iraq.
Turkey's foreign minister asserted his country's right to act against Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq, while news reports said a suicide bombing had killed three soldiers at a military outpost in southeastern Turkey.
Germany's foreign minister has expressed regret that Turkey has failed to take steps to recognise Cyprus. During a visit to the Turkish capital, Ankara, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was disappointed that this hadn't happened as part of Turkey's bid to join the European Union.
The European Union (EU) on Monday expected Turkey to speed up political and human rights reforms after the upcoming general elections to be held on July 22.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday he recently urged Turkey not to take its hunt for Kurdish terrorists within Iraq's borders.
Turkey is blaming Kurdish militants for an attack on a paramilitary police headquarters in the east of the country that left eight people dead. It's the second major attack on Turkish forces in as many weeks. At least six other paramilitary officers were wounded.
Turkey's foreign minister asserted his country's right to act against Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq on Monday, just before rebels fired rockets and grenades at a Turkish military outpost, killing eight soldiers. The army sent attack helicopter and reinforcements to Tunceli Province in southeastern Turkey after three people.