On the surface, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Washington Monday is about Kurdish separatists across Turkey's border in northern Iraq, and whether the United States can pull Turkey back from launching an incursion against the rebels.
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell from a record in New York after Kurdish fighters in Iraq freed eight Turkish soldiers, reducing concern that Turkey may attack the north of the country.
05.11.2007 - 09:22 CET | By Fabrizio Tassinar EUOBSERVER / COMMENT - If further evidence were needed, the second progress report on Turkey's bid for European Union membership, to be released on 6 November by the European Commission, will confirm that Ankara is up for a bumpy and long ride.
George W. Bush during his meeting with Turkey 's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan tried to prevent tens of thousands Turkish soldiers from breaking into Iraq .
Turkey is poised to invade northern Iraq. The PKK, an Kurdish rebel group with bases in Iraq, has been mounting armed incursions in the southeastern border of Turkey, and the Turkish people's patience is running out. The U.S. has pled extensively for Turkey to keep out of Iraq, but despite Turkey's status as America's NATO ally, the country passed a bill in mid October paving the way for ...
Celina First United Methodist Church’s annual turkey dinner is set for 5 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 in the high school cafeteria. Tickets are $7 in advance and $8 at the door.
Turkey said that two days of meetings with officials from Iraq and the U.S. on how to stop Kurdish militants in northern Iraq had produced no new proposals.
Much has changed since 1620, when the pilgrims came to America. Today, many would surely cry foul over the record prices for partaking of Thanksgiving Day turkey, as would the Indians. For years, picking away at Tom Turkey at the Four Seasons restaurant has run $100 a person on Thanksgiving Day. This year, reflecting what it says are "higher costs," the restaurant has boosted the price 25%, to ...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey's massive military buildup along the border with Iraq is evident in the daily foot patrols, convoys of military vehicles and activity at air bases. But those images, a possible precursor to a cross-border offensive against Kurdish rebels, only tell part of the story.
Two militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in a military operation in southeastern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Sunday. The report said that the military operation in pursuit ...